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 Studies: Memory and Identity, Jewish Learning and Living, Community, and Parent Involvement
This document contains several ancient and modern texts on four topics: memory and identity, learning and living, community, and parent involvement. Discussion questions focus on meaning-making and the […]
Text Study: Extracting the Principle of Kiddush HaShem
This text study includes two texts related to the concept of kiddush haShem (sanctification of God’s name) and hillul haShem (desecration of God’s name): Deuteronomy Rabbah 3:3 and […]
Text Study: Dream It, Will It, Work It and the Future Changes
This text study is focused on the emotional and practical components of change. It includes two excerpts of Theodor Herzl’s writings, a passage from “Kabbalah Month by Month,” […]
Making the Commitment: Exodus 12
This text study includes Exodus 12:1-13 and Rashi’s comment on verse 13. The passage describes the commandments to keep the holiday of Passover, and the commandment to put […]