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Shavuot DT SCR
Revelation is a tricky thing. For Moses it took place at age 80 while standing in front of a burning bush. For Abraham it was in Haran at age 75 when he heard the voice of God telling him to take a different path from his ancestors and become a blessing to all the families of the world.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/revelation-gift
Posted on: 2017/05/26 - 11:56am
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Ruth and Lovingkindess Teaching Session Gedzelman
As we look forward to reading the Book of Ruth on the holiday of Shavuot, Rabbi David Gedzelman explores the text with an eye towards literary elements which speak of how the Hebrew Bible pushes forward structures of covenantal openness, societal protection and compassion towards the other built on and transcending the requirements of the Law.
The handout for the study session is available here:
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/spoken-audio/book-ruth-torah-lovingkindness-face-death
Posted on: 2017/05/26 - 2:05pm
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Are We There Yet DT Behaalotcha Kligler
שוַיְהִ֤י הָעָם֙ כְּמִתְאֹ֣נְנִ֔ים רַ֖ע בְּאָזְנֵ֣י ה׳
Va’yehi ha’am k’mit’onenim ra b’oznei YHVH.
The people took to complaining bitterly before YHVH (Bamidbar 11:1)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/are-we-there-yet
Posted on: 2017/06/02 - 9:09am
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Healing the Crushed Spirit - Shlakh Lekha DT Kligler
וַנְּהִ֤י בְעֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙ כַּֽחֲגָבִ֔ים וְכֵ֥ן הָיִ֖ינוּ בְּעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃
Va’nehi b’eineinu kachagavim, v’chen hayinu b’eineihem
We looked like grasshoppers to ourselves, so we certainly must have looked that way to them. (Bamidbar 13:33)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/healing-crushed-spirit
Posted on: 2017/06/09 - 10:42am
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Putting Aside Fear for Courage - DT Shelakh SCR
The signs of a spiritual renaissance are all around us. Candidates are increasingly running for public office while openly touting their religious pedigrees as “believers” and even “born again” men and women. The shelves in bookstores throughout the country are filled with the latest books on finding your spiritual path, discovering the meaning of life, embracing the light of spirituality and often understanding the most esoteric ancient mystical teachings in three easy lessons.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/putting-aside-fear-courage
Posted on: 2017/06/09 - 10:47am
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Who Was Korakh DT Lewis Eron
During the forty years in the wilderness, Moses faced a number of challenges to his leadership. Some arose out of our ancestors’ sense of loss and deprivation. Others centered on issues of policy. The most threatening of these challenges, however, was the constitutional crisis brought about by Korakh’s attempt to supplant both Moses as political leader and Aaron as High Priest.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/who-was-korakh
Posted on: 2017/06/14 - 8:22pm
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Hukat DT Arlene Berger
In Genesis 50:10-11, Joseph observed a seven-day mourning period for his father Jacob, mourning bitterly and loudly. When the Caaanites witnessed this, they observed that the people were holding “a solemn ceremony of mourning.” From this we derive the practice of shiva where we observe a specific period of mourning for those close to us. After the mourning period was over, Joseph and the mourners returned to Egypt to resume their daily lives.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/reacting-loss
Posted on: 2017/06/23 - 5:00pm
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How Good It Is - DT Balak Kligler
Mah tovu ohalecha Ya’akov, mishkenotecha Yisrael / מַה טֹּבוּ אֹהָלֶיךָ יַעֲקֹב מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל
How goodly are your tents, Jacob, your dwelling places, Israel (Numbers 24:5)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/how-good-it
Posted on: 2017/06/30 - 12:50pm
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Silence as Protest (AKA The World of Silence) - Pinkhas DT Howard Cohen
Silence in the world of verbal communication can be as complicated to interpret and as deliberate as any word choice. We are often as careful (or should be) about when we choose to remain silent as we are about the words we use to convey a message. In the world of printed words, silence is every bit as powerful as in the audio world. However, it is much more difficult to indicate.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/silence-protest
Posted on: 2017/06/30 - 1:29pm
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Matot-Mas'ey: The Inner Journey DT Kligler
Eileh mas’ei v’nei Yisrael asher yatz’u me’eretz Mitzrayim
אֵ֜לֶּה מַסְעֵ֣י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָצְא֛וּ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁ֖ה וְאַהֲרֹֽן׃
These are the journeys of the Children of Israel after leaving the Land of Egypt
(Numbers 33:1)https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/inner-journey
Posted on: 2017/07/14 - 1:47pm
