RABBI ANTHONY KNOPF

Last Shabbat, I spoke about how we often get so immersed in the things we are doing that we don’t pay attention to more important things ...

Last week in synagogue, we discussed the importance of living our lives in accordance with our priorities: Do the things most important t...

Last week in synagogue, I discussed the vexed problem of resolutions. Why do we have such a problem keeping them? I suggested that the so...

Last Shabbat, I discussed the topic of controlling anger and being forgiving. Here are some of the insights which we can apply in our liv...

Have you every been to a music concert or to a talk by a controversial speaker? As it finishes, the adoring fans near the front leap to t...

Last week in synagogue, I spoke about our anxiety about the direction of the world which so often brings us to the brink of despair. But ...

Last week in synagogue, I spoke about how learning Torah and being part of our community reminds us to keep high standards of honesty in ...

Last week in synagogue, we discussed the idea of taking responsibility. One of the ways you can do this is by volunteering to help out ev...

Last week in synagogue, I discussed how we can sometimes be like domesticated animals who just graze and never ask questions of meaning. ...

Last week in synagogue, I spoke about how making mistakes and having difficulty can eventually allow us to achieve things that we otherwi...

Last week in synagogue, I discussed how we reach greatness by becoming a giver. Have you ever found yourself in a difficult situation in w...

In synagogue last Shabbat, I discussed the different ways in which we can respond to tragedy or adversity. There is often a tendency to e...

Last week in synagogue, I quoted the commentaries who explain that the Jewish mission statement is to live lives that exemplify human goo...

On Shabbat, I discussed how Moses didn't want to follow Hashem's instruction of going to redeem the people because he feared (correctly) ...

Last week, in synagogue, I talked about how each of Jacob’s sons received a special blessing. This is based on the philosophy that Judais...

It's better to try and fail and try again than to try and fail to try again... This is the message we taught in synagogue last Shabbat as...

On Shabbat, I spoke about how our matriarch Rachel cared so much about the future generations of the Jewish People. This touches on the h...

In synagogue on Shabbat, I talked about how Jacob survives all the threats and trials he encounters in his difficult life. Not only that,...