Object

Rabbi's Tailored Sermon (Sermon Addressing Toby)

A spoken religious address delivered by Toby's rabbi whose language and examples directly reference Toby's synagogue attendance. Not a portable artifact but an identifiable communicative act—a pulpit sermon whose content functions like a document: personal references, moral appeals, and phrasing that prove familiarity with Toby's private practice. Characters react to the sermon as if confronted with a recorded disclosure: Toby's face tightens, staff trade stunned looks, and the sermon becomes the tangible clue that exposes a private detail in public moral terms.

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Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S1E14 · Take This Sabbath Day

Breach of Confidence — Toby Confronts Sam

The rabbi's tailored sermon functions as the key revealing object: its content signals that the rabbi knew about the case and Toby's attendance, triggering Toby's suspicion and Sam's admission. The sermon operates narratively as the tangible proof that private religious attendance was used in advocacy.

Before: Delivered at synagogue and circulating (spoken) to congregants; known to Toby privately as a sermon he attended.

After: Revealed as evidence in the bullpen that a third party (a public defender) contacted the rabbi; now a catalyst for staff mistrust and ethical questioning.

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S1E14 · Take This Sabbath Day

Midnight Deadline and a Breach of Trust

The rabbi's tailored sermon functions like an object of evidence: its content (addressing Toby) is cited to show that a public defender reached out to the rabbi and that private attendance at the temple has become public and politically relevant.

Before: Delivered in the synagogue to a congregation; existed as pastoral speech intended for moral instruction.

After: Referenced within the White House communications discussion as a piece of circumstantial evidence and a lever used by advocates to reach political actors.

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