On the Seventh Day of Pesach, when the festival meets Shabbat and memory meets hope, Rabbi Adrian M. Schell offers a tender reflection from the edge of the sea—both literal and spiritual.
In this sermon, we walk alongside Barbara and Batya on a quiet English beach, gathering pebbles of memory and learning how even the most fragile moments can carry us. Through the Song of the Sea (Shirat HaYam) and King David’s haunting psalm in the Haftarah, we encounter a truth that lingers: transformation comes not in thunderclaps, but in song—in voices raised while still trembling.
We are invited to hold grief and gratitude like two old friends walking side by side. This sermon is a song for all of us who stand at the edge of what was and what might be—singing, remembering, and taking the next step forward.
