Orthodox V S Reform Shuls
Submitted by danagbaum on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Orthodox V S Reform Shuls
Due to the ideology of the different branches, Reform in addition to Orthodox shul is very diverse in service and prayer. Throughout a great deal of observations in both services, we were enabled to acquire a variety of different traditions and beliefs. This questioned why these differences occurred. That automatically led to the history and back round of the different branches.
Reform Judaism started when the German Jews immigrated to America starting in 1840. When they arrived in America, all they wanted was to fit into their culture and to no longer be a minority to the rest of the world. The free atmosphere and lack of central authority in pioneer America encouraged changes in the religion. Therefore, causing a new branch in Judaism, the Reforms. The Reform believes that that man has something to do with the Torah. Thus, they believe that it is permitted to them to choose which mitzvot apply best to them to observe. In the process in which they chose the focal mitzvot, one must be learned in the torah. That is why reforms stress Jewish education more than any other branch.
At Temple Kol Ami, a reform shul located in Thornhill, the day began at 11:00. When entering, there were a variety of services to choose from, such as guitar lessons, arts and craft, torah study, and a boardroom meeting for the adults. The overall service was a very modern one with the help of microphones and surround sound speaker systems. Through instrumental and vocal hymns they prayed with their male and female rabbis. Although they started one and a half hours later than the orthodox shul, they managed to end earlier due to the short service. Which highly reflected on there vision of "modernization of the Judaic prayer". The entire congregation was in very casual attire such as sweatpants, t-shirts, jeans. Yet the women wore tallit and kippot, which reflected on their idea of women and men having equal rights in shul as well as life.
Orthodox Judaism is not...
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