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Responsibility for congregational worship and ritual observance should be guided by a strong clergy-lay partnership because providing for and sustaining Jewish life is at the core of every congregation’s responsibilities to its members. These workshops are the venue in which your congregation should begin its work on the Shabbat Initiative.
This is a detailed, step-by-step guide to setting up your congregation’s Shabbat Morning Task Force. Following eight weeks of worship and study together, the Task Force will make recommendations to the board, the staff and our Movement regarding how Shabbat morning worship might be reimagined and enhanced.
The Shabbat Chavurah is a program of Shabbat immersion. For a period of three to four months, participants will study about Shabbat and actively observe it alongside a small group of their fellow congregants. Their synagogue and the Union for Reform Judaism will support them in this endeavor and, in turn, they will be asked to share their experiences with their community and the Movement as a whole.
These are six study sessions that can be used in a variety of ways. They are the study component for the Shabbat Shacharit Task Force. The first four sessions are equally suited for study by those participating in the Shabbat Chavurah Program and can also be taught as an adult study course in your congregation. Although Lil’mod Shabbat has been written as a complete study course, each session can also stand alone.
Assignments for pre-session reading for Lil'mod Shabbat. Sessions 5 and 6 are especially for the Shabbat Morning Task Force.
A full list of publications and websites for guiding you in creating a Shabbat observance.
