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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.
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
February 17, 2011
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...
Social Justice Commission Members
Chair: Rabbi Michael Singer, Congregation Brith Sholom, Bethlehem, PA
Consultant: Jacki Honig, Los Angeles, CA
Commission Members:
Cantor Sheri Allen, LGBTQ+ Rights Co-Chair
Rabbi Cecelia Beyer
Impressions from Monday (Day 1)
February 7, 2011
Finding a relationship with a city and its inhabitants upon arrival takes time and sifting through my own preexisting relationship with Berlin in particular and Germany in general in the wake of modern history seemed even more daunting. And yet,...
Hodesh Tov - Adar I
"Reclaiming the Bible as a Jewish Book: The Legacy of Three Conservative Scholars"
by Dr. Benjamin Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, Jewish Theological Seminary
יורה דעה - Yoreh Deah
הלכות שחיטה - Kosher Slaughter
הלכות דברים היוצאים מן החי - Living Animal Products
הלכות תולעים - Worms and Insects
הלכות בשר בחלב - Meat and Milk
הלכות תערובות - Mixtures
הלכות מאכלי עובדי כוכבים - Foreign Foods
הלכות יין נסך -...
Setting off
February 4, 2011
Next week fifteen RA-colleagues will be spending a week together in Berlin. Through our association with Germany Close Up, we will be exploring issues of Jewish memory and will meet with German politicians and educators to discuss how...