Rabbi Knopf’s Saturday message for Parashat Re’eh (August 23, 2014): The quality of our life is often dictated by how we choose to see our life. And how we relate to the world is strongly connected to how we choose to view the world.

Rabbi Knopf’s Friday message for Parashat Re’eh (August 22, 2014): Whether or not Michael Brown’s killing was racially-motivated, the wounds it exposed and the tensions it ignited cannot be ignored by the Jewish community. The Torah call

Rabbi Michael Knopf explains how lessons from the Torah and Jewish law can help us eat better and live longer, healthier lives.    

Rabbi Knopf’s Saturday message for Parashat Eikev (August 16, 2014): The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is not about a disease. It’s about poverty and injustice. What we Jews can and should do about it. Please pardon the echo in this episode of

Rabbi Knopf’s Friday message for Parashat Eikev (August 15, 2014): What Robin Williams’ life and legacy can teach us about being the best we can be.

Moses is a complex man, an imperfect leader, and someone who stumbles into relationship with God. In this session with Rabbi Knopf, we study the story of Moses’ encounter with God at the Burning Bush, and unlock the lessons that experience has for o

Rabbi Knopf’s Saturday message for Parashat Va-Et’hanan (August 9, 2014): When we insist that our favorite parts of synagogue life are untouchable and immutable, we can inhibit our ability to reach the next generation of Jews.  

Rabbi Knopf’s Friday message for Parashat Va-Et’hanan (August 8, 2014): Worrying about what other people have that we don’t is corrosive to our souls and keeps us from true happiness.  

The patriarch Jacob is one of the most relatable psychologically complex characters in the Bible. In this session with Rabbi Knopf, we study two dark nights of Jacob’s life, and unlock the lessons those experiences have for our lives.  

How to criticize more constructively, a sermon for Parashat D’varim.