While everyone is staying safe at home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, you can still connect with Rabbi Johanna and learn from her words of Torah and her Shabbat sermons. Click on the links below to hear her words of wisdom.
April 19, 2022 – Words of Torah: Holiness is a matter of perspective
April 12, 2022 – Words of Torah: Where is our communal resent button?
March 29, 2022 – Words of Torah: Seeing the person in the situation
March 15, 2022 – Words of Torah: Attention grabbing details
February 15, 2022 – Words of Torah: Dancing with anger
January 18, 2022 – Words of Torah: Perceiving the fullness of our experience is a disciplined practice
January 10, 2022 – Words of Torah: In what do we truly trust?
January 4, 2022 – Word of Torah: Parashat Bo – Show More
December 28, 2021 – Words of Torah: When our best effort is not enough
December 21, 2021 – Words of Torah: Our power lies in our small, sometimes unnoticed deeds
December 14, 2021 – Words of Torah: Finding a sweet spot between truth-telling and compassion
October 25, 2021 – Words of Torah: Equanimity or passivity?
October 19, 2021 – Words of Torah: When is it good to be an eager beaver?
October 12, 2021 – Words of Torah: Signs and indicators we are on the “right” path
October 5, 2021 – Words of Torah: Righteous, or righteous by comparison?
August 31, 2021 – Words of Torah: A new look at humility
August 24, 2021 – Words of Torah: Recounting victories and acknowledging the good
August 17, 2021 – Words of Torah: You don’t have to be a mama to access Mama-love
August 9, 2021 – Words of Torah: Explicit versus Implicit Righteousness
August 2, 2021 – Words of Torah: One must notice others in order to sufficiently respect their contribution and gifts.
July 27, 20221 – Words of Torah: What’s generous about receiving?
July 12, 2021 – Words of Torah: Heroic strength is…
July 5, 2021 – Words of Torah: Responsibility, one for the other
June 22, 2021 – Words of Torah: If I could talk with the animals
June 15, 2021 – Words of Torah: Kvetching as if nothing’s changed
May 11, 2021 – Words of Torah: The clasp that holds the pearls together makes the necklace
April 19, 2021 – Words of Torah: After-effects, accountability, and others
April 12, 2021 – Words of Torah: The person beneath the dis-ease
April 6, 2021 – Words of Torah: C’mon baby, light my fare!
March 22, 2021 – Words of Torah: Dressing for success
March 16, 2021 – Words of Torah: Choice offerings
March 3, 2021 – Words of Torah: Enough with the Golden Calves
February 16, 2021 – Words of Torah: A Real Shocker
February 1, 2021 – Words of Torah: Mastery Jealousy
January 26,2021 – Words of Torah: For what do we bend over backwards?
January 19, 2021 – Words of Torah: A hardened heart is dangerous
January 12, 2021 – Words of Torah: When we get too comfortable with discomfort
January 4, 2021 – Words of Torah: Why loving your neighbor is sage advice
December 28, 2020 – Words of Torah: White lies and gray space
December 15, 2020 – Words of Torah: Expertise
December 7, 2020 – Words of Torah: A little humility, please?
December 1, 2020 – Words of Torah: Wide World of Wrestling
November 9, 2020 – Words of Torah: First relationship, then love
November 3, 2020 – Words of Torah: Seeking the righteous among the other side
October 26, 2020 – Words of Torah: Entering Uncharted Territory
October 19, 2020 – Words of Torah: Righteous by Comparison
October 13, 2020 – Words of Torah: Not being noticed hurts!
August 5, 2020 – Words of Torah: Humility trumps Arrogance
July 13, 2020 – Words of Torah: Moving beyond Us and Them
July 6, 2020 – Words of Torah: Peace or a clear view of the big picture?
July 1, 2020 – Words of Torah: Just Because
For more words of wisdom from Rabbi Johanna, click here to go directly to her YouTube channel.