Central Conference of American Rabbis
First: Created by the Holy One, We Are Seekers After
God
Reform Judaism embraces the
story of the Jewish people which tells of three great
encounters with God: Creation, our Redemption from Egypt,
and the Revelation initiated with our Sinai experience.
Through these stories we focus throughout the Jewish year on
our covenantal relationship with the Divine. Reform Jews
conceive of God in many different ways, and seek to
understand the nature of the Holy One through the wonders of
the natural world, the insights of science and reason, the
teachings of the mystics, and the infinite varieties of
human beings and their handiwork. In moments of love,
compassion, or faith we often feel the presence of the
creator of these qualities, while in the face of wickedness,
suffering or death, we strive to comprehend the will of the
creator of goodness and healing, the Eternal One. Alone and
in our synagogues, we strive, through traditional liturgies
and our movement's creativity, to praise, thank, celebrate,
petition, sing to, wrestle with and cry out to the Kadosh
Baruch Hu, the Creator of Holiness and Blessing.
Bluethread responds: We especially like the recognition that although we use a common language when we come together in prayer, that Reform Jews define and experience God in many different ways.
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