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Communal Mishlo'ach Manot
“And therefore the Jews make the 14th of the month of Adar: a day of gladness and feasting, a holiday, and a day of sending choice portions to one another.” (Esther 9:19)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/communal-mishloach-manot
Posted on: 2017/04/21 - 12:16pm
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Fuller Aleynu For Siddur Kol Ha'Noar
Siddur Kol Hano'ar uses a truncated version of the Aleynu prayer. This fuller version uses Reconstructionist wording and can be pasted into Siddur Kol Hano'ar. It is available with and without transliteration.
Print the pdfs onto labels and cut them to size. Peel off the backs and paste the labels onto pages 34 and 82.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/fuller-aleynu-siddur-kol-hanoar
Posted on: 2017/04/25 - 3:06pm
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Kol HaNeshamah Hebrew in Davkawriter format
This .zip file contains four documents with the Hebrew text of the services found in the Kol Haneshamah: Shabbat Vehagim prayer book.
Note: you must have the Davkawriter Hebrew word processor installed on your computer to view these documents.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/kol-haneshamah-hebrew-text-davkawriter-format
Posted on: 2017/04/25 - 3:12pm
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Hashkiveinu, Prayer and Connection
This lesson helps children and adults delve into the meaning and feeling of the Hashkiveinu prayer. It uses a story and other texts from Siddur Kol Hano'ar to make students more comfortable with the siddur.
Posted on: 2017/04/25 - 3:17pm
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Making Our Synagogues Vessels of Tikkun Olam
Rabbi Mordechai Liebling is the former Torah of Money director at the Shefa Fund (now Bend the Arc). This article is adapted from a talk at the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation Tikkun Olam Kallah March, 2003. It was originally printed in the Fall 2003 issue of The Reconstructionist.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/making-our-synagogues-vessels-tikkun-olam
Posted on: 2017/04/25 - 4:18pm
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Surviving in the One-Room Schoolhouse
(Reprinted from Reconstructing Jewish Education: A Process Guide edited by Dr. Jeffrey Schein in 1989.)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/surviving-one-room-schoolhouse
Posted on: 2017/04/26 - 9:04am
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Preparing for a Rabbinic Sabbatical From the Perspective of the Congregational Leadership
In Leviticus 25:2-4 we learn:
“When you enter the land that I assign to you, the land shall observe a Sabbath of the Lord. Six years you may sow your field and six years you may prune your vineyard and gather in the yield. But in the seventh year the land shall have a Sabbath of complete rest, a Sabbath of the Lord.”
Posted on: 2017/04/26 - 9:20am
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Dues and Financial Policy: Our Tax for Jewish Citizenship
Early Models
Since developing as a people after the exodus from Egypt, the most common method of raising funds in Jewish community has been through taxation (see Exodus 30 on the half-shekel, Exodus 35 on free-will offerings, Leviticus 19 and Deuteronomy 14, 24, and 26 on tithing). This is by no means unique to the Jewish people.
Posted on: 2005/10/01 - 12:00am
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Resources on Community Building
(This list of resources is valuable, but in need of updates. Please feel free to suggest any corrections or additions!)
Alpert, Rebecca and Staub, Jacob Exploring Judaism: A Reconstructionist Approach. Reconstructionist Press, Philadelphia, 2000.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/resources-community-building
Posted on: 2012/06/11 - 12:00am
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Synagogue Membership As a Requirement For Religious School Enrollment
This listserv thread from November 2001 still contains valuable discussion on congregational policy.
Jeff Steinberg, Toronto, Ontario
I sit on our Hebrew school committee, which is currently reviewing a policy of the congregation. The policy requires congregational membership after one year's enrollment in the school. The school, in effect, serves a membership gathering function.
Posted on: 2001/11/01 - 12:00am
