Rabbi Marc Rudolph’s Sermons

To Your Own Self Be TrueThere was once a king who ruled his kingdom with wisdom and compassion. As he approached the end of his days, everyone in the kingdom…

Nick and Jake and the Pains of Parenthood Some of you may have heard about Nick Crews, a retired submarine commander of the British Royal Navy, who, last month, created…

Further Thoughts About Newtown ConnecticutThe Shulchan Arukh is the standard legal code for all of Jewry. It was published in 1575, and ever since that time it has been studied…

This week our nation has been profoundly shaken by the tragedy at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty six people died senselessly among them twenty first graders…

Let There Be LightDecember 6, 2012 marks an important date in the history of American and world Jewry.  Even so, most of you probably do not know what this date…

Who Started It? Did Israel start it when it assassinated the chief of the military wing of Hamas, Ahmad Jabari? Did Hamas start it when it fired on an Israeli…

Love Makes the World Go RoundWhat song comes to your mind when you hear the words, "Love Makes the World Go Round?" Perhaps it is this contemplation of the power…

To See and Do The Torah is a remarkably terse document that uses surprisingly few words.  For example, if you want to know what Abraham looked like, the Bible does…

Like Terach or Abraham? This evening I am going to do something quite audacious.  This evening I am going to do something very bold, something that I have never done…

Servant or Partner? We are smack in the middle of the college football season and talk has begun about who is a candidate for the Heisman Trophy, the award for…