March 2026
Hitnakdut: A Reflective Practice for Spiritual Preparation Before Leading Prayer
To use the practice of Hitnakdut is to engage in spiritual preparation that transforms prayer leadership into a shared practice of grounded presence.
Rory Katz is a rabbi, a spiritual leader, and an educator in the Bay Area, where she currently serves as freelance educator for various synagogues and community organizations including Urban Adamah, Chochmat HaLev, Temple Sinai, Or Shalom, and others. She was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2019 where she also received a Certificate in Pastoral Care and was the recipient of the Gladstein Fellowship in Entrepreneurial Rabbinics. She previously served for six years as the spiritual leader of Chevrei Tzedek Congregation in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to rabbinical school, she worked in both formal and informal educational settings, where she taught everyone from preschoolers to seniors, and every grade of Hebrew school. She holds a BA from Vassar College where she studied Philosophy. She likes to look for meaning while walking her dog Arlene, practicing jiu jitsu, and doing dishes in her dishwasher-less apartment.
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