Mar 31, 2024
Tzav - Weeping in the Evening
Saturday, March 30 at 9:00 a.m. Ziegler Sanctuary Shabbat Service " Weeping in the Evening ": Sermon by Rabbi David Wolpe Parashat Tzav / Shabbat Parah
Nov 19, 2023
Toldot - The Crisis: Keeping your head, your heart and your balance.
Saturday, November 18 at 9:00 a.m. Ziegler Sanctuary Shabbat Service
Jun 24, 2023
Korach - Sinai
As many of you may already know, Rabbi Wolpe has been a guiding light and an inspirational figure in at Sinai Temple for over 26 years. His profound wisdom, compassion, and dedication touched the lives of our community nurturing their faith and fostering a sense of belonging. Throughout his tenure, he has consistently delivered thought-provoking sermons that have brought comfort, insight, and a deeper understanding of our shared faith. Listen to Rabbi David Wolpe finish his journey at Sinai Temple as Senior Rabbi by giving an intimate sermon about his most impactful memories while serving this community.
Jun 10, 2023
Beha’alotcha - Torah
Rabbi David Wolpe gives his sermon "Torah" in Ziegler Sanctuary. A beautifully delivered sermon filled with wisdom wrapped in humor.
Jun 3, 2023
Nasso - God
Listen to Rabbi David Wolpe's sermon for Parashat Nasso and his Reflection on a pivotal moment in his life when he landed his first published article.
May 28, 2023
Yizkor - Memory
Rabbi David Wolpe gives his Yizkor sermon on the Second day of Shabbat in Ziegler Santuary.
May 20, 2023
B’midbar - The Truth About Human Nature
Sermon given for B’midbar in Ziegler Sanctuary.
Apr 29, 2023
Acharei Mot - 75 and Going Strong
Rabbi David Wolpe gives his sermon for Israel's 75th anniversary.
Apr 15, 2023
Tetzaveh - People Love Dead Jews
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe for Tetzaveh in Ziegler Sanctuary.
Apr 13, 2023
Yizkor - 8th Day of Pesach
Rabbi David Wolpe gives a sermon on the 8th day of Pesach in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.
Apr 6, 2023
Pesach - From Cyril to Sinai: Lessons of a Quarter Century
"From Cyril to Sinai: Lessons of a Quarter Century" sermon by Rabbi David Wolpe given in Ziegler Sanctuary on the first day of Passover.
Mar 26, 2023
Vayikra - The Art of Losing
"The Art of Losing" sermon by Rabbi David Wolpe given in Ziegler Sanctuary.
Mar 19, 2023
Vayakhel - The Tabernacle and Liberation
"The Tabernacle and Liberation" sermon by Rabbi David Wolpe given in Ziegler Sanctuary.
Mar 12, 2023
Pekudei – How Do You Measure A Life?
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.
Mar 12, 2023
Ki Tisa - Principles and Popularity
"Principles and Popularity" sermon by Rabbi David Wolpe given in Ziegler Sanctuary.
Mar 5, 2023
Tetzaveh - Masks and Machiavelli: Two Purim Lessons
"Masks and Machiavelli" sermon by Rabbi David Wolpe given in Ziegler Sanctuary.
Feb 18, 2023
Mishpatim - When Feeling Good is Bad
Mishpatim is an important day in the Jewish calendar, and Rabbi David Wolpe’s sermon “When Feeling Good is Bad” is sure to be a thought-provoking and inspiring reminder of the important lessons from this day. Rabbi Wolpe’s sermon will explore how feeling “too good” can be a sign of spiritual danger. We hope that by listening to this sermon, we can gain a greater understanding of the importance of self-reflection and self-control.
Feb 11, 2023
Yitro - Chuppah
Listen to Rabbi David Wolpe give his sermon "Chuppah" for Parashat Yitro in Ziegler Main Santuary.
Feb 5, 2023
Beshalach - The Funeral March to Freedom
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 02/04/2023 for Beshalach / Shabbat Shira
Jan 15, 2023
Shemot - The double legacy of MLK
Saturday, January 14th Ziegler Sanctuary Shabbat Service
Jan 8, 2023
Vayechi - The Seductions of the Scepter
Saturday, January 7 Ziegler Sanctuary Shabbat Service The Seductions of the Scepter: Sermon by Rabbi David Wolpe
Dec 24, 2022
Vayigash - What the White House Means
Rabbi David Wolpe's sermon from 12/24/22 for Vayigash.
Dec 11, 2022
Vayeishev - The Meaning of Shabbat
Rabbi David Wolpe's sermon from 12/11/22 for Vayeishev.
Oct 29, 2022
Noach - Living for the Future World
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 10/29 for Noach.
Oct 15, 2022
Chol Hamoed Sukkot - The Life and Death of Moshe Rabenu
Sermon given on shabbat morning at 11:30 A.M. in Ziegler Sanctuary, October 15th, 2022.
Oct 10, 2022
Sukkot - Divine Lessons from the Lulav
First Day of Sukkot, Ziegler Sanctuary. Monday, October 10. 9:00 AM.
Oct 8, 2022
Ha'azinu - A Story of Everyday Goodness
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 10/08 for Ha'azinu.
Oct 5, 2022
Yom Kippur 5783 - The Hand of God
Sermon given Wednesday in Ziegler Sanctuary, October 5th, 2022.
Oct 5, 2022
Kol Nidre - What I Believe
Sermon given Tuesday Evening at 6:00 p.m. in Ziegler Sanctuary, October 4, 2022.
Oct 1, 2022
Vayelech - Beginnings and Endings
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 10/01 for Vayelech.
Sep 27, 2022
Rosh Hashanah Live - Blessings in the Darkness
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 9/26 for Rosh Hashanah Live.
Sep 26, 2022
Rosh Hashanah - Believing in your life
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 9/26 for Rosh Hashanah Day 1.
Sep 24, 2022
Nitzavim - Three Words for the New Year
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 9/24 for Nitzavim.
Sep 17, 2022
Ki Tavo - The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 9/10 for Ki Tavo.
Sep 11, 2022
Ki Teitzei - Is Everything Jewish???
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 9/10 for Ki Teitzei.
Aug 20, 2022
Eikev - God, Pandemic, and Community
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 8/20 for Parashat Eikev.
Aug 13, 2022
Va'etchanan - Calling an Audible
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 8/13 for Parashat Va'etchanan.
Aug 6, 2022
Devarim - Sorrow and Vision
"Sorrow and Vision" | Sermon by Rabbi David Wolpe Aug 6, 2022 Saturday, Main Sanctuary Shabbat Service
Jun 25, 2022
Sh'lach - Overturning Roe v. Wade
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 6/25 for Parashat Sh'lach.
Jun 18, 2022
Behaalotecha - The Problem with Families
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 6/18/2022 for Behaalotecha.
Jun 11, 2022
Naso - I did it and I'm sorry.
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 6/11 for Parashat Naso.
Jun 6, 2022
Yizkor sermon | Rabbi David Wolpe
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 06/06/22 for Yizkor
Jun 6, 2022
Acharei Mot - What Happened at Sinai?
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 6/4/2022 for Acharei Mot.
May 28, 2022
Bechukotai - The Cost Of Distrust
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 5/28/2022 for BECHUKOTAI
May 21, 2022
Behar - Does God Belong in Your Business?
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 5/21/22 for Behar
May 7, 2022
Kedoshim - Our Mothers and Ourselves
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 5/7 for Kedoshim
Apr 30, 2022
Acharei Mot - A Different Story of Israel
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 4/30 for Acharei Mot.
Apr 23, 2022
Pesach - Passover, Pandemics, and Possibilities
"Passover, Pandemics, and Possibilities" | Sermon by Rabbi David for Pesach Saturday, April 23 at 9:00 a.m.
Apr 16, 2022
Maror and Charoset - Bittersweetness
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 4/16 for Maror and Charoset.
Mar 14, 2022
Vayikra - Deep Calls to Deep
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 3/12 for Parashat Vayikra.
Mar 7, 2022
Pekudei - Rewriting the Jewish Story
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 3/5 for Parashat Pekudei.
Mar 1, 2022
Vayakhel - Ukraine, Israel and Auto-Emancipation
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 2/26 for Parashat Vayakhel.
Feb 22, 2022
Ki Tisa - Masks, Media, Children and Community
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 2/19 for Parashat Ki Tisa.
Feb 7, 2022
Terumah - Commodities and Gifts
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 2/5 for Parashat Terumah.
Jan 30, 2022
Mishpatim - The Morality of the Olympics: 1936 and 2022
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 1/29 for Parashat Mishpatim.
Jan 24, 2022
Yitro - What is the Point of the Ten Commandments?
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 1/22 for Parashat Yitro.
Jan 17, 2022
Beshalach - A Poem Lovely as a Tree
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 1/15 for Parashat Beshalach.
Jan 3, 2022
Va'erah - Promises and Resolutions
Rabbi David Wolpe's weekly sermon from 1/1 for Parashat Va'erah.
Nov 27, 2021
Vayeshev - Mirrors and Windows
Nov 21, 2021
Vayishlach - Face to Face
Nov 7, 2021
Toldot - Rise
Oct 24, 2021
Vayera - Loving the Ladder
Oct 17, 2021
Lech-Lecha - Mission Impossible
Oct 10, 2021
Noach - Drunk and Disorderly
Sep 30, 2021
Yizkor - The Empty Chair
Sep 26, 2021
Sukkot V - Why Do We Pray?
Sep 22, 2021
Sukkot I - Three Reasons for Joy
Sep 19, 2021
Ha'Azinu - The Poetry of Life
Sep 19, 2021
Yom Kippur - Regrets, I've Had a Few
Sep 12, 2021
Vayeilech - Our Story and Your Story
Sep 8, 2021
1st Day of Rosh Hashanah
Sep 7, 2021
Erev Rosh Hashanah - Raise Your Eyes
Sep 5, 2021
Nitzavim - Stop!
Aug 29, 2021
Ki Tavo - Building a Future
Aug 1, 2021
Eikev - Modeling Relationships
Jun 27, 2021
Balak - Renewing an Ancient Blessing
Jun 6, 2021
Sh'lach - Jewish Learning, Jewish Future
May 31, 2021
Beha'alotcha - Memorial Day
May 23, 2021
Nasso - Different Kinds of Strength
May 23, 2021
Shavuot II - We Are All Passengers
May 17, 2021
Bamidbar - Counting Jews and Jews Who Count
May 10, 2021
Behar-Bechukotai - To Whom Do You Belong?
May 2, 2021
Emor - Pilgrimage
Apr 18, 2021
Tazria-Metzora - When Not to Listen
Apr 12, 2021
Shmini - Rededicating the Temple
Apr 5, 2021
Pesach VII - Freedom, Fear and Faith
Mar 29, 2021
Pesach I – Trauma and Torah
Mar 28, 2021
Tzav - Big and Small
Mar 21, 2021
Vayikra - No Chametz at the Seder
Mar 21, 2021
Vayakhel-Pekudei - A Sermon In Song
Mar 7, 2021
Ki Tisa - Defenseless In a Vast World
Mar 1, 2021
Tetzaveh - Purim Doesn't End
Feb 7, 2021
Yitro - Why Do the Ten Commandments Matter?
Jan 31, 2021
Beshalach - What Is A Miracle?
Jan 24, 2021
Bo - God and the First Born
Jan 17, 2021
Vaera - Hearts and Masks
Jan 10, 2021
Shemot - America, Past, Present and Future
Dec 27, 2020
Vayigash - Spiritual Finances
Dec 20, 2020
Miketz - A Year of Miracles
Dec 20, 2020
Vayeshev - Different Kinds of Light
Dec 6, 2020
Vayishlach - Different Sorts of Dreams
Nov 29, 2020
Vayetzei - If You've Got Your Health...
Nov 22, 2020
Toldot - Isaac's Special Gift
Nov 14, 2020
Chayei Sara - We Must Do As Isaac Did
Nov 8, 2020
Vayera - Coming Down The Mountain
Nov 1, 2020
Lech-Lecha - The First Influencer
Oct 25, 2020
Noach - Noah and the Tower - A Message for 2020
Oct 11, 2020
Shmini Atseret - Answering the Sin of the Spies
Oct 11, 2020
Sukkot - Return To The Land
Oct 4, 2020
Sukkot – The PTSD Holiday
Sep 30, 2020
Yom Kippur - The Dreams Of Others
Sep 21, 2020
Erev Rosh Hashanah - Number Our Days
Sep 21, 2020
1st Day of Rosh Hashanah - The Battlefront
Sep 13, 2020
Nitzavim-Vayeilech - Lockdown Lessons
Sep 6, 2020
Ki Tavo - Repeat Again
Aug 30, 2020
Ki Teitzei - Forgetfulness - Good And Bad
Aug 23, 2020
Shoftim - How Life Imitates Chess
Aug 9, 2020
Eikev - What We Learn From Aaron’s Death
Aug 2, 2020
Vaetchanan - Commanded to Love?
Jul 26, 2020
Devarim - The Plight of Moses and His People
Jul 12, 2020
Pinchas - What Should We Be Zealots For?
Jul 10, 2020
Chukat-Balak - July 4th Isn’t Black and White
Jun 28, 2020
Korach - Korach and the Pandemic – A Second Look
Jun 21, 2020
Sh'lach - Reactivity: The Spies' Sin and Ours
Jun 21, 2020
Torah Class from June 18, 2020
Jun 17, 2020
Torah Class from June 11, 2020
Jun 17, 2020
Torah Class from June 4, 2020
Jun 14, 2020
Beha'alotcha - How We Talk To One Another
Jun 7, 2020
Nasso - Lift Yourself And Others
May 30, 2020
Torah Class from May 28, 2020
May 30, 2020
Torah Class from May 21, 2020
May 30, 2020
Torah Class from May 14, 2020
May 30, 2020
Torah Class from May 7, 2020
May 30, 2020
Torah Class from April 30, 2020
May 30, 2020
Torah Class from April 23, 2020
May 30, 2020
Torah Class from April 2, 2020
May 30, 2020
Torah Class from March 26, 2020
May 24, 2020
Bamidbar - Are We in the Wilderness?
May 9, 2020
Emor - Imahot - Mothers
Apr 25, 2020
Tazria-Metzora - The New Lashon Hara
Apr 19, 2020
Shmini - Coming Too Close
Apr 17, 2020
Yizkor - Losses
Apr 12, 2020
Pesach III – Interregnum
Apr 11, 2020
Pesach I – What Would My Father Say?
Apr 5, 2020
Tzav - A Passover Like No Other
Mar 29, 2020
Vayikra - The Meaning of Sacrifice
Mar 19, 2020
Torah Class from March 19, 2020
Mar 15, 2020
Ki Tisa - Idols And Information
Jun 11, 2016
Bamidbar - What If You Didn't Know
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.
Jun 4, 2016
Bechukotai - Torah Advice for the Candidates
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.
May 21, 2016
Emor - Who's A Hypocrite
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.
May 14, 2016
Kedoshim - Holiness
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.
May 7, 2016
Achrei Mot - Hurt and Healing
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.
Apr 30, 2016
Pesach VIII - I Will Not Die But Live
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.
Apr 23, 2016
Passover - Redemptions Big and Small
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.
Apr 16, 2016
Metzora - Pour Out Your Wrath
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.
Apr 9, 2016
Tazria - Passover, What’s The Next Question?
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.
Apr 2, 2016
Shmini - How Judaism became Judaism
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple
Mar 26, 2016
Tzav - Is This A Test
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.
Mar 12, 2016
Drash - Rabbi David Wolpe
Drash given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.
Mar 5, 2016
Vayakhel - Turning Knowledge into Wisdom
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.
Feb 27, 2016
Ki Tisa - Why We Worship Idols
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.
Oct 10, 2015
Bereshit – Renewal
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.
Oct 5, 2015
Shmini Atzeret | Shmini Atzeret Rabbi Judah's Last Wishes
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.
Oct 3, 2015
Sukkot / סוּכּוֹת 5776 | Koufax and the American Jewish Dream
Rabbi David Wolpe gives his Sukkot sermon in Ziegler Sanctuary.
Sep 28, 2015
First Day of Sukkot: A Holiday Human and Divine | Shevat - Adar I, 5776
Sermon given by Rabbi David Wolpe in Ziegler Sanctuary at Sinai Temple.