Resources – Reconstructing Judaism https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org Deeply rooted. Boldly relevant. Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:17:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/reconjudaism-favicon.png Resources – Reconstructing Judaism https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org 32 32 V’Achshav Or https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/vachshav-or/ https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/vachshav-or/#respond Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:17:56 +0000 https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/?post_type=article&p=24576 We all need more light in our lives. So this year, as you kindle your Hanukkiah, hold the intention to bring light to your day and to our world.

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]]> https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/vachshav-or/feed/ 0 The Alacrity of Avraham – Parashat Vayeira 5784 https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/the-alacrity-of-avraham-parashat-vayeira-5784/ https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/the-alacrity-of-avraham-parashat-vayeira-5784/#respond Tue, 28 Nov 2023 21:02:13 +0000 https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/?post_type=article&p=24529 Rabbi Micah Geurin Weiss shares this D'var Torah from "Recking with Racism and Imagining a Path Forward" Weekend at Bet Am Shalom Reconstructionist Synagogue.

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]]> https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/the-alacrity-of-avraham-parashat-vayeira-5784/feed/ 0 “My Own Thinking Heart” a poem by Rabbi Haviva Ner-David https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/my-own-thinking-heart-a-poem-by-rabbi-haviva-ner-david/ https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/my-own-thinking-heart-a-poem-by-rabbi-haviva-ner-david/#respond Fri, 17 Nov 2023 16:44:31 +0000 https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/?post_type=article&p=24456 Rabbi Haviva Ner-David shares all of the pain she is holding in this difficult moment before reciting her new poem "My Own Thinking Heart" and offering a creative writing prompt. Taken from Ritualwell's Nov. 17 virtual gathering, "Holding Each Other."

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]]> https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/my-own-thinking-heart-a-poem-by-rabbi-haviva-ner-david/feed/ 0 Prayers for Healing https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/prayers-for-healing/ https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/prayers-for-healing/#respond Fri, 10 Nov 2023 21:16:22 +0000 https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/?post_type=article&p=24306 In this excerpt from Ritualwell’s weekly “Holding Each Other” gathering, Rabbi Janet Madden chants the Oseh Shalom and Mi Shebeirach prayers. Madden lovingly and soulfully expresses what so many yearn for: peace and healing.

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]]> https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/prayers-for-healing/feed/ 0 “Dusk in October 2023” and “The Israeli Flag Has No Red Stripes” by Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/poems-by-rabbi-alex-lazarus-klein/ https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/poems-by-rabbi-alex-lazarus-klein/#respond Thu, 02 Nov 2023 19:34:01 +0000 https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/?post_type=article&p=24202 At Ritualwell’s weekly “Holding Each Other” virtual event, Rabbi Alex Lazurus-Klein read two poems, one written during the Second Intifada and the other composed in the harrowing days following October 7.

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]]> https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/poems-by-rabbi-alex-lazarus-klein/feed/ 0 “Hoshia Na” by Rabbi Annie Lewis https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/hoshia-na-by-rabbi-annie-lewis/ https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/hoshia-na-by-rabbi-annie-lewis/#respond Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:45:55 +0000 https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/?post_type=article&p=24163 https://vimeo.com/879636915/82bbf6be16?share=copyWe left the embrace of the sukkahfor the shelter of Shabbat HoshanaAnd they blasted away the wallHoshanaPlease reopen Your gates of salvationHoshanaCan anyone pick the lock?Hoshana For Your sake and Hoshana For oursHoshana For fathers gunned down in front of daughtersHoshanaFor mothers shielding the bodies of sonsHoshanaFor elders with caregivers bedsideHoshanaFor Amit who bandaged wounds in the infirmary, who never made […]

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]]> https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/hoshia-na-by-rabbi-annie-lewis/feed/ 0 “Mirrors” – a Poem by Cathleen Cohen https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/mirrors-a-poem-by-cathleen-cohen/ https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/mirrors-a-poem-by-cathleen-cohen/#respond Fri, 20 Oct 2023 18:15:56 +0000 https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/?post_type=article&p=24042 Cathleen Cohen recites her new poem "Mirrors," as part of Ritualwell's October 19th virtual gathering, "Holding Each Other: Israel on our Hearts."

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]]> https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/mirrors-a-poem-by-cathleen-cohen/feed/ 0 Ways to Help in this Time of War in Israel and Palestine:​ https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/war-in-israel-and-palestine-how-you-can-help/ https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/war-in-israel-and-palestine-how-you-can-help/#respond Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:49:55 +0000 https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/?post_type=article&p=23978 Donate to Magen David Adom Magen David Adom Magen David Adom is Israel’s “Red Cross”. It has activated all 1,400 of its ambulances and is treating the wounded, often while under rocket attack and gunfire themselves. MDA EMTs are among the casualties. Your help is desperately needed to put more ambulances on the road and […]

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]]> https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/war-in-israel-and-palestine-how-you-can-help/feed/ 0 Braided Together: Taking Challah Ritual for Israel https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/braided-together-taking-challah-ritual-for-israel/ https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/braided-together-taking-challah-ritual-for-israel/#respond Fri, 13 Oct 2023 19:36:10 +0000 https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/?post_type=article&p=23945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAgf_zMxyzY The traditional Mitzvah of hafrashat Challah (“taking” or “separating” challah) refers to removing and burning a small piece of challah dough as a symbolic offering before baking (some people throw away that piece instead of burning). In the time of the ancient temple in Jerusalem the Israelites would give challah as an offering to […]

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]]> https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/braided-together-taking-challah-ritual-for-israel/feed/ 0 Holding Torah in Our Hands https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/holding-torah-in-our-hands/ https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/holding-torah-in-our-hands/#respond Mon, 02 Oct 2023 21:22:36 +0000 https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/?post_type=article&p=23641 When I was a kid, I remember the moment on Simchat Torah when the Torah scroll would be unrolled around the sanctuary. We would sit in the middle of the room with our parents carefully holding the parchment around us. Even as a child, I knew the rules: Don’t put your fingers near the letters. […]

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