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You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor
You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor, was derived from earlier published essays
Ushpizin
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom.
Seder N'tilat Lulav
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom.
Hakafot
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot on the Hakafot for Simhat Torah, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom.
Simhat Torah Songsheet
This ready-to-use songsheet was compiled by Ashira Konigsburg, Assistant Director of Rabbinic Services, RA.
Purim Song Sheet
This 1-page song sheet, prepared by Yossi Hoffman, contains the text, transliteration, and translation of popular songs for Purim.
Abbreviating Prayer Services for the High Holy Days of 5781/2020
June 12, 2020
Prepared by Rabbis Steven Kane, Robert Scheinberg, and Deborah Silver and Hazzan Scott Sokol
Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS.
GENERAL INTRODUCTION:
An in-person High Holy Day experience for the year 5781/2020...
Counting a Minyan Under One Roof, In Separate Rooms
June 12, 2020
Prepared by Rabbi Aaron Alexander
Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS.
Question: For congregations that may gather small in-person minyanim, or use a hybrid model over with at least 10 people in one physical...
Tashlikh - Where and When
June 12, 2020
Prepared by Rabbi Aaron Alexander
Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS.
The custom of Tashlikh, which is often observed on the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashanah (or day two if day one is Shabbat, can be...
On Live Streaming and Competition
June 9, 2020
Prepared by Rabbi Ariel Stofenmacher.
Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS.
The advances in communications technology and the Covid 19 pandemic have encouraged congregations to go online in order to try to better...
Yizkor for the High Holidays 5781/2020
June 4, 2020
Prepared by Rabbi Pamela Barmash
Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS.
Yizkor, the term often used to refer to Hazkarat Nefashot (the collective Memorial Service), has a deep resonance for those remembering loved...
Lifting Up Every Person: Thoughts on Our Parashiyot, George Floyd z"l, and Our Chaplains
June 4, 2020
Dear Friends,
Starting last Shabbat we have entered the period where communities inside and outside of the Land of Israel are reading separate parshiyot. So in Israel we are studying בהעלתך, while outside of Israel we are still focused...
Services for Children, Teenagers, and Families
June 4, 2020
Prepared by Rabbis Suzanne Brody and Susan Grossman
Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS.
Despite early claims that children did not become ill from COVID-19, as of May 20, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control have...
Watch Now: Setting Up Your Computer for Shabbat and Yom Tov
June 2, 2020
This video walks through the steps to making your computer Shabbat and Yom Tov friendly for streaming...