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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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Jewish Values and People With Disabilities: Appreciating the Variety of Life
This compilation of quotes from various text sources conveys Jewish values regarding people with special needs.
Posted on: 2017/04/13 - 1:28pm
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Parsing the Meeting of Jacob and Esau
Torah:
Jacob is leaving Haran after 20 years. He left originally out of fear that Esau might kill him in revenge for Jacob having tricked Isaac into giving him the blessing. He is on his way back to Canaan when he becomes aware that Esau is approaching him in a large group:
The messengers returned to Jacob and said, “We came to your brother Esau. He is also approaching you. He has 400 people with him.” Jacob feared greatly and was distressed.(Genesis 32:6-7)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/parsing-meeting-jacob-and-esau
Posted on: 2016/04/25 - 4:13pm
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Remembering Amalek text study
The Torah commands us to “wipe out the memory of Amalek…do not forget!” (Deut. 25) What exactly does “Amalek” represent, and what might it mean to remember (or blot out) that memory?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/remembering-amalek
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 6:16pm
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Amalek text study
The Torah commands us to “wipe out the memory of Amalek…do not forget!” (Deut. 25) But is Amalek an external enemy—or something inside us?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/remembering-and-blotting-out-amalek
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 6:51pm
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Love, Enemies and Evil: Beshalakh Text Study
In this text study for Parashat Beshalakh, Rabbi Toba Spitzer examines the fate of the Egyptians at the Red Sea and our tradition's ethical sensitivity to their plight.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/love-enemies-and-evil-beshalakh-text-study
Posted on: 2017/02/10 - 4:21pm
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Bronstein teaching call - Hasidic lens on Parashat Bo
Today I want to share with you some of what I think are the most astounding, and provocative, and informative Jewish messages that we have available to us as Reconstructionists, as Jews in general today. But they come from a place that you might never think to look: the 18th-century and 19th-century Hasidic commentaries on the Torah.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/spoken-audio/hasidic-lens-parashat-bo
Posted on: 2016/12/01 - 5:11pm
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From Tzedakah to Restorative Finance: A Curriculum
This Reconstructionist curriculum on wealth inequality was written for the movement’s Tikkun Olam commission in the winter of 5777 (2016-2017). It is structured as four 90-minute learning sessions, and contains guidance for adapting its content to different formats and audiences.
The curriculum can also be downloaded in Word format for ease of editing and reformatting:
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/tzedakah-restorative-finance-curriculum
Posted on: 2017/01/25 - 6:21pm
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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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Yigdal Reconstructionist Text Study
Yigdal, one of the most beloved of the medieval piyyutim (liturgical poems), appears as an opening hymn in the daily morning service. Yigdal summarizes the thirteen principles of the Jewish faith as formulated by Moses Maimonides (RaMBaM; late 12th century C.E.) in his Mishnah commentary on Sanhedrin 10:1.Reconstructionists often proudly assert that when we pray with a Reconstructionist siddur, we feel that we can 'say what we mean and mean what we say,' because our liturgical language reflects Reconstructionist theology.https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/yigdal-reconstructionist-examination
Posted on: 2016/11/30 - 2:00pm
