This sermon was delivered on the first day of Rosh haShanah, 5775 (2014), at the United Synagogue of Hoboken, New Jersey. When Naftali Hertz...
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(Note: this is an unedited version of the sermon I delivered on the first day of Rosh HaShanah 2016 / 5777. Links, references, footnotes, ...