This manual will help you use all three volumes of A Guide to Jewish Practice to boost your adult and teen education programming in meaningful ways.
Ritual Life
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Hebrew text of the services found in the Kol Haneshamah: Shabbat Veḥagim prayer book.
Fuller Aleynu prayer for Siddur Kol Hano'ar
Congregation B'nai Israel in Willimantic, Connecticut underwent a long communal Reconstructionist process to decide on congregational rules for Shabbat practice. This is the result.
This is a short Passover reading that expresses appreciation for people of backgrounds and identities other than Judaism. It would work well in a community seder, as well as home seders.
An archive of discussions about High Holiday children's and youth services
A case study of congregational values-based decision making around Shabbat practice
Wine is the traditional vehicle for prominent Jewish ritual moments. At the same, Jewish communities contain people who struggle with alcohol. Rabbi Richard Hirsh outlines simple steps to recognize and support all in a community who wish to participate.
Faculty, staff and students at RRC led a program explaining the Reconstructionist perspective on a traditional pre-burial ritual.
