Rabbi Widzer’s Invocation Delivered to the VA House of Delegates on January 31, 2023

[video width="854" height="480" mp4="https://www.tbs-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1-31-23-Morning-Prayer-RDW-Invocation-at-VA-House-of-Delegates.mp4"][/video] Invocation Virginia House of Delegates January 31, 2023 Rabbi David S. Widzer     Eternal Spirit of the Universe: We ask...more

February 3, 2023

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November 4, 2022

Using Our Power (Rabbi Widzer’s Sermon Yom Kippur Morning 5783 – October 5, 2022)

My family claims that I provide my own soundtrack to life.  And I suspect that’s true.  I’ll catch myself humming a tune or singing a...more

November 4, 2022

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On this Yom Kippur day of repentance and confession, I have something to share with you all.  It may not come as much of a...more

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Lost, Loved, Learned: Post Traumatic Growth (Kol Nidrei 5782, September 15, 2021)

There’s a cartoon I saw a couple weeks ago that captures how I’ve been feeling.  Maybe it speaks to you, too.  In case you can’t...more

September 20, 2021

Belongingness (Rosh HaShanah Morning Service sermon 5782, Rabbi David S. Widzer, 9/7/2021)

I spoke last night about living with uncertainty.  After a year of spiritual dislocation, and enough ups and downs and spins and turns to give...more

September 10, 2021

Living with Uncertainty (Erev Rosh HaShanah 5782 sermon, Rabbi David S. Widzer, 9/6/2021)

Like many of us, I spent part of this summer watching the Olympics, especially the gymnastics competition.  I saw an elegant jumble of legs and...more

September 10, 2021

Why is this Year Different from All Other Years?  (Is it Really?) (September 2021 KOL)

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September 9, 2021

How Do We Prepare? (August 2021 KOL)

It’s nearly time.  As much as I would rather stay in summer mode, I feel obligated as your rabbi to remind you that we are...more

August 3, 2021

“To See Your Face is like Seeing the Face of God” (July 2021 KOL Article)

Society around us seems to be reopening.  Pre-pandemic activities are resuming.  People feel like they are returning to a lifestyle that has been dormant.  For...more

July 6, 2021