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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.
Hodesh Tov - Heshvan
“The Sabbath Soul: Mystical Reflections on the Transformative Power of Holy Time”
by Eitan Fishbane, Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought at the Jewish Theological...
The CORE - The Joint Bet Din: Marriage, Divorce, and Arbitration
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: The Joint Bet Din: Marriage, Divorce, and ArbitrationPresenters: Mayer Rabinowitz, ...
Reimagining the Rabbinate - Jewish Social Justice
Listen to the recording The Reimagining the Rabbinate series features presentations from our colleagues who have made successful career transitions to areas outside the pulpit rabbinate. Topic: Jewish Social Justice Presenter: Jason...
Discretionary Fund Guidelines
October 19, 2011
The Rabbinical Assembly has official guidelines on the proper use of discretionary funds. Rabbis are expected to maintain the highest level of ethics and proper conduct when dispersing synagogue...
Statement on the Release of Gilad Shalit
October 18, 2011
The Rabbinical Assembly expresses its gratitude and support to the government of Israel in its tireless efforts to bring about the release of Sergeant Gilad Shalit. After over five long, tortuous years in captivity, during which Hamas has...
Beat It! The Ritual of Havatat Aravot
October 17, 2011
By Bradley Shavit Artson, Ziegler School
This CJ Journal article originally appeared in Vol. 48, No. 4, Summer, 1996, pp. 26–34. The introduction follows below:
One of Judaism's oddest rituals is that of beating the aravot (willow...
The Release of Gilad Shalit: A Kavannah
October 12, 2011
Jews around the world watch with an expectant heart as we anticipate reports about progress, at last, to free Sergeant Gilad Shalit. We are one family, standing with Noam and Aviva Shalit, waiting breathlessly for Israel's precious son to be...
The Release of Gilad Shalit: A Prayer of Thanks
October 12, 2011
We pray for the opportunity in coming days to recite this tefillah created by our Masorti Movement in Israel:
תפילת הודיהעל שחרורו של גלעד בן אביבה ונעם שליט
אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי...
The Sukkah as Shelter: A Source Sheet
October 11, 2011
The sukkah is a temporary structure which shelters us -- but rabbinic texts describe it as more than that. This sourcesheet for discussion or individual study looks at the concept of sukkah as shelter and how our spending time in a sukkah may...
Hodesh Tov - Heshvan
"Kabbalah East and West"
by Rabbi Pinchas Giller, Associate Professor in Medieval Jewish Thought, American Jewish...