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Additional Piyyutim for Use on the Yamim Noraim
Although Mahzor Lev Shalem contains many more piyyutim than was true of the previous RA mahzor, several rabbis, cantors, and lay leaders have requested three additional piyyutim.
Home Observances: Shabbat
One-page sheets containing Shabbat rituals and blessings for the home.
Hodesh Tov - Sivan
"Mahshevet Hazal"by Shmuel (Richie) Lewis, Rosh Yeshiva, Conservative YeshivaSource...
Working with Children in the Aftermath of a Catastrophe
The Rabbinical Assembly offered a conference call for rabbis and teachers with prominent child psychologist Dr. Katie Eisenstadt. The call addressed best practices for working with children in the aftermath of a...
Hodesh Tov - Kislev
"The Yetzer Ha-tov in Rabbinic Thought"by Moshe Benovitz, Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, Schechter...
Hodesh Tov - Tevet
"A Second Look at Judaism and the Environment"by Eliezer Diamond, Rabbi Judah Nadich Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, The Jewish Theological...
Hodesh Tov - Iyar
"Reconsidering and Reclaiming Experiential Education"by Jeffrey Kress, associate professor and area coordinator of Jewish Education, and academic director of the Experiential Learning Initiative at the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish...
Hodesh Tov - Iyar
"Erasing History: Antiquities Looting, Scholarly Forgeries, and a Way to Stop Them"by Jonathan Rosenbaum, President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies, Gratz College; Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania,...
Integrating a New Rabbi into the Community
MOCA: Presented on April 23, 2012 by Rabbi Hillel Skolnik, Southwest Orlando Congregation, Orlando Fl; and Ruth Mausr, President, Bayridge Jewish Center, Brooklyn...
Hodesh Tov - Sivan
"The En Yaaqov: Jacob ibn Habib’s Search for Faith in the Talmudic Corpus"by Marjorie Lehman, Associate Professor, Talmud and Rabbinics, The Jewish Theological...
Teaching our Torah: Creating a Vibrant Limmud Program
Ideas that WorkModerator: Rabbi Debra Newman KaminPanelists: Rabbis Elliot Cosgrove, Gil Steinlauf, Menachem Creditor, Annie TuckerOriginally recorded on May 14,...
Constructing Educational Environments that Kids (and Families) Really Like
Ideas that WorkModerator: Rabbi Susan GrossmanPanelists: Rabbis Dianne Cohler-Esses, Jeffery Abraham, Amy RothOriginally recorded on May 14,...