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Daniel Raphael Silverstein and Applied Jewish Spirituality
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Erev Pesaḥ, Magid, Roleplaying
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haggadah supplements, Yetsiat Mitsrayim, liberation from mitsrayim, scripts, guided meditations, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.
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A meditation which can be used to prepare for Pesaḥ, or for sharing at the Seder, to deepen the experience of liberation for yourself and others. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Mordecai Kaplan
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Tishah b'Av, Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th), Roleplaying, Repenting, Resetting, and Forgiveness
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20th century C.E., corruption, improper use of the crown, communal shame, difference disagreement and deviance, 57th century A.M., tolerance and intolerance, Psalms 5, inclusion and exclusion, English vernacular prayer, false piety, religious hypocrisy, labor exploitation, Ḥillul Hashem
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“That Religion Be Not a Cloak for Hypocrisy,” by Rabbi Mordecai Menaḥem Kaplan can be found on p. 435-5 of his The Sabbath Prayer Book (New York: The Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1945). . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Mordecai Kaplan and Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Roleplaying, Repenting, Resetting, and Forgiveness
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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Ḥasidut, neoḥasidic idealization
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“The Pious Man” is a prayer-poem from Mordecai Kaplan’s diary entry, September 19, 1942, on the virtue of piety as expressed in an essay published earlier that year by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Piety was a Roman virtue, but in this essay, A.J. Heschel appears to be describing an idealization of Ḥasidut. . . . |
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Lieba B. Ruth
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Roleplaying
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nistar, hidden, revealed, masks, giving, צדקה tsedaqah
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Because we cannot live on two planes, we are granted the opportunity to disguise our external features. We develop the capacity to know each others hearts and find even greater satisfaction in the exchange. Yet, too often, we act as if someone else — who looks remarkably like oneself — is going to provide the support for nonprofit organizations we deem are necessary for a decent life. We assume / hope / pray that someone “else” is doing our part. It’s their turn to make a critical contribution, even a small one, that gives relief, replaces a worn-out part, opens the door wide enough to make a difference. . . . |
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