Session One
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Spirituality calls us to wrestle with every moment. Spirituality engenders our power to transcend ourselves, to bring the Ever Present into the present, to wonder and to adore, to fear and to tremble with fear, to overflow with causeless love, and--out of an ineffable sense of the unity of all being--to be commanded to do something. Spirituality commands us to enter this fray with our entire beings, to become personally responsible for the welfare of the community. What does it mean for a liberal Jew "to be commanded"? |
Session Two
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What does it mean to be commanded to act in the image of God? What is the mysterious and ineffable connection between spirituality and teshuvah? Are there opportunities in our daily lives for us to create sanctuaries in our souls? These and other questions deal with the process of becoming spiritually alive. |
Session Three
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Those who act in God-like ways bring evidence of God's existence into the world. It is only through the actions of those who are spiritual that God's existence is demonstrated and God is magnified. The way for liberal Jews was paved by Isaac Luria and Shabbetai Tzvi, by the Baal Shem Tov and Moses Mendelssohn, but walking it means creating a new path. This session provides a practical guide to forging a new spirituality. |
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