Text Study: Levi bar Sisi on the Bima
This text study focuses on a story from the Palestinian Talmud, Yevamot 12:7 13a, about the promotion of Levi bar Sisi to be the leader of a Jewish […]
Text Study for Facilitators: Rabbi Hiyya and Rabbi Hanina
This text study is on Bava Metzia 85b, the disagreement between Rabbi Hiyya and Rabbi Hanina about how to educate the next generation. The questions provided here are […]
Text Study: Preparing to Listen and to Hear
This text study focuses on the Shema and includes commentary by Elie Wiesel and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel of Apt. The questions are intended for educators, but may […]
Text Study: A Taste of the World to Come
This text study focuses on an excerpt from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s book “The Sabbath,” in which he quotes the Sages, who said that Shabbat is “a taste […]
Text Study: Rebecca Busy at the Well
This text study focuses on Genesis 24:16-20, which describes Rebecca’s industriousness at the well. The questions provided are intended for RE-IMAGINE coordinators to reflect on their work with […]
Text Study: Reflecting on What You Have Done and Understood
This text study focuses on Exodus 24:7, in which the Israelites declare, “Na’aseh v’nishma – we will do and we will hear/understand.” The discussion questions invite participants to […]