“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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Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Mordecai Kaplan
Shared on ב׳ באב ה׳תשע״ח (2018-07-14) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories:  Repenting, Resetting, and Forgiveness, Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th), Roleplaying, Tisha b'Av
Tags:  20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., Psalms 5, English vernacular prayer, false piety, religious hypocrisy, labor exploitation, Ḥillul Hashem, corruption, improper use of the crown, communal shame, difference disagreement and deviance, tolerance and intolerance, inclusion and exclusion
Contributor(s): Daniel Raphael Silverstein and Applied Jewish Spirituality
Shared on ז׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״ט (2019-04-12) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Erev Pesaḥ, Leil Pesaḥ, Roleplaying
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., haggadah supplements, Yetsiat Mitsrayim, liberation from mitsrayim, scripts, guided meditations 
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. . . . 
Contributor(s): Joshua Gutoff
Shared on ה׳ בתמוז ה׳תשע״ה (2015-06-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Roleplaying, Pedagogical Essays
Tags: teaching prayer, Mask Making, Constructivism, weltanschauung 
I wanted my students to start thinking of prayers as expressions of an interior world, rather than as descriptions of the exterior one. I suggested to them that they think of a prayer as a kind of mask, much like the ones worn in religious rituals by many peoples. The job of the mask-wearer is to discover the reality on the “inside” of the mask and bring it to life. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady
Shared on ט״ז באב ה׳תשע״ג (2013-07-23) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Behemah, Roleplaying
Tags: eco-conscious, animal protection, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid 
Domesticated animals (behemot) are distinguished from ḥayot, wild animals in having been bred to rely upon human beings for their welfare. As the livelihood and continued existence of wild animals increasingly depends on the energy, food, and land use decisions of human beings, the responsibility for their care is coming into the purview of our religious responsibilities as Jews under the mitsvah of tsa’ar baalei ḥayyim — mindfullness of the suffering of all living creatures in our decisions and behavior. Rosh haShanah la-Behemah is the festival where we are reminded of this important mitsvah at the onset of the month in which we imagine ourselves to be the flock of a god upon whose welfare we rely. The “Council of All Beings” is an activity that can help us understand and reflect upon the needs of the flock of creatures that already rely upon us for their welfare. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Mordecai Kaplan and Abraham Joshua Heschel
Shared on ב׳ באב ה׳תשע״ח (2018-07-13) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Repenting, Resetting, and Forgiveness, Roleplaying
Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Ḥasidut, neoḥasidic idealization 
“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. . . . 
Contributor(s): Lieba B. Ruth
Shared on י״ג באדר ה׳תשע״ג (2013-02-23) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Roleplaying
Tags: nistar, hidden, revealed, masks, giving, צדקה tsedaqah 
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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