Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm delivered a sermon during Chanukah discussing the order of lighting Chanukah candles and reciting Havdalah, reflecting a clash of principles: pirsumei nissa, emphasizing the dramatic and miraculous, and tadir kodem, prioritizing the constant and routine.

Harry Austryn Wolfson, a prominent Jewish scholar, delivered a sermon at Harvard in 1955 challenging prevailing theological notions and criticizing contemporary theologians for offering meaningless phrases in place of true belief in God.

In this humorous dialogue, two individuals, likely a rabbi and a congregant, discuss the challenges of crafting a meaningful Yom Kippur sermon that stands out.