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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.
A Prayer in Response to the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
Dear God,
Many, many images of God have been lost in earthquake and fire and mighty waters just yesterday. And so we turn to You, Adonai, and we ask for Your strength and comfort.
We open our hearts one to the other as brothers...
Hodesh Tov - Adar II
"What's new in the Study of Aggadah"
by Rabbi Burt Visotzky, Appleman Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies at The Jewish Theological...
Model Contract - Kaplan
MOCA: Get an insiders view on the provisions and benefits of the RA/USCJ model contract. Kaplan negotiated on behalf of USCJ.
Presented Spring, 2011 by Scott Kaplan, Esq., a private practice attorney in Atlanta,...
Conservative Judaism Journal
Throughout its seventy year history spanning from 1945-2014, Conservative Judaism, sponsored by the Rabbinical Assembly and the Jewish Theological Seminary, published articles expressing a serious, critical inquiry of Jewish texts and traditions,...
חושן משפט - Hoshen Mishpat
הלכות דיינים - Jurisprudence
הלכות עדות - Testimony
הלכות מצרנות - Land Settlement
הלכות שלוחין - Agency
הלכות מקח וממכר - Buying and Selling
הלכות אפיטרופוס – Guardians
הלכות שכירות פועלים - Employing Labor
הלכות גזילה -...
אבן העזר- Even HaEzer
הלכות פריה ורביה - Marriage and Fertility
הלכות אישות - Interpersonal Relations
הלכות קידושין וכתובה/Kiddushin and Ketubbah
הלכות גיטין - Divorce
הלכות פריה ורביה - Marriage and Fertility
RA Trip to Germany Update, Friday 2/11
This has been a whirlwind week for us here in Berlin where we have learned about how Germans have confronted their past and are looking to their future.
This Shabbat, in Parashat Tetzaveh, we learn about the ner tamid. We can compare the...
Mesaddrei Gittin
Rabbi Stanley L. Asekoff, Bnai Shalom, 300 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052, (973) 731-0160, Fax (973) 731-1160
Rabbi Marcelo Bater, Congregation Dor Jadash, Concepcion Arenal 2464 8A Buenos Aires, B Argentina, +54 (911)...
Movement Affiliates
The Assembly of Masorti Synagogues organizes member congregations within Great Britain.The Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs devotes itself to inreach and outreach programming for Conservative Jewish men.The Jewish Theological Seminary is the oldest...