Rabbi Wolkoff’s Kol Nidre Sermon – 5785
From the beginning of time, people have been lying about [...]
Rabbi Wolkoff’s Day 2 Rosh Hashana Sermon – 5785
Egypt Babylonia Greece Rome Byzantium Medieval Christendom Medieval Islam Nazism [...]
Rabbi Wolkoff’s Rosh Hashana Day 1 Sermon – 5785
“Son,” my father of blessed memory said to me, “I [...]
Prayer lesson 204: Geshem (the prayer for rain) and the Collapse of Time
“Does anybody really know what time it is?” the great [...]
Prayer lesson 203 Hoshana – The Audacity of Prayer
We could be forgiven for thinking that prayer is essentially [...]
Prayer lesson 202: Avino Malkeynu
So here’s a question: why don’t we recite Hallel on [...]
Prayer lesson 201: Hayom T’a,tzeumi
As our Rosh Hashanah service draws to a close, we [...]
Prayer lesson 200: Daily Repentance (teshuvah)
The period of the High Holy Days is a dramatic [...]
Prayer lesson 199: The Psalm for the Days of Awe, Psalm 27
From the beginning of the month of Elul through the [...]
Prayer lesson 198: “You sanctified…”: the middle blessing of the Friday night Amidah
All Amidah prayers (“amidot’) begin with the same three blessings, and end [...]