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Sexual Assault Awareness Month Resources
The following are resources from Sexual Assault Awareness Month (April) but are applicable at all times.
Visit the New Congregational Update Portal
This is a quick and easy way to provide us with updates so that your congregation is listed correctly in our URJ congregation directory and so that all of your current leaders can receive appropriate occasional targeted information.
What is a mezuzah? Why and how do we use it?
According to tradition, the mezuzah is to be affixed to the doorpost at the entrance to a Jewish home as well as at the entrance to each of the interior rooms except for bathrooms.
The Purpose of Kashrut
The laws of kashrut offer a Jewish spiritual discipline that is rooted in the concrete choices and details of daily life--to be practiced in an area that seems most "mundane." In fact, part of the beauty of kashrut is that regardless of our age, personal interests, or geographic location, we all eat, and most of us do so several times a day.
Before the Wedding
Aufruf is a German word meaning "calling up" and refers to a synagogue celebration.
What You'll Need at a Jewish Wedding
Flowers? Check. Band? Check. Now learn about the chuppah, ketubah, and rings that you will need for your wedding.
Planning Your Jewish (or Jew-ish) Wedding
Selecting a date and venue, choosing your officiant, and what to expect during pre-marital meetings with your officiant.
A Brief History of Marriage
Although no wedding ceremony is described in the Torah, the institution of marriage began with Adam and Eve. The Book of Genesis portrays God as saying: "It is not good that man should be alone-I will make him a helpmate" (Genesis 2:18).