Recipe for the perfect High Holiday sermon salad

Rosh Hashanah is a month away! Time to get to work on those High Holiday sermons.

Ingredients:
1 premise

2 good stories (if you only have one on hand, it will suffice)

A handful of rabbinic principles

1 quote from Rashi (Ibn Ezra or Ramban will do if you can’t find a good Rashi)

1 bold statement

1 joke

Dash of guilt (note: HANDLE WITH CARE)

Dressing:

Elegant turns of phrase

Witty aphorisms

A personal anecdote or two

Toss well and serve in under 20 minutes.  For some added spice, throw in a deeply moving tale of loss and a few tears.

Serves 300-1800.  

שנה טובה! 

Shanah Tovah!

~

Rabbi Seth Adelson