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 in our lives. Ask yo...

Last week in synagogue, we discussed the importance of living our lives in accordance with our priorities: Do the things most important to us play a central ...

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

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

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 their feet, applaudin...

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 the story of the Jew...

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 business and commerc...

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 every now and again wi...

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

Last week in synagogue, I spoke about how making mistakes and having difficulty can eventually allow us to achieve things that we otherwise would not have ac...

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

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

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

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

Last week, in synagogue, I talked about how each of Jacob’s sons received a special blessing. This is based on the philosophy that Judaism does not contain o...

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 we discussed Reuben...

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

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