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Rosh Hashanah 5786-2025 – Day 1
This uplifting sermon, rooted in a 1970 Sicha of the Rebbe, offers more than inspiration— It gives your community vision for the year ahead.
It tells the story of Jewish hope from its very first chapter, showing that Rosh Hashanah is not about looking back in fear—but building forward in joy.
It opens with humor and then shifts to the deeper questions in the room:
How do we celebrate when the world feels broken? When antisemitism rises and fear weighs down Jewish hearts?
The answer comes through the timeless story of Sarah and Abraham. Through their pain, laughter, and transformation, this sermon delivers a sweeping message:
We are not pushed by the weight of the past—we are pulled by the promise of the future.
From that foundation, the speech builds to a question:
Why was the first Jewish child named Yitzchak—laughter?
Why laughter? Why not hope? Or faith? Or redemption?
Because Yitzchak is the Jewish story.
We are the people who laugh in the face of despair.
From Sarah’s womb to the ashes of Auschwitz, we’ve said one thing:
It’s not over. Not with G-d.
This sermon tells that story—with heart, with humor, and with tears.
It weaves together:
• The transformation of Sarah and Abraham—how G-d changed their names before He changed their lives.
• A moving tale of Sheldon Adelson walking the streets of Jerusalem in his father’s shoes.
• A powerful metaphor: We are not pushed by the past. We are pulled by the promise.
It builds to a crescendo:
This room—it’s not just a synagogue.
It’s a construction site of the soul.
Each Jew is a builder.
Each mitzvah—a brick.
Each act of faith—a beam.
We walk in the shoes of giants.
We build with the hands of our ancestors.
And like them, we choose to believe again.
Because we are the children of laughter.
And our answer to a broken world… is Jewish joy.
