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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.
Repentance
October 11, 2013
"Repentance" by David H. Lincoln (pp. 412) in The Observant LifeDownload the Discussion...
Lessons Learned from Chaplains in the U.S. Military
April 29, 2013
By Elliot Salo SchoenbergLast week, I was privileged to attend the annual training course and spiritual retreat organized by the Jewish Welfare Board Jewish Chaplains Council and attended by 10 colleagues serving in the United States Armed Forces.
The Lev Shalem Series
November 26, 2019
The Lev Shalem series includes:
Siddur Lev Shalem
for Shabbat & Festivals
Published in 2016
Siddur Lev Shalem for Shabbat and Festivals features a four...
Vice President Biden at Convention 2012
April 4, 2012
We're thrilled that Vice President Joseph Biden has accepted our invitation to address our members on Tuesday May 8.
Vice President Biden, through decades of service in public life, has long been a dedicated and loyal supporter of the Jewish...
Program Highlights
April 9, 2012
Program at a GlanceNote: Times are subject to change World-Class PresentersAddress by Vice President Joseph BidenYair Lapid: Israel, Where Are We Going?Address by Congressman John Lewis, Georgia (US Representative, GA 5th)Dialogue between Gilah...
God and the Shoah
April 17, 2012
By Jonathan Wittenberg (excerpted from his book The Eternal Journey)Consider that this has been:I commend these words to you.Engrave them on your heartsWhen you are in your house, when you walk on your way . . .Or may your house crumble,Disease...
Kaddish for the Six Million
April 17, 2012
Grief-stricken, we recall our brothers and sisters who no longer walk this earth, cut down, whether in youth or in old age, by the vicious hand of evil. May God comfort us and sustain us in our sorrow. Download the Kaddish: Yom Ha-Shoah |...
Convention 2012: Participant Information
May 1, 2012
Thanks for registering for convention! You're in for four inspiring days. We are looking forward to seeing you in Atlanta.Program at a GlanceTransportation InformationSocial MediaJTS TrackDialogue on Keruv, Conversion, and IntermarriageVictor Center...
Convention 2012: Live Stream
May 6, 2012
A number of sessions at the 2012 RA Convention streamed live on Youtube. Watch videos from the 2012 RA Convention:Videos from Convention...
About Shavuot
May 22, 2012
By Alan Lucas
Excerpted from The Observant Life
Shavuot falls on the sixth and seventh days of the Hebrew month of Sivan. (The festival is observed only on the sixth of Sivan in Israel.) Like Sukkot and Passover, it is a multi-dimensional...