Why fast on Yom Kippur? Spiritual elevation is a pre-requisite for true repentance. One way to achieve spiritual elevation is to abstain from the physical. Five physical activities are forbidden on Yom Kippur: eating and drinking marital relations washing wearing leather shoes applying lotions What are the best ways to prepare for the Yom Kippur [...]
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Prepping for a Yom Kippur Fast
September 10th, 2010 · Comments Off · Holidays, Jewish Living
Tags:High Holy Days·Holidays
Tashlich – Inner Life: Into the Deep
September 9th, 2010 · Comments Off · Holidays, Jewish Living, Ritual
This article I found on the Reform Judaism Magazine website by Russ Levine gave some great insight as to why we perform the ritual of Tashlich. Check it out and post a comment about your thoughts on the subject.
Tags:Ritual·Spirituality
Preparing for the High Holy Days and New Year!
September 4th, 2010 · Comments Off · Holidays, Jewish Living
What do you do to prepare for the High Holy Days? Do you have any family traditions that go along with celebrating the new Jewish Year? Maybe it is coming to services, throwing bread into the water for Tashlich, or having a meal with family and friends. Post a comment and let us know what you do [...]
Tags:High Holy Days·Holidays
Guest Blogger, Terri Randall: Rituals Anyone?
May 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Holidays, Jewish Living, Shabbat
Jewish rituals and religious observances are grounded in Jewish law (halakhah, lit. “the path one walks.”) An elaborate framework of divine mitzvot, or commandments, combined with rabbinic laws and traditions, this law is central to Judaism. (http://www.religionfacts.com/judaism/practices.htm) Most of us are familiar with some of the traditional rituals of our religion. Some of them are [...]
Earth Day: Greening Reform Judaism
April 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Community, Jewish Living, Social Action
Do you have any ideas regarding how B’nai Israel could become more green? Click below to post your comments. One generation goes and another generation comes; but the Earth remains forever. (Kohelet 1:4) Greening Reform Judaism endeavors to promote an awareness of environmental considerations and environmentally responsible acts by integrating Jewish values, learning and actions [...]
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Rabbi Moss: Spiritual Life
April 16th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Community, Jewish Living, Shabbat
As many of you know I have always lived a spiritual life. Throughout my life I have adopted and adapted spiritual practices to my personal prayer experience including meditation, contemplation, and visualization techniques. Over the years I have brought these techniques to B’nai Israel. I would love to know what programs over the years you [...]
Tags:Judaism·Shabbat·Spirituality
What do they want?
April 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Community, Jewish Living, Social Action, Youth & Family
There was a great article in the New York Jewish Week by Gary Rosenblatt on 3/24/2010 which I read just before Passover. I suggest that you take a few moments to click here and read the article. The passage that jumped out at me was “We seem to be trying to convince younger Jews that [...]
Tags:Judaism·Membership