Shabbat Sermon: Two Geographies, One Covenant with Rabbi Jamie Kolter

When the tribes of Gad and Reuben ask to settle east of the Jordan, Moses hears a threat to Israel’s future. Together we’ll discover how the Torah and the Book of Joshua model a framework for the people to remain bound by one covenant while living very different realities. In a time when Israeli and Diaspora Jews face different challenges but share one destiny, we’ll learn what the Torah teaches…