Central Conference of American Rabbis
Second: We Are Open to Ongoing Revelation in Every
Age
Through study, prayer and
action, we become aware of God's mitzvot that call to us in
different ways in every generation. We seek to understand
the truths of Torah through the noblest insights of our own
time, and to judge the values of our time by the noblest
insights of Torah. Though all the mitzvot are
addressed to us, we respond to them in two related ways: out
of the ever-growing body of interpretation by Kenesset
Yisrael, the eternal community of the Jewish people, and
out of our individual understanding of what is right for our
own time. Such responses will help us transform a life too
often lived exclusively in a state of chol,
ordinariness, into a life filled with kedushah,
holiness. We want to deepen the Jewish content of our lives
not only to enrich our own existence, but in keeping with
the widest vision of Reform Judaism, to enhance the quality
of the communities and the lands in which we live. Reform
Judaism calls us to help transform ourselves, our culture
and our world.
Bluethread responds: This is really the essence of what distinguishes us from other streams of Judaism. Bluethread wholeheartedly endorses the CCAR position.
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