Ritual Life and Music
Rabbi Leah Richman interprets the Song of Songs.
The Power of Ritual
Rabbi Jacob Staub reflects on the pre-Passover ritual of Bedikat Hametz, the search for leaven (fermented flour).
Topics: Ritual Life and Music, Spirituality
Type: Essay
Fuller Aleynu for Siddur Kol Hano'ar
Siddur Kol Hano'ar uses a truncated version of the Aleynu prayer. This fuller version uses Reconstructionist wording and can be pasted into siddur Kol Hano'ar. It is available with and without transliteration.
Type: Prayer
Two Shabbat Morning Family Services
This piece describes the two children's services held at Beth Hatikvah in Chatham, NJ.
Type: Program Description
B'nai Mitzvah Guide, Temple Beth El, DE
This guide summarizes the requirements, preparation and choreography of becoming a Bar or Bat Mitzvah as a teen or an adult at Temple Beth El in Newark, DE.
Topics: Education, Congregational Development, Jewish Life, Bat/Bar Mitzvah, Ritual Life and Music, Jewish Practice
Type: Manual
B'nai Mitzvah Handbook From Havurah Shalom, Portland, OR
This 2005 manual offers details and advice on every imaginable aspect of the process of becoming a Bar/Bat Mitzvah. Includes info about a minchah/havdalah service as well as a regular Shabbat morning service.
Topics: Education, Congregational Development, Jewish Life, Bat/Bar Mitzvah, Ritual Life and Music, Jewish Practice
Type: Manual
Kol Haneshamah Hebrew in Davka Format
This .zip file contains four documents with the Hebrew text of the services found in the Kol Haneshamah: Shabbat Vehagim prayer book.
Note: you must have Davka installed on your computer to view these documents.
Type: Other
Three Alternative Versions of the Prayer for the State of Israel
Jewish communities, in Israel and abroad, pray for the State of Israel, peace in the Middle East, a stable government that will keep its citizens safe, a flourishing economy and more. It is customary to add a prayer for Israel at the end of the Shaharit (morning) service. These three versions reflect the range of hopes that communities have for Israel.
Topics: Education, Jewish Life, Teaching Liturgy, Ritual Life and Music, Israel: Politics, Jewish Practice
Type: Ritual