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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.
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)
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
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...
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אורח חיים - Orah Hayyim
הלכות ציצית - Tzizit
הלכות תפלין - Tefillin
הלכות ברכות השחר ושאר ברכות - Blessings
הלכות סדר משא ומתן - Verbal Exchange
הלכות קריאת שמע - K'riat Shema
הלכות עמידה- The Amidah
הלכות נשיאת כפיים - The Priestly Blessing
הלכות...
RA History
1901 The RA is founded on June 17 in Philadelphia as the Alumni Association of the Jewish Theological Seminary, with Henry M. Speaker, principal of Gratz College, as president.
1918 With over 100 members, the Alumni Association changes...
Conversion to Judaism
The Conservative movement welcomes all those who wish to take upon themselves the values, beliefs and behaviors of Judaism. Members of the Rabbinical Assembly help guide conversion candidates in the United States and all over the world toward...