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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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Elsie Stern Shavuot 2012 Audio Teaching
Note: the following is a verbatim transcript for accessibility to the hearing-impaired. It has not been edited for general publication.
Posted on: 2016/08/22 - 3:02am
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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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Bamidbar - Everyone Counts - Kligler DT
Se’u et rosh kol adat B’nei Yisrael… / שְׂא֗וּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ֙ כָּל־עֲדַ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Take a head-count of the entire community of the Children of Israel… (B’midbar 1:2)https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/everyone-counts
Posted on: 2017/05/18 - 11:07am
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Blessings and Curses DT Behukotai
At the end of the traditional Birkat HaMazon, the Grace after the Meal, is a verse from the Book of Psalms that reads, “Once I was young and now I have grown old but I have never seen a righteous person abandoned nor his children begging for food” (Psalm 37:25). It is one of a series of biblical verses acknowledging God as the one who sustains all. There are many ways to sing the verse but I was taught to drop my voice when I came to this passage and recite it in a whisper. Why?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/blessings-and-curses
Posted on: 2016/06/16 - 1:12pm
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Behukotay – Walking the Freedom Walk text study
A civil-rights era song proclaimed, “No easy walk to freedom.” In this text study based on Parashat Behukotay, we examine what it means to “walk upright.”
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/walking-freedom-walk
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 6:12pm
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Land DT Behar
Parashat Behar is primarily concerned with rules and regulations pertaining to the land of Israel. We read the description of the laws governing the sabbatical (“Shmitta”) years in which the land was to lie fallow one out of every seven years. We learn of the idea of the Jubilee year, which occurred every fifty years, when property that had passed out of a family by reason of economic necessity reverted to the original owners.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/land
Posted on: 2016/06/16 - 1:27pm
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Jacob Staub KI Talk on Reconstructionism
In this talk given at Congregation Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades, California, Rabbi Jacob Staub explores what makes Reconstructionist communities unique. Selected quotes follow. The entire call transcript is available at the bottom of this page.
Posted on: 2016/10/28 - 1:11am
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An Eye For An Eye? DT Emor Kligler
וְאִ֕ישׁ כִּֽי־יִתֵּ֥ן מ֖וּם בַּעֲמִית֑וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה כֵּ֖ן יֵעָ֥שֶׂה לּֽוֹ׃ שֶׁ֚בֶר תַּ֣חַת שֶׁ֔בֶר עַ֚יִן תַּ֣חַת עַ֔יִן שֵׁ֖ן תַּ֣חַת שֵׁ֑ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֥ן מוּם֙ בָּֽאָדָ֔ם כֵּ֖ן יִנָּ֥תֶן בּֽוֹ׃
V’ish ki yiten mum ba’amito, ka’asher asah ken ya’aseh lo: shever tachat shever, ayin tachat ayin, shen tachat shen. Ka’asher yiten mum ba’adam, ken yinaten bo.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/eye-for-an-eye
Posted on: 2017/05/05 - 11:34am
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Emor and Omer study sheet
The ritual of counting the Omer takes place between the holidays of Pesach and Shavuot. This study sheet explores the deeper meaning of this commandment.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/emor-and-omer-study-sheet
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 5:58pm