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Rabbi Emily Cohen - Rosh Hashonah 5787/2026

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A week ago, on Friday afternoon, I took my toddler on the train from Brooklyn to the Upper West Side. 

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Dear Ones,

2 sets of footprints thru desert sand dunes

A drash for Kol Nidre 2025/5786

Detail, drawing by Henry Moore, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Rosh Hashanah 5786/2025

We will not underestimate our power any longer
We know that together we are strong.
Like drops of water shape the rocks
As they rush down the falls
We know that together we are strong.

image of cracking and damage on wall

A sermon for Shabbat Hazon

We are hovering an inch from rock bottom.

On the 17th of Tamuz, 3 weeks ago, we recalled the day when the walls of Jerusalem were breached and we felt our sense of wellbeing crack as enemies forced their way into our sacred city.

What we count, and what we discount, matters. Nighttime view of Earth showing populated areas (NASA), world on a plate, with fork, knife & spoon.

Bamidbar - May 31, 2025 (Sivan 4, 5785)

A face composed of many different types of wood_who are we this year

Pesach, Sun Apr 13, 2025 (Nisan 15, 5785)

Light through a storm (R.Melling photo)

Kol Nidre - Fri Oct 11, 2024 (Tishrei 9, 5785)

This day— this long day punctuated by sleep but not by food, bathing or comfort— this holiest day of our year— this strangely joyful day— is about complete honesty even when it is incredibly uncomfortable.

George Segal_Abraham's Farewell to Ishmael

Rosh HaShanah - Thurs Oct 3 (Tishrei 1)

Thruline, shown in Abstract Art_image

Parashat Emor - Sat 18 May (Iyar 10)