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Jewish Preaching..PB:Jewish Preaching..PB.Qxd 06/03/2018 15:51 Page 1 J E W I S H Jewish Preaching..PB:Jewish Preaching..PB.qxd 06/03/2018 15:51 Page 1 J e W I S H From early times the sermon or homily has been part of Jewish worship and education. From the nineteenth century to the present, rabbis – Orthodox, Reform and Conservative – have P considered it an important aspect of their professional life to deliver sermons during the R synagogue service as a means of both instruction and edification. The text for the modern e sermon is usually the sidra , the weekly portion, or, in the summer months, the Talmudic A JeWISH book known universally as Ethics of the Fathers . In this book, Rabbi Jacobs, with sixty years’ experience of pulpit work to his credit, provides a number of homilies for each weekly C portion and for the chapters of Ethics of the Fathers . Jewish preachers (and Christian clergy H preaching on the ‘Old Testament’) will find a fount of helpful ideas. Although, naturally, the I whole is emphatically Jewishly traditional in tone and content, the more universalistic N PReACHING aspects of religious faith are given their full due. Laymen, too, will find many helpful perceptions, insights and room for disagreement – and they cannot do the latter while sitting G passively in the pews. Among the sermonic themes are contemporary problems, the religious and ethical needs of the individual, and, of course, the impact of the Holocaust and the State H HOmILIeS AND SeRmONS of Israel. Philosophical issues are not avoided. In the first homily of the book, for example, on the opening verse of Genesis, there is a penetrating exploration of the meaning of time O and the religious concept of the spiritual world ‘beyond time’. m I L A lengthy but very readable Introduction consists of a survey of the history of Jewish I preaching from the rabbinic derashah through the philosophical thinkers and Renaissance e S preachers to the emergence of the modern sermon in its new style, place and intent in which the influence of famous Christian modes of sermonizing are evident, while the Jewishness of A N the sermon is usually maintained. The second part of the Introduction consists of an appeal D by the author to his colleagues not to relegate theological preaching to the background. In this he takes up arms against what he considers to be the odd notion that somehow theology S e is un-Jewish, so that the expression ‘A Jewish Theology’ (the title of one of the author’s R books) is seen as a contradiction in terms. There are many types of sermon, but among the m most powerful is the theological sermon in which Judaism is presented in religious terms, O with faith but without obscurantism. Among the themes in this section, as well as the N homilies themselves, are the meaning of revelation; the relationship between religion and S ethics; the significance of prayer and the study of the Torah and the rituals of Judaism seen as pathways to God. L O Rabbi Louis Jacobs, CBE , was Rabbi of the New London Synagogue for more than thirty years and was U Visiting Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University. His books include We Have I Reason to Believe (1957, fifth revised edition 2004), Jewish Values (1960), Principles of the Jewish Faith (1964), S A Jewish Theology (1973), God, Torah, Israel (1990) and Their Heads in Heaven (2004). His autobiography, Helping J with Inquiries (1989), describes the controversy that erupted after the first appearance of We Have Reason to A Believe , and the subsequent establishment of the New London Synagogue. C O B VALLENTINE MITCHELL ISBN 978 0 85303 565 7 S LOUIS JACOBS Catalyst House 920 NE 58th Avenue 720 Centennial Court Suite 300 Centennial Park Portland, OR 97213-3786 Elstree WD6 3SY, UK USA VALLENTINE MITHCELL www.vmbooks.com VALLeNTINe mITCHeLL JPPrelims:JPPrelims.qxd 06/03/2018 15:28 Page i JEWISH PREACHING JPPrelims:JPPrelims.qxd 06/03/2018 15:28 Page ii BY THE SAME AUTHOR Jewish Prayer A Guide to Rosh Ha-Shanah A Guide to Yom Kippur Jewish Values Studies in Talmudic Logic and Methodology The Palm Tree of Deborah (Translated from the Hebrew of Moses Cordovero, with Introduction Notes) Tract on Ecstasy (Translated from the Hebrew of Dobh Baer of Lubavitch, with Introduction and Notes) Principles of the Jewish Faith: An Analytical Study A Jewish Theology The Talmudic Argument Helping with Inquiries God, Torah, Israel Religion and the Individual In production for 2004 Their Heads in Heaven: Unfamiliar Aspects of Hasidism Judaism and Theology: Essays on the Jewish Religion Rabbinic Thought in the Talmud JPPrelims:JPPrelims.qxd 06/03/2018 15:28 Page iii JEWISH PREACHING Homilies and Sermons LOUIS JACOBS VALLENTINE MITCHELL LONDON • PORTLAND, OR JPPrelims:JPPrelims.qxd 06/03/2018 15:14 Page 7 First published in 2004 by Vallentine Mitchell Catalyst House, 920 NE 58th Avenue, Suite 300, 720 Centennial Court, Portland, Oregon Centennial Park, Elstree WD6 3SY, 97213-3786 USA UK www.vmbooks.com Copyright © Louis Jacobs 2004 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data: An entry can be found on request Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data: An entry can be found on request ISBN 978 0 85303 561 9 (cloth) 978 0 85303 565 7 (paper) All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, reading or otherwise, without the prior per - mission of Vallentine Mitchell & Co. Ltd. Printed by Edwards Brothers Malloy, Ann Arbor, MI JPPrelims:JPPrelims.qxd 06/03/2018 15:28 Page v Contents PREfACE ix PART ONE : I NTRODUCTION 1 Chapter 1: Introduction 3 PART TWO : G ENESIS /BERESHIT 25 Chapter 2: Bereshit 27 Chapter 3: Noah 32 Chapter 4: Lekh Lekha 35 Chapter 5: Va-yerah 40 Chapter 6: Hayye Sarah 45 Chapter 7: Toledot 48 Chapter 8: Vayetzey 51 Chapter 9: Va-yishlah 55 Chapter 10: Va-yeshev 59 Chapter 11: Mikketz 61 Chapter 12: Va-yiggash 64 Chapter 13: Va-yehi 66 PART THREE : E XODUS /SHEMoT 69 Chapter 14: Shemot 71 Chapter 15: Va-era 74 Chapter 16: Bo 76 Chapter 17: Beshallah 80 JPPrelims:JPPrelims.qxd 06/03/2018 15:28 Page vi vi Jewish Preaching Chapter 18: Yitro 83 Chapter 19: Mishpatim 86 Chapter 20: Terumah 89 Chapter 21: Tetzaveh 92 Chapter 22: Ki Tissa 94 Chapter 23: Veyakhel 98 Chapter 24: Pikkudey 101 PART fOUR : L EVITICUS /VAYIKRA 103 Chapter 25: Vayikra 105 Chapter 26: Tzav 109 Chapter 27: Shemini 112 Chapter 28: Tazria 115 Chapter 29: Metzora 118 Chapter 30: Aharey Mot 120 Chapter 31: Kedoshim 123 Chapter 32: Emor 126 Chapter 33: Behar 129 Chapter 34: Behukkotai 131 PART fIVE : N UMBERS /BEMIDBAR 133 Chapter 35: Bemidbar 135 Chapter 36: Naso 138 Chapter 37: Behaalotekha 142 Chapter 38: Shelah 145 Chapter 39: Korah 148 Chapter 40: Hukkat 151 Chapter 41: Balak 155 Chapter 42: Phinehas 157 JPPrelims:JPPrelims.qxd 06/03/2018 15:28 Page vii Contents vii Chapter 43: Mattot 160 Chapter 44: Masse 162 PART SIX : D EUTERONOMy /DEVARIM 165 Chapter 45: Devarim 167 Chapter 46: Vaethanan 171 Chapter 47: Ekev 183 Chapter 48: Re’eh 186 Chapter 49: Shofetim 189 Chapter 50: Ki Tetze 192 Chapter 51: Ki Tavo 196 Chapter 52: Nitzavim 200 Chapter 53: Vayelekh 202 Chapter 54: Haazinu 205 Chapter 55: Vezot Haberakhah 208 PART SEVEN : ‘E THICS Of THE fATHERS ’/ PIRKEY AVoT 211 Chapter 56: Ethics 1 213 Chapter 57: Ethics 2 215 Chapter 58: Ethics 3 221 Chapter 59: Ethics 4 226 Chapter 60: Ethics 5 231 JPPrelims:JPPrelims.qxd 06/03/2018 15:28 Page viii for my lovely little great-granddaughters Ella and Hannah Lucie Jacobs and Jordan Hannah Green JPPrelims:JPPrelims.qxd 06/03/2018 15:28 Page ix Preface A word of explanation, not to say of excuse, is called for as to why a preacher from various pulpits during almost sixty years should have decided just now to publish a series of extrapolations of Scriptural verses. first, there is the natural desire of an elderly rabbi, as time appears to be more fleeting than ever before, to res - cue from oblivion his efforts in this direction. The truth is that, while I have always tried to prepare my sermons fully before deliv - ery, I have never been at home in using a manuscript and have spoken extemporarily for better or for worse. However, thanks to invitations from Jewish journals, especially the Jewish Chronicle , I have published sermonic ideas in print, some of which are pub - lished in this volume. These printed homilies extend over a period of around fifty years. It would not have been appropriate simply to reproduce these as they stood. Times have changed rapidly in this area as well, so that a thorough revision has been necessary and much new material has been added. A homily differs from a sermon in several respects. The sermon is more personal, more spontaneous, has greater flexibility and is far more direct than the homily; naturally so since, in the sermon, a live audience is addressed. Every preacher is aware that he is speaking face to face with his congregation. He looks at them, or should do, while he is preaching. In a subtle way they participate creatively in his message by the way they receive it. A yawn or a sense that he is boring on (in both senses of the word) is sufficient to throw him off his stride. A touch of humour, even an occasional joke, is essential if he is to hold their interest. An element of pas - sion is also an integral part of the sermon, though this can be over - done all too easily.
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