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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
Purim Song Sheet
This 1-page song sheet, prepared by Yossi Hoffman, contains the text, transliteration, and translation of popular songs for Purim.
Al Ha-nissim
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A
Lighting the Hanukkah Candles: Blessings & Songs
Text, translation, and transliteration of the blessings and popular songs to accompany the lighting
Tishah B'Av Resources
Most of these resources have been excerpted from Siddur Tisha B'Av PDF, Copyright 2003, The Rabbinical Assembly.
בדיקת חמץ: The Search for Hameitz
This one-page sheet includes text, instructions, and transliteration for the ritual of searching for hameitz and the destruction of hameitz.
Conservative/Masorti Rabbis Respond to the Murder of George Floyd, Pattern of Racism, Police Brutality Against Black Americans
New York – In 2016, in response to incidents of police brutality against black people in Ferguson (Missouri), Baltimore and other cities in the United States, the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association for Conservative/Masorti rabbis,...
Clergy and Shelihei Tzibbur
Prepared by Rabbi Pamela Barmash and Toby Schonfeld, Ph.D.
Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS.
Our need for community is even greater during...
Kol Nidrei 5781/2020
Prepared by Rabbi Pamela Barmash and Rabbi Nate Crane.
Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS.
1) Is there an obligation to...
Multiple Recitations of the Same Liturgy
Prepared by Rabbi Aaron Alexander.
Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS.
Question: In light...
Shofar Blowing for Rosh Hashanah 5781/2020
Prepared by Rabbi Robert Scheinberg.
Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS.
Because of the potential of the release of dangerous levels of aerosols in the act of...
Guide to Jewish Values Regarding Physical Reopening of Our Institutions (English & German)
Download our short guide and reflection on appropriate Jewish values for clergy and leaders to use as they work through difficult decisions.
Click here for a German language version translated by Rabbi Gesa Ederberg.
Halakhic Guidance for Viewing a Tikkun Leil Shavuot
Updated on April 27, 2021.
The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards passed a teshuvah about livestreaming on Shabbat and yom tov. Read the RA statement about the passing of this teshuvah.
You can refer to the teshuvah's...
Conversion in a Time of COVID-19
Please find information below from Rabbi Elliot Dorff, CJLS chair, Rabbi Pamela Barmash, CJLS co-chair, Rabbi Joshua Heller, chair of the Rites and Rituals Subcommittee, and Rabbi Lionel Moses, chair of the Joint Beit Din of the...
High Holiday Guidance for Communities Affected by COVID-19
The CJLS is working on providing guidance for the High Holidays. This page will be updated as new material is written. These letters of guidance are not official responsa of the CJLS because the CJLS wants to offer them to you in an...