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Launch Grant 2017 Shelly Barnathan
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The observance of Tisha B'Av
This article is excerpted from The Guide to Jewish Practice, Volume 2. The full Guide may be ordered from the Reconstructionist Press.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/observance-tisha-bav
Posted on: 2017/07/27 - 5:48pm
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Reconstructionist Torah Blessings
The traditional blessing before reading from the Torah contains the phrase אֲשֶׁר בָּֽחַר בָּֽנוּ מִכָּל הָעַמִּים (asher bakhar banu mikol ha’amim) — “Praised are you Lord our God, ruler of the Universe, who has chosen us from among all peoples by giving us the Torah.” The Reconstructionist version of that phrase is rewritten as אֲשֶׁר קֵרְבָנוּ לַעֲבוֹדָתוֹ (asher kervanu la’avodato), “who has drawn us to your service by giving us the Torah.” This change preserves the notion of Torah as our unique and prec
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/video/reconstructionist-blessing-torah-reading
Posted on: 2016/06/16 - 5:06pm
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What Are You Asking For?
(A guided meditation on Psalm 27, from God Loves the Stranger: Stories, Poems, Prayers)
One thing I ask of Adonai, only that do I seek.
Imagine if you could ask one thing of Adonai.
Imagine if reality, life, all the power and resources in existence could grant you one thing and one thing alone.
(Pause) Take a few deep belly breaths.
For this moment let your thoughts float freely.
What would it be?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/what-are-you-asking-meditation-psalm-27
Posted on: 2017/08/17 - 5:15pm
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The Shofar and the Tears of Our Mothers
(from God Loves the Stranger)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/shofar-and-tears-our-mothers
Posted on: 2017/08/17 - 4:14pm
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Yom Kippur at Lincoln Memorial
(from God Loves the Stranger)
Today is a day of repentance, renewal, and solidarity.
Repentance in Hebrew is T’shuvah, which means turning and returning—making an about-face.
It is a most treasured human gift.
One who turns around and heads in the right direction Is respected and appreciated.
Indeed, when we say that we are lost, it is often the beginning of the journey home.
The Source of Life, the Divine Beloved, calls us to return, calls us to T’shuvah, again and again.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/yom-kippur-lincoln-memorial
Posted on: 2017/08/17 - 4:46pm
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High Holiday Liturgy
Rabbi Alan LaPayover (RRC ‘02), recorded the prayers of the Reconstructionist liturgy for the High Holiday services. The sound files are available for listening and download on this page of the RRC website.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/high-holiday-liturgy
Posted on: 2016/04/15 - 1:19pm
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Shofar Kavannah for Refugees
This ritual invokes the blast of the shofar to articulate the plight of refugees. It was created for use at High Holidays in response to the presidential travel ban.
The blasts of the shofar are a wordless prayer punctuated by moments of silence. The stories of courage, hope, and determination of refugees resettling in our communities are punctuated by the silent yearnings of those who are kept out by the presidential travel ban.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/shofar-kavannah-refugees
Posted on: 2017/08/16 - 3:35pm
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Psalm 27 Interpretation
לְדָוִ֨ד ׀ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אוֹרִ֣י וְ֭יִשְׁעִי מִמִּ֣י אִירָ֑א יְהוָ֥ה מָֽעוֹז־חַ֝יַּ֗י מִמִּ֥י אֶפְחָֽד׃
Awareness is sunlight in the mind. No one can take that from me. Awareness is my life’s stronghold. It absorbs all fear.
בִּקְרֹ֤ב עָלַ֨י ׀ מְרֵעִים֮ לֶאֱכֹ֪ל אֶת־בְּשָׂ֫רִ֥י צָרַ֣י וְאֹיְבַ֣י לִ֑י הֵ֖מָּה כָשְׁל֣וּ וְנָפָֽלוּ׃
The hindrances and defilements are as close as my flesh and mind, but they dissolve in the light of being known.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/psalm-27
Posted on: 2017/08/18 - 12:21am
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Brant Rosen psalm 79
can you pour out your love
upon the ones you do not know,
the ones who mutter their strange
and fearful prayers, who
refuse to call upon god
by your comfortable, familiar names?can you tear open your robe and
let your compassion bleed out,
swaddling and comforting
those you have been taught to fear
with an indignation that burns
like a devouring fire?are you ready to mourn
the dead of another family
whose blood is your blood,
the one who looks like a stranger
but is, in truth,
your own flesh and kin?https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/psalm-79-pour-out-your-love
Posted on: 2017/08/15 - 5:12pm
