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Finding Forgiveness
We hear about forgiveness every year at the High Holy Days. We seek God’s forgiveness in shul from Selihot through the final prayers of Yom Kippur.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/finding-forgiveness
Posted on: 2016/04/15 - 2:14pm
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Role of Obligation in Jewish Education (Discussion)
Discussion from November - December, 2001
Sarah Rubin - Monday November 26, 2001:
EdTalk Chevre,
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/role-obligation-jewish-education-discussion
Posted on: 2016/05/06 - 10:49am
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Reconstructing Halakha
Many Reconstructionists and other liberal Jews seem afraid of the term halakha, reacting as if it invokes some dark presence coming out of the past to crush them with its oppressive weight. They would be surprised to learn that Mordecai Kaplan wrote that “Jewish life [is] meaningless without Jewish law.” He made this statement not as the young rabbi of an Orthodox congregation, but relatively late in his career, in one of his most thorough and systematic examinations of Jewish life in America, The Future of the American Jew (1948).
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/reconstructing-halakha
Posted on: 2016/05/06 - 11:01am
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Can a Reconstructionist Sin?
Some years ago, at an informal lunch shared by a number of us who worked for the same Jewish agency, a staffer indicated she had no need to attend Yom Kippur services. Predictably provoked, we asked why. Yom Kippur was all about sin, she replied, and since she never sinned, she had nothing for which to atone.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/can-reconstructionist-sin
Posted on: 2016/05/06 - 11:06am
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Teshuvah Study Sheet - Recon approach - Toba Spitzer
A study sheet on the evolving concept of teshuvah over the ages. Rabbi Toba Spitzer notes that in preparing this sheet, she purposefully refrained (most of the time) from translating the word “teshuvah” because of the very different approaches of each text. After reading these, what is your definition?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/teshuvah-reconstructionist-perspective
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 2:24pm
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Teshuvah and Compassion study sheet
This study sheet on teshuvah and compassion draws our attention to the interplay between our ability to forgive others, and God's ability to forgive us.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/teshuvah-and-compassion
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 3:15pm
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Coveting text study
Twice in the Torah (In Parashat Yitro and Parashat Va’etchanan), we are commanded not to “covet.” What does that mean? This study sheet explores sources on coveting to find out.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/what-coveting
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 5:39pm
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Ki Tavo text study - the practice of joy
What does it mean to be commanded to be joyful? Rabbi Toba Spitzer unpacks this imperative from Parashat Ki Tavo.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/ki-tavo-and-practice-joy
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 5:47pm
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Shlah lecha study sheet on tzitzit
What is the meaning of the fringes (tzitzit) on a tallit (Jewish prayer shawl)? Rabbi Toba Spitzer examines the sources.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/what-purpose-tzitzit-fringes
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 5:51pm
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Nitzavim and Teshuvah study sheet
Study sheet on the relationship between Parashat Nitzavim and themes of teshuvah, incorporating words from Rabbi Sandy Roth (of blessed memory) and Rabbi Shefa Gold.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/nitzavim-and-teshuvah
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 6:05pm
