Category Archives: sadness

We Mourn. We Get up. #SolidarityShabbat

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Rabbi Lisa Sari Bellows

Here is a sermon I delivered Friday night November 2nd,  one week after eleven Jews were murdered at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Shabbat Morning.  The sermon was delivered from an outline, written-out a touch more fully … Continue reading →

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Do Not Despair: A Yom Kippur Sermon

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Rabbi Lisa Sari Bellows

There is cable news station that is often on in my house, or on my Sirius XM radio in the car… until someone tells me to turn it off. I don’t have a lot of time to listen or watch … Continue reading →

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Outrage

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Rabbi Lisa Sari Bellows

More killing, more sadness and insanity. I am outraged and want to get out into the world and change it. Change it now because it is nearly too late, I feel. I feel angry in my gut—that’s where this anger … Continue reading →

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