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The role of intention is hotly contested in our contemporary political realm. It was debated by our Sages, as well. Does a deed require good intention to be deemed good? If my intention were good, am I morally culpable for a bad outcome to my behavior? Does a deed require wicked intention to be deemed wicked? If my intention were bad, am I innocent if I cannot carry it out? Can I fulfill a mitzvah without intent to? Come tiptoe through the rabbinic minefield of intention in the re...
Join us as we introduce this forthcoming transformative framework for the seder, a first ever Haggadah which alternates the whole of traditional liturgy alongside optional contemporary poems by renown authors. The newest of CCAR’s family of groundbreaking, ritual-expanding holiday texts, the poetry Haggadah offers a new communal journey—and the possibility that each participant will connect to the experience of the seder’s ancient challenges and progressions with deepened insight and new ques...
The late-twentieth and twenty-first centuries have produced many novel forms of Jewish practice and identity--only to be matched by the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in their diversity and creativity. In this session, we will explore how early modern innovations anticipate and can help us contextualize contemporary phenomena. Click to join: ccar.co/sklootCall in: 646-558-8656Meeting ID: 267 644 104
