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From earliest rabbinic times there were such institutions as the tamchui, or mobile kitchen, which distributed food daily to whoever applied,
Jonathan Sacks • To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg, all human beings are endowed with three “intrinsic dignities”: infinite worth, equality, and uniqueness.10
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
Rather than a system of distilled ideas or a code of behavioral ideals, Jewish observance is living Jews living Judaism and interested non-Jews enriching their own path with nuggets of Torah.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit DHL Artson • God of Becoming and Relationship: The Dynamic Nature of Process Theology
The sum of the Rabbis’ educational and halachic efforts was that participation in religious life was democratized.
Irving Greenberg • The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
Reflect on the world in which your grand-parents lived. Imagine the world you would like to bestow on the next generation.
Rabbi Levy • Journey Through the Wilderness: A Mindfulness Approach to the Ancient Jewish Practice of Counting the Omer
Oral Torah, originating in the same source and with the same level of authority as the Written Torah, makes possible the freshness of God’s lure toward engagement, relationship, justice, and compassion.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit DHL Artson • God of Becoming and Relationship: The Dynamic Nature of Process Theology
Biblical Ethics
Adam & Eve - FREEDOM = moral law
Cain & Abel - Deny moral responsibility
Noah - We are connected, collective responsibility
Babel - Failure of ontological rep
Judaism without generosity is a hollow shell.
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
Cultivate gratitude. Make a vow to live in relationship with all life. Ask for help in times of trouble and let yourself be guided.