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Toldot text study on re-digging wells
Rabbi Toba Spitzer assembles textual sources on the redigging of ancestral wells in Parashat Toldot.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/digging-parashat-toldot
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 2:44pm
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Maoz Tzur from original Recon siddur
This revision of a familiar Hanukkah song was published in the 1945 Reconstructionist siddur. The original text was amended to address ethical concerns raised by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan - specifically, the first verse is changed so that instead of anticipating God “preparing the slaughter of the blaspheming foe,” we look forward to the end of slaughter and the stilling of the sound of battle. See attached for the Hebrew and (non-literal, but poetic) translation.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/revised-maoz-tzur-early-reconstructionist-siddur
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 2:54pm
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Teshuva Parables - Kafka and BeSHT
This study sheet contains two parables of the King and the returning son by the Baal Shem Tov, as well one of Kafka's parables, “The Imperial Messenger,” which has some intriguing echoes of and stark contrasts with the first two stories.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/kings-messages-journeys-parables-teshuvah
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 3:06pm
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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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Making Pesakh Personal study sheet
This study sheet provides a variety of sources on the spiritual practices surrounding Passover (Pesakh).
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/making-pesakh-personal
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 5:33pm
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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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Text study on gate for Ne'ilah - Gates Locked and Unlocked
This text study examines the vivid image of gates closing at the end of Yom Kippur.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/gates-locked-and-unlocked-yom-kippur-text-study
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 5:45pm
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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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On Torah & Wilderness - shavuot study sheet
Study sheet on the significance of having received the Torah at Mt. Sinai, in the wilderness.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/torah-wilderness
Posted on: 2016/11/17 - 5:53pm
