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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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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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Recon Radio (Heart Mind and Spirit) on Shavuot
This archival episode of Heart, Mind, and Spirit discusses the holiday of Shavuot. The discussion with Rabbis Linda Potemkin and Shai Gluskin was hosted by Rabbi Shawn Zevit.
Note: We apologize that this program is currently inaccessible to those with hearing impairment. We hope to provide transcripts at a future date of audio materials from our back catalog.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/spoken-audio/shavuot-audio-program
Posted on: 2017/05/24 - 12:29pm
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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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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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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
