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Adam, Where Are You?
God knew where Adam was. So why ask, “Where are you?” What if that question is reaching you right now? In “Adam, Where Are You?” Rabbi Damian Eisner explores Parashat Bereishit through a deeply personal challenge: Are you standing where God has asked you to stand? Who we are and who we are becoming? Where are you in your life, in your universe? Are you standing where I asked you to stand? Where are you in places you should be standing with things entrusted to you? You are the only one who can answer it. Responsibility. Before Adam’s failure, there was responsibility. Before Moses encountered the burning bush, he saw suffering—and stepped forward. Drawing on Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Hillel, and Jewish wisdom, this Messianic Jewish teaching connects Genesis with the choices we make in our homes, relationships, and communities. What has God entrusted to you? Are you explaining why someone else should act? When you say, “Someone ought to do something,” could you be the someone? Explore ayekah—“Where are you?”—and hineni—“Here I am.” Consider your tafkid, your particular assignment, and why answering God doesn’t require having everything figured out. You may not be ready for everything. You can still be present for what is in front of you.
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Adam, Where Are You?
God knew where Adam was. So why ask, “Where are you?” What if that question is reaching you right now? In “Adam, Where Are You?” Rabbi Damian Eisner explores Parashat Bereishit through a deeply personal challenge: Are you standing where God has asked you to stand? Who we are and who we are becoming? Where are you in your life, in your universe? Are you standing where I asked you to stand? Where are you in places you should be standing with things entrusted to you? You are the only one who can answer it. Responsibility.
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My Day of Judgement
Rosh Hashanah is known as Yom HaDin—the Day of Judgment. But what if God is not the only one who must render a judgment on this day? As the books are opened and every life passes individually before the King, we are confronted with questions no one else can answer for us: Who will rule my life in the coming year? What have I learned from the year behind me? What must I surrender, repair, or finally change? The traditional themes of Rosh Hashanah—Malchuyot, Zikhronot, and Shofarot—declare God’s kingship, call upon Him to remember us for good, and summon us through the sound of the shofar. But these are not merely words to recite or sounds to hear. Each one demands a personal response. The shofar cannot make God King over you. It cannot repair a damaged relationship, offer an apology, or turn painful memories into wisdom. It can only call—and then you must decide whether you will truly hear it. What did 5786 teach you that 5787 should not have to teach you again? What will change before the gates close? This Rosh Hashanah, the judgment is deeply personal—and so is the hope.
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There's Still Time
This teaching looks at cheshbon hanefesh through an unlikely lens from English literature. It’s not written by a Jew, was not written about Elul, and is not read anywhere near the fall. We are going to use it anyway to help us understand the difference between being forgiven and being formed. Last Shabbat of Elul. The shofar has not sounded. There is still time.
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The Jewish Jesus
It sounds so simple and obvious: The Jewish Jesus. But this essential truth has been lost to nearly all of his followers. Why has the Jewishness of Jesus been downplayed or even denied throughout a large part of history? Why is this one simple fact critical to our relationship with him?
