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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.
Freeing Ourselves from the "Always" and the "Never"
By Rabbi Sandra Kochmann
Note: This blog post was featured as part of our #HeshbonHodesh: Nisan monthly newsletter.
In my work as the rabbi in charge of the egalitarian side of the Kotel, I am often invited to speak about the...
Connecting with the Divine in the Outdoors
By Rabbi Eliav Bock
Note: This blog post was featured as part of our #HeshbonHodesh: Nisan monthly newsletter.
This past Shabbat morning, I suited up my baby daughter in her winter gear, put on my own jacket and gloves, put...
The Ancient Jewish Vaccine Against Loneliness
By Rabbi Mario Rojzman
Note: This blog post was featured as part of our #HeshbonHodesh: Nisan monthly newsletter.
As I prepare to write these lines, my friend and congregant journalist Andrés Oppenheimer tells me that Japan...
The Story of the Exodus Ship
By Rabbi Ervin Birnbaum
Note: This blog post was featured as part of our #HeshbonHodesh: Nisan monthly newsletter.
I find it interesting and fascinating to what an extent our past does not abandon us and serves us as a source...
צא ולמד - Our Body as Teacher: A Spiritual Journey Through the Hebrew Letters
By Rabbi Danielle Upbin
Note: This blog post was featured as part of our #HeshbonHodesh: Nisan monthly newsletter.
As a rabbi and yoga instructor, I have had the privilege of inviting my...
Planning for Retirement: The Financial Aspect
From RA Convention, March 1, 2021
Mitchell Smilowitz, CEO, Joint Retirement...
Passover Project Video
Perfect to play at home or at Jewish education classes. See modern slavery survivors describe in their own words what they experienced, and hear Rabbi Debra Orenstein explain how to make Passover about slavery past AND present.
Watch...
The Real-World Implications of Israel's High Court Decision
By Rabbi Andrew Sacks
Last evening Israel’s High Court (Bagatz) ruled that conversions performed in Israel through the Masorti and the Reform movements must be recognized by the state for the purpose of citizenship under...
RA Celebrates Israel High Court Decision Affirming Conservative and Reform Conversions for the Law of Return
March 1, 2021
New York, NY – The Rabbinical Assembly, the international association of Conservative/Masorti movement rabis, celebrates the decision today of Israel's High Court that affirms Conservative and Reform conversions to...