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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.
Al Ha-nissim for Yom Ha-atzmaut
Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat, Festivals, and Weekdays incorporated a new Al Ha-nissim prayer, which was modeled on the versions recited at Hanukkah and on Purim into the Amidah and Birkat Ha-mazon.
אורח חיים - Orah Hayyim
הלכות ציצית - Tzizit
הלכות תפלין - Tefillin
הלכות ברכות השחר ושאר ברכות - Blessings
הלכות סדר משא ומתן - Verbal Exchange
הלכות קריאת שמע - K'riat Shema
הלכות עמידה- The Amidah
הלכות נשיאת כפיים - The Priestly Blessing
הלכות קריאת ספר תורה -...
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...
Prayer in Memory of Eyal Yifrach, Naftali Frankel, and Gil-ad Shaar
July 2, 2014
The Rabbinical Assembly released the following prayer, written by Rabbi Tamar Elad Appelbaum, in memory of Eyal Yifrach, Naftali Frankel, and Gil-ad Shaar. English translation by Rabbis David Ackerman and Peretz Rodman.Download PDF“Though I walk...
Sefardic Customs of Tu Bish’vat
September 20, 2024
By Marcelo Polakoff
Adapted from Secrets Beneath the Trees
Tu Bish’vat has been celebrated in many ways around the world. The Jews from Arab countries called it Tafkia el Sgar (”the day of the blooming of trees,” in Arabic). In...
The Meaning of Israel in the Perspective of History
April 8, 2013
By Gerson Cohen | Published in CJ Journal, Vol. 27 No. 3, Spring 1973.Download the...
East Africa Relief: Resources for Yom Kippur
September 20, 2024
Fasting for Famine: Supporting East Africa on a Day Without Food
A source sheet by Adam Cutler
Seethis AJWS Tishah B'Av prayer, commissioned by the...
Agunot & Memorial Day
May 22, 2012
By Ashira Konigsburg
“A Personal Message on an Important Theme.” These vague words written on the cover of a long forgotten pamphlet gave little hint as to the weight of the history found inside.
In 1942 as thousands of Jewish men were drafted...
Avodah: Sacrifice, Prayer, and Worship
February 24, 2014
By Mark GreenspanParashat Va-yikra, Leviticus 1:1- 5:26"Prayer" by Rabbi Karen G Reiss Medwed, (pp. 5-60) in The Observant LifeDownload the Study...
No Mothers Day for Those Enslaved
May 23, 2014
By Julie Schonfeld
Originially posted in Huffington Post
There will be no flowers for them this Sunday, no handwritten cards on construction paper, no lunch, no love. Thousands of women and girls are enslaved in sex trafficking in the United...