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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.
In Every Generation: The Blessing of Responsibility
March 28, 2012
By Julie Schonfeld
Passover is widely considered to be the most celebrated Jewish holiday. By any measure of what makes Jewish rituals “work,” Passover is a study in virtuosity: we gather the community; we tell the sacred story; we...
סיום הספר: Upon Completing a Book
March 27, 2012
The text recited at a siyum, including Kaddish D'ithad'ta.
It is traditional to hold a siyum on the day before Passover so as to circumvent the fast of the firstborn. Since the fast of the firstborn is not biblically mandated, participation...
Embracing the Stranger: A Source Sheet
March 27, 2012
This material was prepared by Ashira Konigsburg. It contains texts and translations that you might find useful in teaching about Pesah.
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Universal Health Care: A Jewish Moral Imperative
March 26, 2012
By Julie Schonfeld
Originally posted in The Washington Post
This week’s Supreme Court hearings on the president’s health care plan will likely generate this court’s signature decision of a generation. That but a few of the...
Hodesh Tov - Nisan
“How to Tell a Story: Two Mishnaic Conceptions of the Haggadah"
by Moshe Benovitz, Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, Schechter...
A Prayer for Toulouse
March 22, 2012
By Mark Greenspan
Today we begin preparation for Passover.
On Shabbat Ha-Hodesh,
We remember how our ancestors,
Enslaved and oppressed in Egypt,
Who set aside a lamb and prepared for the night when
God would...
Tentative Schedule
March 6, 2012
Please check back, as the schedule is being updated as information comes in.
Program at a Glance
Note: Times are subject to...
Hodesh Tov - Adar
“Food and Identity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam"
by David Freidenreich, Pulver Family Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, Colby...
Faith and Civic Engagement
February 14, 2012
By Jack Moline, Director of Public Policy, RA
Anyone who engages in advocacy on behalf of a religious community has to puzzle over the role of religion in the deliberations of the United States government.
I have been privy to some...