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Additional Piyyutim for Use on the Yamim Noraim
Although Mahzor Lev Shalem contains many more piyyutim than was true of the previous RA mahzor, several rabbis, cantors, and lay leaders have requested three additional piyyutim.
Home Observances: Shabbat
One-page sheets containing Shabbat rituals and blessings for the home.
Resolution on Gilad Shalit
Whereas Gilad Shalit, the son of Aviva and Noam Shalit, was abducted by Hamas terrorists at Kerem Shalom within Israel’s borders as part of an unprovoked attack on Sunday, June 25, 2006 when he was 19 years old and has been held captive now for...
Resolution on the Israeli Peace Process
WHEREAS the Rabbinical Assembly, whose members serve as rabbis in Israel and the Diaspora, is an affiliate of the worldwide Masorti/Conservative movement, which supports the goals of Zionism as an integral facet of its commitment to the welfare of...
Resolution on Social Security
Background:
The Social Security system is funded primarily from payroll tax deductions by employees and their employers. The Social Security Trust Fund, held in United States Treasury bonds, provides interest to cover a shortfall in any...
Resolution on Support for Informed Access to Reproductive Care
Background:
On December 8, 2004, President George Bush signed into law the FY 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act. Included in this omnibus appropriations bill is a provision known as the Weldon Federal Refusal Clause. This provision was drafted...
Resolution in Support of Stem Cell Research and Education
WHEREAS there is a serious shortage of organs available for transplantation, leading to thousands of deaths each year;
WHEREAS serious illnesses and conditions leading to disability and often death may be ameliorated or cured through new...
Resolution on Global Warming and Endangered Species
WHEREAS the Rabbinical Assembly has always based its environmental resolutions on the principles of:
Responsibilities to future generations: "Therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live" (Deuteronomy 30:20),
Integrity of...
Resolution on Interfaith Relations
WHEREAS we are bidden שלום דרכי מפני (for ways of peace) and הבריות שלום מפני (for peace among all creatures) and איבה מפני (to avoid hatred) and ה׳ חילול מפני (to avoid disgrace) and העולם תקון מפני (for improving the world) to be concerned...
Omnibus Resolution on Social Issues
Background:
We, members of the Rabbinical Assembly, are heirs to traditions that ingrain in us an “aggressive attitude toward improving life,” exemplified in Pirkei Avot 2:20-1 “Rabbi Tarfon taught: The day is short, the task is great. You are not...
Resolution Regarding Magen David Adom
Whereas since the founding of Magen David Adom (MDA), it has not been recognized in the International Committee of the Red Cross or the Red Cross/Red Crescent International Federation due to its use of the symbol of the red Magen David as its...
Resolution on Jewish Education
Whereas the National Jewish Population Study reveals that identification with the Jewish religion, observance, the Jewish people and the State of Israel is highest among those with the greatest level of Jewish education;
Whereas the Conservative...