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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.
Let There Be Light
In response to photos of the protests in Jerusalem where a misguided few dressed their children in concentration camp uniforms and yellow stars, we cannot stay silent. Whatever they meant, they told the world that their Judaism is engulfed in...
Hodesh Tov - Tevet
“Jewish-Gentile Relations in Tanaitic Halakhah”
by Moti Arad, lecturer in Talmud, Schechter...
Interview Week Rules
Congregations and Institutions are not permitted to contact candidates directly prior to interview week. This includes all phone, email, and social media contacts. This allows for a level playing field for everyone.
At the request of...
The CORE: Rabbinic Authority in Jewish Sources
Listen to the recordingThe CORE is an interactive series of seminars for RA members to establish the basic components of the rabbinic work spectrum.Topic: Rabbinic Authority in Jewish Sources: What Do They Really Say?Presenters:...
The CORE: Rabbinic Authority
Listen to the recordingThe CORE is an interactive series of seminars for RA members to establish the basic components of the rabbinic work spectrum.Topic: Rabbinic Authority: Five Necessary StepsPresenters: William LebeauDial-in...
The CORE: Rabbinic Authority from a Gendered Perspective
Listen to the recordingThe CORE is an interactive series of seminars for RA members to establish the basic components of the rabbinic work spectrum.Topic: Rabbinic Authority from a Gendered PerspectivePresenters: Susan GrossmanDial-in...
The CORE: Cultivating Authority with Your Lay Leadership
Listen to the recordingThe CORE is an interactive series of seminars for RA members to establish the basic components of the rabbinic work spectrum.Topic: Cultivating Authority with Your Lay LeadershipPresenters: Robert Jossen and...
A Jewish Perspective on a Secular Phenomenon
By Ashira Konigsburg, Associate Director of Rabbinic Services, RA
Another year has gone by already? Perhaps it is because time seems to fly that we find ways to mark the new year. Both the Jewish and secular calendars have developed...
Community Beit Midrash
By Micah Peltz, Temple Beth Sholom, Cherry Hill, NJ
The Project:A few years ago, my community in Cherry Hill had been trying to figure out how to provide higher-level Jewish learning to our congregants who were ready for it. In...
Knesset Delegation Visits RA
By Stuart Weinblatt, RA Director of Israel Policy and Advocacy
Last Thursday, the RA hosted a delegation of Israeli reporters and staff of members of Knesset.
In many respects, it was our movement at its best. RA Vice President...