Blessing before Study
This handout includes the blessing for Torah study in Hebrew, transliteration, and English.
What to Change
Examples of vision statements, model descriptions, and case studies
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: Bedikat Chametz
This text study provides several texts on the ritual of bedikat chametz (checking/removal of chametz before Passover) and the idea of removing “spiritual chametz” before Passover as well.
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: Becoming the Wilderness
This text study explores the text “One who does not make himself like the wilderness, hefker, it is impossible for him to attain wisdom or Torah. Therefore, it […]
Perceptions Create Reality: Consequences for Synagogue Transformation Work
This text study uses the story in Numbers of the twelve scouts sent by Moses to investigate the land of Israel. The text explores how differing perceptions of […]