Text Study: Rabbi Hiyya and Rabbi Hanina Part 2
This text study focuses on Talmud Bava Metzia 85b, which records a disagreement between two rabbis about how to make sure Torah is taught to future generations. The […]
Text Study of Yitro: Re-Imagining Leadership
This text study focuses on the advice Yitro gives his son-in-law Moses about sharing the burden of adjudicating cases for the people (Exodus 18:13-22). The study questions encourage […]
Text Study: Community Decision-Making
This handout is a text study of Talmud Bava Metzia 59b, the story of Akhnai’s oven. The discussion questions provided encourage participants to reflect on how decisions should […]
Text Study: Choosing Leaders
This text study focuses on three Torah passages with the theme of selecting or appointing people to assist Moses with specific tasks (Exodus 18:17-23, Numbers 13, and Joshua […]
Text Study: Team Roles and Facilitating Meetings
This text study focuses on Exodus 35, which describes the building of the mishkan (Tabernacle). The discussion questions provided invite participants to reflect on the qualities needed for […]
Text Study: The Need for Change
This text study links traditional Jewish sources and writers on organizational change to encourage participants to reflect on the nature of change in the congregation and why it […]