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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.
A Prayer in Response to the Terror Attack in Bulgaria
July 18, 2012
By Menachem CreditorDear God, It is just too much. On the eighteenth anniversary of the attack that killed eighty-seven of our brothers and sisters in Buenos Aires, we have lost more of our family, this time in Bulgaria. Again. It is just too...
A Meditation on the Tragedies of Recent Days
July 23, 2012
From RA President Gerry SkolnikDear Friends and Colleagues, The month of Av has come upon us in a manner true to historical form. Mishenikhnas Av, m'ma'atin b'simhah... When the month of Av begins, we are told, we are instructed to diminish ...
Tiyul to Shul: Building Community, Step by Step
July 24, 2012
By Jonathan Lubliner, Jacksonville Jewish Center, Jacksonville, FL
The Project:
Anyone who has ever spent a Shabbat in a largely Sabbath-observant neighborhood can attest to the palpable and pervasive atmosphere of community...
1972-2012: A Moment of Silence
July 25, 2012
The International Olympic Committee has refused appeals to observe a minute of silence in memory of the eleven Israeli athletes, trainers and judges, who were murdered at the Munich Olympics forty years ago. We are asking our colleagues to...
Creating the Ambience of Shabbat
July 25, 2012
Adapted from the chapter on Shabbat by Michael Katz and Gershon Schwartz, z”l, in The Observant Life
Among Ashkenazic Jews, even those who do not speak Yiddish, the term shabbosdik is often used to describe activities appropriate for Shabbat,...
Rabbinical Assembly Expresses Condolences to Sikh Community
August 6, 2012
NEW YORK – In response to Sunday’s tragic shooting at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisc., near Milwaukee, Julie Schonfeld released the following statement: A week ago on Tishah B’av, the Jewish people commemorated the destruction of our holy...
A Prayer for the Victims of the Attack at the Sikh Temple
August 9, 2012
נַעַמְדָה יָחַדLet Us Stand Up Together*by Naomi Levy, spiritual leader of NashuvaWe stand together in griefFor the innocent victimsOf the Sikh Temple of WisconsinWho perished in their house of prayer.May their memories be a blessing,May their...
About Aviv Press
August 10, 2012
Aviv Press, was an imprint of the Rabbinical Assembly, that published high quality Jewish books that are geared for readers of all faiths and denominations wishing to engage in an intellectually dynamic consideration of Jewish texts and traditional...
The Boy on the Door on the Ox: An Unusual Spiritual Journey Through the Strangest Jewish Texts
July 23, 2024
Martin S. Cohen
ISBN: 978-0-916219-40-6
Pages: 314
The ancient Jewish text of the Mishnah is not often thought of as a source for spiritual guidance, but in this groundbreaking work, Rabbi Martin Cohen uses the sketchy characters found in...