Archive: August 2021

Ritual: Reopening the Synagogue

Posted on August 4, 2021

Havdalah for emerging from COVID isolation.  Click here for more.

Ritual: Cemetery Rituals

Posted on August 4, 2021

Rituals and textual sources for family meetings at burials and more.  Click here for more.

Ritual: Breaking Social Distance Boundaries

Posted on August 4, 2021

Kavannot and activities for when we are with others with no mask. Click here for more.

Principles for Meeting in Person (Kehillat Hadar)

Posted on June 20, 2021

The current challenges we’re navigating – individually, in our families, and as a community – have often felt even harder because we can’t come together in person to support each other the way we normally would in difficult times. Yet we’re inspired by the ways our community has gotten creative and stayed connected and by Continue Reading »

Chevruta: Reflecting on the past year (Congregation Or Hadash, Sandy Springs, GA)

Posted on May 27, 2021

We’re calling it “Chevruta” – essentially, we’re bringing together small focus groups to study text and use the text to process the learnings and takeaways from this past year that we want to inform our communal life moving forward. Here’s the program outline:Rough outline of the program here.Text study sheet here.

Community Building in a Time of Corona

Posted on August 10, 2020

From Masorti Olami, available in English, French and Spanish.