Jewish Deaf Multimedia (JDMM) has announced a “Synagogue Survival Guide for the Deaf Jew”. According to their announcement: “For those who are keeping current with the weekly parsha, it is easy to notice that there is a continuous thread that connects together the last five parshahs in the book of Exodus: the building of the Tabernacle.
“The Tabernacle, a “travelling temple” that followed the Jews around before they had the opportunity to build the permanent Temple in Jerusalem, served as G-d’s dwelling place on earth. (For a deeper understanding of this concept, see our parsha video for Parshas Terumah!)
“Today, when we no longer have the Temple, it is still possible to connect with G-d through other means. The Talmud teaches us that today’s synagogues are the “miniature” version of the Temple – in Hebrew, “mikdash me’at.”
“It is for this reason that we decided to come up with a short but informative guide for the average Jewish deaf person who wants to get the most of his/her synagogue experience.”
The “Synagogue Survival Guide for the Deaf Jew” can be downloaded at virb.com/storage/427271/SynagogueSurvivalGuide.pdf
