Category Archives: Life Cycle Events

Who Can See What Will Happen After?

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

Who can see what will happen after? Continue reading →

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Old Challeges Anew – The Reality of Mortality (Yom Kippur Memorial 5780)

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

Just because we have been saying goodbye for thousands of years does not mean it has gotten easier. Continue reading →

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Then and Now – Yom Kippur Memorial 5779

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

The present becomes past very quickly – it is shocking to find what we think of as current events in a history book. Yet sometimes time collapses and past becomes present, especially when we remember deep connections. The perspective we gain on intimate loss provides consolation when then becomes now again. Continue reading →

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Being Traditional

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

I sometimes wonder if people really know what “tradition” means. They tell me they want a “traditional” Jewish wedding, or they say in their family’s Jewish life they “keep the traditions” – but they almost never mean they follow kosher … Continue reading →

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“It’s All For the Best” – Nizkor 2017

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

What do we say if we know, deep in our hearts, that this death was not “all for the best”? Continue reading →

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Darkness and Light – A Eulogy

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

This eulogy was delivered January 1, 2017 for a friend and colleague, David J. Steiner, who died tragically at age 51 in a bus accident in Uganda in late December 2016. You can read some of his writings or an … Continue reading →

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And You – Yom Kippur Memorial 5777

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

This post was originally delivered as a Yom Kippur sermon at Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation in 2016/5777 as part of a series entitled “This We Believe.” You can hear audio of the sermon through the Kol Hadash Podcast. No one ever said … Continue reading →

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Who Needs Rabbis?

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

It’s a DIY (do it yourself) era, even in Jewish life. Continue reading →

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Let Go – Yom Kippur Memorial 5776

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

This post was originally delivered as a Yom Kippur sermon at Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation in 2015/5776 as part of a series entitled “The Simplest Things.” You can hear audio of the sermon through the Kol Hadash Podcast. Last November, a … Continue reading →

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Weddings!

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

If you have found this page while looking for a wedding officiant, congratulations on your engagement! I would be honored and happy to be a part of your wedding celebration. There are many ways you might have found me for … Continue reading →

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