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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.
Creating the Ambience of Shabbat
July 25, 2012
Adapted from the chapter on Shabbat by Michael Katz and Gershon Schwartz, z”l, in The Observant Life
Among Ashkenazic Jews, even those who do not speak Yiddish, the term shabbosdik is often used to describe activities...
1972-2012: A Moment of Silence
July 25, 2012
The International Olympic Committee has refused appeals to observe a minute of silence in memory of the eleven Israeli athletes, trainers and judges, who were murdered at the Munich Olympics forty years ago.
We are asking our colleagues...
Tiyul to Shul: Building Community, Step by Step
July 24, 2012
By Jonathan Lubliner, Jacksonville Jewish Center, Jacksonville, FL
The Project:Anyone who has ever spent a Shabbat in a largely Sabbath-observant neighborhood can attest to the palpable and pervasive atmosphere...
MOCA Mondays
MOCA (Meditations on Career Advancement) is a teleconference for RA members about career development and best practices in the search process.Topic: TBD Dial-in info: 1-800-566-2245, passcode 206208 Elliot Schoenberg, RA International Director...
MOCA Mondays
MOCA (Meditations on Career Advancement) is a teleconference for RA members about career development and best practices in the search process.Topic: TBD Dial-in info: 1-800-566-2245, passcode 206208 Elliot Schoenberg, RA International Director...
MOCA Mondays
MOCA (Meditations on Career Advancement) is a teleconference for RA members about career development and best practices in the search process.Topic: TBD Dial-in info: 1-800-566-2245, passcode 206208 Elliot Schoenberg, RA International Director...
Writing the Perfect Resume
Listen to the recordingMOCA (Meditations on Career Advancement) is a teleconference for RA members about career development and best practices in the search process.Topic: Writing the Perfect ResumePresenter: Debra Laks, resume consultant to...
MOCA Mondays: Parsonage
MOCA (Meditations on Career Advancement) is a teleconference for RA members about career development and best practices in the search process.Topic: ParsonageGuest Presenters: Mitch Smilowitz Dial-in info: 1-800-566-2245, passcode...
A Meditation on the Tragedies of Recent Days
July 23, 2012
From RA President Gerry Skolnik
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
The month of Av has come upon us in a manner true to historical form. Mishenikhnas Av, m'ma'atin b'simhah... When the month of Av begins, we are told, we are...