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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.
Hodesh Tov - Tishrei
The Rise of the Babylonian Rabbinic Academy: A Reconsideration of the Evidence
by Jeffrey Rubenstein, Skirball Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, New York...
Hodesh Tov - Tammuz
“Evolutionary Theory and Jewish Religious Practice”by Paul Shrell-Fox, Professor of Family and Community Studies, Schechter...
Hodesh Tov - Av
“Current Trends in Medieval Biblical Exegesis”by Robert Harris, associate professor of Bible, The Jewish Theological SeminaryMaterials for...
Transforming Communal Prayer
Ideas that Work
Moderator: Rabbi Amy Wallk Katz
Panelists: Rabbis Bruce Dollin, Ed Feld, Salomon Gruenwald, Jan Uhrbach
Originally recorded on May 12,...
A Conversation with Brigadier General Amira Dotan
Co-hosted by Lilith Magazine and the Rabbinical Assembly. Introduction by Malcolm Thomson.Amira Dotan is a former Knesset member and the first woman to attain the rank of brigadier general in the Israeli Defense Forces.General Dotan,...
Hodesh Tov - Elul
“The Prayer for the Government: Political Functions of Liturgy”by Robert Scheinberg, United Synagogue of HobokenMaterials for Download:The "congregational" version of this presentation (includes some scans of siddurim) Article by Barry Schwartz,...
Hodesh Tov - Heshvan
"Kabbalah East and West"by Rabbi Pinchas Giller, Associate Professor in Medieval Jewish Thought, American Jewish...
Simhat Bat/Brit Milah
Brit Milah, the ritual circumcision of Jewish baby boys on the eighth day after birth, is one of the most sacred traditions of Jewish life. We have made available a PDF resource from our rabbi's manual on Brit Milah. Simhat Bat, a ceremony that...
Resolution on Containing the Threat from Iran
BACKGROUND
The Rabbinical Assembly is already on record stressing the need for the United Nations and individual countries to act to prevent Iran from achieving nuclear capability.
Recently, the United States issued a National Intelligence...
Resolution Saluting Israel at 60
WHEREAS the book of Psalms teaches and as found in our liturgy, “When Adonai restored our exiles to Zion, it was like a dream.” (Psalms 126:1), the Jewish People realized that dream sixty years ago when the State of Israel...