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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.
Inside Siddur Lev Shalem - How did that get there?
Originally recorded on April 5, 2016
Presenters - Rabbi Rob Scheinberg, Siddur Committee...
Reclaiming Kavanah: Strategies for prayer leadership utilizing our new siddur
Originally recorded on April 5, 2016
Presenters - Rabbi Amy Wallk Katz and Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, Associate Editor, Siddur Lev...
What's new in Siddur Lev Shalem and what's the big deal?
Originally recorded on April 5, 2016
Introduction - Cantor David Lipp opens with music
Welcome - Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, Executive Vice President, The Rabbinical Assembly
Keynote Address - Rabbi Ed Feld, Senior Editor of Siddur...
CJLS Update
April 12, 2016
The CJLS met this past week at JTS. During the meeting, the committee approved three teshuvot:
The first teshuvah was on the permissibility of physician strikes by Jay Stein. Apart from responding to issues of changing health...
Resolution Against Anti-Muslim Bigotry and for Jewish-Muslim Dialogue
April 7, 2016
Whereas core Jewish values demand that we do not stand idly by while the blood of our neighbors is shed; and
Whereas Jewish tradition asserts that human beings are created in the Divine Image and that all...
Resolution on Persecuted Christians
April 7, 2016
Whereas The Rabbinical Assembly has consistently stood for the Jewish ideals of love of Mankind (Hoshea 6:6- hesed hafatsti v'lo zevah), Brotherhood (V'ahavta l'reaha Kamokha: Lev, 19:18 ), and hatred of persecution and...
Resolution on Paid Family Leave in United States
April 7, 2016
Whereas throughout time Jews have placed our families at the center of our lives, beginning with the commandment to honor our fathers and mothers (Deuteronomy 5:15) and continuing with the mitzvot ha’av al ha’ben and the mitzvot ha’ben...
Resolution on African Asylum Seekers in Israel
April 6, 2016
מאי דכתיב וגר לא תונה ולא תלחצנו כי גרים הייתם בארץ מצרים? תנינא רבי נתן אומר: מום שבך אל תאמר לחברך.
Whereas the Torah and the Sages insist that identifying with the vulnerable stranger is at the heart of...
Resolution Affirming the Rights of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People
April 6, 2016
Whereas our Torah asserts that all humanity is created b’tzelem Elohim, in God’s Divine Image; and
Whereas rabbinic tradition strongly emphasizes the importance of kvod habriyot (human dignity) and a 2006...
Resolution on Racial Injustice and Police Brutality
April 6, 2016
Whereas it is the responsibility of all Americans to fight racism, both conscious and unconscious, not only in history, but in our time. Not only in the wider world but within the Jewish community; and