Scout Shabbat

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Jewish Scouts celebrate on the Friday evening and Saturday (Shabbat) closest to February 8, says Aaron on Scouting.

 

The National Jewish Committee on Scouting offers the following as advice or guidelines:

Scout Sabbath offers an opportunity for worshippers to honor Scouts and Scouters, as well as to learn more themselves about the value of Scouting as a youth program chartered to a Jewish organization. It gives a rabbi a framework to address Scouts directly, in addition to speaking about Scouting to the congregation.

Some rabbis use regular liturgy and supplement it with special reading. Others devote the entire worship services to Scouting themes, using Scouts and Scouters as readers. There is no “one right way ” to conduct such a service. Most rabbis understand the purpose to be a strengthening of the bonds between the synagogue and the Scouting unit and plan accordingly.

Many councils have Jewish committees on Scouting which are eager to provide assistance. In addition, many units have chaplains and chaplain’s aides. Utilizing these individuals strengthens their commitments to the Scouting unit and to the Jewish organization that uses the Scouting program.