Teshuvah and Compassion
November 17, 2016
This study sheet on teshuvah and compassion draws our attention to the interplay between our ability to forgive others, and God’s ability to forgive us.
This study sheet on teshuvah and compassion draws our attention to the interplay between our ability to forgive others, and God’s ability to forgive us.
This study sheet contains two parables of the King and the returning son by the Baal Shem Tov, as well one of Kafka’s parables, “The Imperial Messenger,” which has some intriguing echoes of and stark contrasts with the first two stories.
This revision of a familiar Hanukkah song was published in the 1945 Reconstructionist siddur. The original text was amended to address ethical concerns raised by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan.
Rabbi Toba Spitzer assembles textual sources on the redigging of ancestral wells in Parashat Toldot.
A text study on the evolution of Hanukkah. What is the miracle, and what is the light?
Sources, ancient and modern, on the nature of the light of Hanukkah
A study sheet on Parashat Vayigash on the reconciliations/re-encounters between Joseph and his brothers, and between Joseph and Jacob.
A study sheet on the evolving concept of teshuvah over the ages.
A text study on Parshat Nitzavim on teshuvah, featuring teachings from Itturei Torah and Rabbi Sandy Roth (of blessed memory).
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