Erev Shabbat Drasha

August 20, 2020

Parshat Shoftim – Pure, Simple, Whole: Resolving to Find our Place in the Chaos

Also, here is a link for the sources if people would like to read them: 

DRASHA - Parshat Shoftim – Pure, Simple, Whole - Resolving to Find our Place in the Chaos.docx

August 13, 2020

Erev Shabbat Drasha - Parshat Re'eh: Forty Days of Renewal

August 6, 2020

Erev Shabbat Drasha - Parshat Eikev: A Neo-Chasidic Manifesto Revisited

July 23, 2020

Erev Shabbat Drasha for Parshat Devarim / Shabbat Chazon with young leader Ali Zak.

During the month of July, we are very excited that some of our talented BJC young adults will virtually "come home" and offer words of Torah for our Erev Shabbat Drasha.

July 17, 2020

Erev Shabbat Drasha for Parshat Matot- Masei with special guest Ari Rosenthal

Dedicated in memory of (L'iluy Nishmat) Yonim Eliezer Meir ben Tania Chana V'Yehoshua

June 12, 2020

Erev Shabbat Drasha for Parshat Beha'alotcha: Spirit and Flesh

June 4, 2020

Erev Shabbat Drasha Listening, Learning, Acting: Reflections on the Death of George Floyd and the Life of Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm 

May 21, 2020

Erev Shabbat Drasha (Parshat Bamidbar) with CS Michal Kohane - Where is Jerusalem in the Torah?

A Yom Yerushalayim Message from our Bat Sheirut Adi:

May 15, 2020

Erev Shabbat Drasha with Community Scholar Michal Kohane:

Emor/Behar and the Uniqueness of Chodesh Iyar

May 8, 2020

Erev Shabbat Drasha on Parshat Emor:  Lessons on Social Distancing from the Leaders of Israel

May 1, 2020

Erev Shabbat Drasha:

Parshat Acharei Mot - Kedoshim. Balancing Caring for Others and for Ourselves.

April 24, 2020

Parshat Tazria Metzora: On the Sins of Over and Under-Sharing

April 17, 2020

Erev Shabbat Drasha: Architecture in Time: Reflections on Shemini and Counting the Omer

April 3, 2020

Thank you to everyone who joined last night for Rabbi Albert's Shabbat HaGadol Drasha! For anyone who would like to watch the recording, click here.

To read the sourcesheet, click here.

March 27, 2020

This week's Erev Shabbat Drasha from our rabbinic intern Rav Shua Brick on the topic: Creating Order from Chaos.

March 20, 2020

Despite some bandwidth issues, this was a special Drasha to offer as we go into Shabbat HaChodesh. 

Sourcesheets are available here: https://bethjacoboakland-my.sharepoint.com/…/ER0nwRwaeJhNqG…