Sep 14, 2026 · 37 min · 10 segments
**Kehillah is ready for its next chapter.** In this final episode of the season, Rabbi Patrick reflects on Rosh Hashanah, the story of Avraham and Yitzakh, and what it means to actually listen to the…
Patrick BeaulierHost
Um, but I wrote these two different sermons, and now it's, uh, it's the end of Rosh Hashanah, and I'm sitting here.
And I'm, I'm gonna be perfectly honest with you, like, I am dead to the world.
I am living on coffee and water and leftover food [laughs], and I'm in my pajamas.
Like, it is, like, I have, I've powered off [laughs], um, except for this conversation with you.
Well, not the one thing I needed to do, but the one thing that I was really focused on.
Um, one was about Avraham and the Akedah, the sacrifice, right, of Yitzhak, and I wrote about how Avraham was hearing, but he wasn't listening, right? So we talk about that sometimes, that hearing and listening are two different things.
And then the other one, which is actually the sermon I gave, uh, on air for Rosh Hashanah, um, is about how we've outgrown ourselves.
And, uh, there've been some consequences because we've outgrown our model and because we haven't, um, we haven't lived up to our motto, our slogan, our binding words, our creed of you matter.
A- and now I'm beginning to believe that actually these things aren't two separate sermons.
They were a little disjointed at first, but now that I've had some time to think about it, um, ultimately, it goes back to this question of what did we hear? Um, because if Rosh Hashanah is supposed to be a time when we listen to God and to ourselves and to others in preparation for Yom Kippur...
A- and I should say that part of this is because Rosh Hashanah is the energy of avinu, those close relationships.
Yom Kippur is the energy of malkenu, those farther away, more transcendent, more distant feelings.
Um, but if Rosh Hashanah is supposed to be about the interpersonal, then I guess the question we should ask is what did we actually hear? Um, so I'm gonna talk to you about, uh, what Rosh Hashanah was this year.
And I'm gonna talk about hearing, not listening, and what we have heard from Kehilla and, you know, uh, how we've kind of outgrown this container that we have.
Um, but I wrote these two different sermons, and now it's, uh, it's the end of Rosh Hashanah, and I'm sitting here.
And I'm, I'm gonna be perfectly honest with you, like, I am dead to the world.
I am living on coffee and water and leftover food [laughs], and I'm in my pajamas.
Like, it is, like, I have, I've powered off [laughs], um, except for this conversation with you.
Well, not the one thing I needed to do, but the one thing that I was really focused on.
Um, one was about Avraham and the Akedah, the sacrifice, right, of Yitzhak, and I wrote about how Avraham was hearing, but he wasn't listening, right? So we talk about that sometimes, that hearing and listening are two different things.
And then the other one, which is actually the sermon I gave, uh, on air for Rosh Hashanah, um, is about how we've outgrown ourselves.
And, uh, there've been some consequences because we've outgrown our model and because we haven't, um, we haven't lived up to our motto, our slogan, our binding words, our creed of you matter.
A- and now I'm beginning to believe that actually these things aren't two separate sermons.
They were a little disjointed at first, but now that I've had some time to think about it, um, ultimately, it goes back to this question of what did we hear? Um, because if Rosh Hashanah is supposed to be a time when we listen to God and to ourselves and to others in preparation for Yom Kippur...
A- and I should say that part of this is because Rosh Hashanah is the energy of avinu, those close relationships.
Yom Kippur is the energy of malkenu, those farther away, more transcendent, more distant feelings.
Um, but if Rosh Hashanah is supposed to be about the interpersonal, then I guess the question we should ask is what did we actually hear? Um, so I'm gonna talk to you about, uh, what Rosh Hashanah was this year.
And I'm gonna talk about hearing, not listening, and what we have heard from Kehilla and, you know, uh, how we've kind of outgrown this container that we have.
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