brettweisman7Nov 13, 20212 min readRegarding MitzvotA student once asked me, “what happens if you don’t do Mitzvot?” I thought about the question for a moment and replied, “If we don’t do...
brettweisman7Nov 12, 20216 min readThe Tower of Babel--5th Year SermonMy son is a puckish, curious person. He is rambunctious, loves to run and play. And while he is still too young to ask questions about...
brettweisman7Nov 12, 20212 min readRealizing My Unique Potential: A Curriculum Guide for Confirmation StudentsThis curriculum guide (click for full curriculum guide) focuses on the essential question of all essential questions: What Is My Unique...
brettweisman7Nov 12, 20214 min readSermon for Parashat Chayei Sarah--A Response to the Tree of Life ShootingIn the opening verse of this week’s Torah portion, Chayei Sarah, we learn: וַיִּהְיוּ חַיֵּי שָׂרָה מֵאָה שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה...
brettweisman7Nov 12, 20215 min readA Lesson in Happiness from an Unexpected Source--4th Year SermonEach and every morning, Sisyphus wakes up to find the boulder at the bottom of the hill. The same hill he had climbed the day before and...
brettweisman7Nov 12, 20219 min readTheologyFutility comes to mind when beginning to think of an effective theology. Kohelet wrote that, “much talk leads to much futility” and yet...