PDE 401 Worship and Ritual
This course is designed to develop practical rabbinic skills for all lifecycles. It focuses on comparative studies of historic development, Reform and Traditional liturgies, rabbinic texts, associative terminology, ritual practices, and interpersonal relations. All assigned projects are designed for use in congregational and communal settings. This course covers the essentials of practical rabbinics surrounding life cycle events. Text study comprises an overview of halakhic and Reform sources. The focus of the class is to establish building blocks for creating effective ritual. Through an array of hands-on developmental programming including creative liturgies, music, innovative programming, and site visits, this class will provide the basis towards an extensive rabbinic portfolio.