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You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor
You Shall Strengthen Them: A Rabbinic Letter on the Poor, was derived from earlier published essays
Purim Song Sheet
This 1-page song sheet, prepared by Yossi Hoffman, contains the text, transliteration, and translation of popular songs for Purim.
Al Ha-nissim
This ready-to-use text, which includes commentary and kavanot, has been excerpted from Or Hadash: A
Lighting the Hanukkah Candles: Blessings & Songs
Text, translation, and transliteration of the blessings and popular songs to accompany the lighting
Tishah B'Av Resources
Most of these resources have been excerpted from Siddur Tisha B'Av PDF, Copyright 2003, The Rabbinical Assembly.
בדיקת חמץ: The Search for Hameitz
This one-page sheet includes text, instructions, and transliteration for the ritual of searching for hameitz and the destruction of hameitz.
Statement on the Shooting in Atlanta
March 18, 2021
On March 16, an armed gunman killed eight people at multiple massage parlors and spas around Atlanta. While the motive is not fully clear, it is likely the suspect targeted women of Asian descent in a mass...
NEW Passover Haggadah Supplement for 5781
We are excited to offer a haggadah supplement for 5781 compiled and edited by Rabbi Ilana Garber.
To meet your needs during this time of pandemic, we are once again offering our haggadah in two formats:
Free digital...
What to Do When Erev Pesah is on Shabbat
Download What to Do When Erev Pesah is on Shabbat by Rabbi David Golinkin for the Schechter...
Q&A for Pesah 5781
Please see the below for responses to common Pesah questions (answers by Rabbi Aaron Alexander). For recommendations from our Kashrut subcommittee for Pesah 5781, please click here.
Q: The RA approves buying “Plain,...
Resolution Against Sexual Harassment and/or Assault
Whereas the Torah teaches us that we are all created בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים (betzelem elohim, “in the image of God”), and thus it follows that Rabbi Eliezer said (Pirkei Avot 2:10), “יְהִי...
Resolution on Antisemitic Incitement and Violence
רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר: על שלשה דברים העולם עומד. על הדין ועל האמת והשלום ושלשתן דבר אחד הן. נעשה הדין נעשה אמת נעשה שלום. א"ר מנא ושלשתן בפסוק...
Resolution Against Iran’s Nuclear Capability
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has passed numerous resolutions (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2013) as well as having made public statements (2015 about the Canadian Government as well as one about the US Government) regarding Iran as a...
Resolution on Right to Legal and Accessible Abortion in the United States
“If anyone kills any human being, he shall be put to death” (Leviticus 24:17). In the Mekhilta d’Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai (21:12), the midrash teaches that a fetus is not a living person: “The Torah says ‘[one who strikes] a man’ (Exodus 21:12),...
Resolution Outlining Legislative Priorities to Combat the Food Insecurity Crisis in the United States
לֹ֧א תְאַמֵּ֣ץ אֶת־לְבָבְךָ֗ וְלֹ֤א תִקְפֹּץ֙ אֶת־יָ֣דְךָ֔ מֵאָחִ֖יךָ הָאֶבְיֽוֹן... כִּֽי־פָתֹ֧חַ תִּפְתַּ֛ח אֶת־יָדְךָ֖ ל֑וֹ
Freedom from the Perspective of Retirement
By Rabbi Mark J. Bisman
Note: This blog post was featured as part of our #HeshbonHodesh: Nisan monthly newsletter.
From the perspective of retirement (for 7+ years)
Freedom from the financial need to work to...