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 […]
Text Study: Change in Jewish Tradition
This text study was created for use in the readiness process, but can also be used at any point to discuss the process of change. It provides a […]
Text Study: When Does Speech Become Harmful?
This text study explores when speech can become harmful using texts from the Babylonian Talmud (Arakhin 15b-16a), the Bible (Leviticus 19:16, Psalms 34:13-14), and from two modern sources […]
Text Study: The Place of Torah in Our Lives
This text study uses two famous, but somewhat contradictory, midrashim on the giving of the Torah (Midrash Tanchuma Yitro and Mekhilta d’Rabi Shimon bar Yohai) as an opportunity […]
Text Study: Rabbi Hiyya and Rabbi Hanina
This text study focuses on a passage from Talmud Bava Metzia 85b, describing a dispute between Rabbi Hanina and Rabbi Hiyya about the best way to preserve and […]
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 […]