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: Taking the Long Way
This text study focuses on Exodus 13:17-18, which describes God leading the Israelites the “long way around” from Egypt through the wilderness. The questions provided guide participants to […]
Blessing before Study
This handout includes the blessing for Torah study in Hebrew, transliteration, and English.
Text Study: Discernment
This handout includes two texts, Genesis 28:10-16 and Siach Sarfei Kodesh ii, pg 80, #260. Both texts focus on the trait of discernment. The questions are designed to […]
Why Study Text?
This handout explains why studying Jewish texts is important for Jews and for the RE-IMAGINE project in particular. See also GuidelinesForTextStudy.