In this Yom Kippur sermon, Rabbi Tovlev gets deep and vulnerable about his past struggles with depression. He shares that this darkness has given him heightened appreciation of the light. Many of us go through our days focusing on putting one foot in front of the other, not noticing the blessings that surround us. When we pause to look around, we can see the beauty and goodness in our world and our lives. We only have one life to live, but are we truly living?

A Kol Nidre sermon about life and death. On Yom Kippur we ask the question, "Who will live and who will die?" These questions are not merely theoretical. We only have one life to live -- what is truly important in life? When tomorrow isn't guaranteed, we have to ask ourselves today: are we living the life we want?

We cannot claim to care about the hostages and then support actions which directly put their lives in danger.

A couple years ago, one of my professors died from an illness we all hoped she’d recover from. The whole college was in mourning over...