Rabbi Vogel speaks with Temple Sinai member Stephanie Borns-Weil, who sped to California when both her parents were hospitalized with COVID-19, and reflects on entering Rosh Hashanah when we'll recite the Shehechiyanu blessing to express gratitude. How can we recite this blessing after facing COVID?

During this month of spiritual preparation, God is not in some lofty palace, far away from us, but rather, God is near us, close to us. Rabbi Talia Stein of Temple Sinai in Brookline MA shares a stirring teaching about how close we can feel to God -- however we may understand God -- throughout Elul.

The month of Elul is here, and the prospect of actually facing all the hard personal work we have to do for the High Holy Days can be overwhelming!  How can we possibly get a fresh start for our lives?  In Episode 1, Rabbi Andy Vogel of Temple Sinai, Brookline MA, teaches a Midrash that tells us how we can think about beginning and taking the first steps, in this month of preparation before the Jewish High Holy Days.