Shefa Dreams: Mitzvah

Shefa Dreams: Mitzvah

Chancellor Arnold Eisen has challenged the Conservative Movement in the coming year (5768) to explore what we mean by Mitzvah. In order to help this exploration, the ShefaNetwork presents here a collection of resources, both from within and beyond the boundaries of the Conservative Movement, surrounding the questions of "Mitzvah".

from www.shefanetwork.org:

-Shefa Halacha Page

-Between the Holy and the Sacred: Conservative Judaism’s Halachah

Controversy, by Rabbi Ira Stone (Shefa Journal 5766)

-Community, Ideology and the Future

-Denominationalism

-God & Theology

assorted articles:

- (notes from) The Commanding Community, the

   Sovereign Self and the Conservative Rabbi

       by Rabbi Hayim Herring, PhD

-Rabbinic Authority: Who Gets it and How

       by Rabbi Aaron Alexander

-Mitzvah and Commandedness

       by Brett Krichiver

-excerpt from "Toward a Theology for Conservative Judaism"

       by Rabbi Neil Gillman

-Sukkot - Enveloped in a Mitzvah

       by Tara Sullivan

-The Centrality of Mitzvot

       by Rabbi Barry Starr

-The Impact of 3 Mitzvot

       by Rabbi Jason van Leween

-Mitzvah Defintions

       by Rabbi Jack Bloom

-Conscience or Commandment?

       by Leonard Fein

-Religious Law

       by Adam Mintz

-A Kavanah Before Taking on a New Mitzvah
       by Lori Hope Lefkowitz
-The Common Good
       by Rabbi Menachem Creditor
-What's Holy and What's Not
       by Rabbi Menachem Creditor
-The Necessity of Windows
       by Rabbi Menachem Creditor

Special Conversation about "Commandedness"

Dan Kimmel -- Gella Solomon -- Bob Smith

Rabbi Bill Plevan -- Rabbi David Bockman -- Rabbi David Kay

from www.bradartson.com:

-Religion Lite: Everything You Ever Wanted In Judaism
-Halakhic Standards
-How Conservative Judaism Understands Mitzvot
-Integrating Traditions and Change
-The Kosher Among the Americans

from www.myjewishlearning.com:

-Overview of "Mitzvah"

-Commandedness: Two Modern Views

-Jewish Mystics Reinterpret the Meaning of Mitzvot
-Classical Understandings of Mitzvot

-Contemporary Views of Mitzvot
-Halachah

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