Liturgy
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Why I Have Always Hated the Aleynu, and Why I Changed My Mind on Feb 26: A Kaplanian Struggle Jeffrey Schein I have a very vivid picture in my mind. My Bubbie is davening in Suwalki, Poland around 1890. As the Aleynu builds resonance and the phrase, “God has not made us like the other…
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This webinar on Reconstructionist liturgy took place on December 12, 2021. Webinar Documents: Chat Log Prayerbook Pages Quotations
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by Sue Penn, Director of Innovation Responsive Reading after Avodah: We Cannot Merely Pray We cannot merely pray to God to end war; For the world was made in such a way That we must find our own path of peace Within ourselves and with our neighbor. We cannot merely pray to…
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(From ReformJudaism.org, with gratitude to the Union for Reform Judaism.) INTRODUCTORY PASSAGE TO THE HAVDALAH SERVICE: HINEI EL As Shabbat ends, the Havdalah candle is lit. It is customary to raise the cup of wine or grape juice high when the last sentence is recited and then proceed to the blessings. ,הִנֵּה אֵל יְשׁוּעָתִי, אֶבְטַח וְלֹא…