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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.
Second Night: For Living in a Free Society
December 17, 2014
By Rabbi Menachem Creditor, Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley, CAWe stand in humble gratitude to be blessed to live in a free society, free in ways our ancestors couldn't have imagined. We acknowledge today, basking in the glow of...
Third Night: For Every Day Miracles
December 18, 2014
By Rabbi Stewart Vogel, Temple Aliyah, Woodland Hills, CA Maoz Tsur, Our Rock and our Redeemer, at this time of year celebrating miracles, we pray that you help us to see the miracles of life. Just as you were with the Hasmonean rebels in...
Seventh Night: For the Land/State of Israel
December 22, 2014
By Rabbi Reuven Hammer, Jerusalem, Israel Tzur Yisrael V'Goalo – Rock and Redeemer of Israel – As we kindle the lights of Hanukkah – tonight reaching the sacred number seven – the flames in our hanukiyah merge with the seven that...
Fifth Night: God's Candle is the Human Soul (Proverbs 20:27)
December 20, 2014
By Rabbi Naomi Levy, Nashuva, Los Angeles, CA We are God's candleWe are made to shineNot just one time in our historyBut every day, even today.God knows the awesome potentialHidden inside us,The gift of Chanukah is the light We must bringTo this...
Conservative Rabbis Horrified by Pakistani Taliban Attack on School
December 16, 2014
NEW YORK – On Tuesday morning, members of the Pakistani Taliban attacked the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing at least 145 people, among them more than 130 children. The Rabbinical Assembly, the international association for...
Conservative Rabbis Welcome Release of Imprisoned Alan Gross
December 17, 2014
NEW YORK – Alan Gross, unjustly arrested in December 2009 while on a humanitarian mission helping the small Cuban Jewish community, was released today after five years of imprisonment on claims that he was working against the Cuban government. The...
RA and USCJ Statement on Keruv and Intermarriage
December 19, 2014
The Conservative Movement welcomes with open arms people of any faith or background who sincerely seek to draw closer to Judaism, whether because of their relationships to Jews or out of their own spiritual aspirations. We appreciate the opportunity...
Fourth Night: For Jewish Community
December 19, 2014
By Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA Adonai, You are with me in the gentle flickering light of the Hannukah candles. I close my eyes and feel the presence of my grandparents, my great aunts and uncles, those no longer in...
Sixth Night: For Our Ancestors
December 21, 2014
By Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses, Romemu, New York, NY יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הָרוּחת לְכָל בָּשָׂר . (Numbers 27:16) Adonai, the God of the Spirits of all Flesh: Our ancestors lit a flame in the dark ruins of...
Eighth Night: For the Jewish Light that Illuminates the World
December 23, 2014
By Rabbi Robert Scheinberg, United Synagogue of Hoboken, Hoboken, NJ During this year's observance of Hanukkah, we have lit so many candles.So many times we saw the flame jump from candle to candle.So many times we saw the Shamash share its flame so...