Rabbi Harris

Rosh Hashanah 5779 Day 2 – Beauty from Brokenness

A story is told about Rita Coors.  I am told she actually went by her maiden name, Rita Bass but she was part of the famous Coors brewing family.  Every year, over 300,000 tourists flock to Golden, Colorado to visit the world’s largest brewery. I have not been there but my younger sister does live […] Continue Reading »

Yom Kippur Yizkor 5779 – Letters and Legacies

I love receiving letters.  Not mail but an actual letter – hand written, hand addressed, with a real stamp in the upper right hand corner of the envelope. A metered postage mark does not count.  I envision the letter walked to the corner by the writer.  He or she stands at the deep blue postal […] Continue Reading »

Sukkot 5779 – Deli Sermon

High Holidays 5779 – Rejecting the Binary: Reflections from a Liberal and Zionist

Labels are a funny thing. I am not talking about the label on your new shirt that itches your neck or the label on your mattress which says it should not be removed under penalty of law. I am talking about the labels that define us; labels which somehow describe us. Some of my labels […] Continue Reading »

Father’s Day: Working to Be My Best

When L’Chayim Becomes Destructive

Thoughts and Prayers are Not Enough

Responding to Suicide: You are not Alone

Deli Sermon – Second Day Sukkot 5778

Death’s Ripples – Yizkor 5778

Death causes ripples – emotional ripples that extend far beyond the immediate devastation of the loss of a spouse, a parent, a child, a sibling or a friend. We feel death’s impact, death’s ripples, for years. Judaism offers us rituals which are sensitive to the immediate and long term ripples.  At death, there is a […] Continue Reading »