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Lulav/Etrog During COVID-19 -- 5781
O.H. 651:7
By Rabbi Aaron Alexander and Rabbi Joshua Heller[1]
Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS.
During the COVID pandemic, are there changes as to how Lulav and Etrog should...
Advice for Sukkah Use and Sukkah Building in the Time of COVID-19
Rabbi Joshua Heller[1]
Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS.
O.H. 630:1
Sukkah is one of the most beautiful and meaningful mitzvot in...
Sukkot/Shemini Atzeret/Simhat Torah Guidance for Communities Affected by COVID-19
The CJLS is working on providing guidance for Sukkot/Shemini Atzeret/Simhat Torah. This page will be updated as new material is written. These letters of guidance are not official responsa of the CJLS because the CJLS wants to...
Watch Now: Simhat Torah Idea Slam
WATCH THE RECORDING
Recorded on Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Presenters: Sam Blustin, Randy Mark, Deborah Zuker
Brainstorm Simhat Torah services and programming with peers in a guided workshop of...
Hoikhe Kedushah on Yamim Noraim
Prepared by Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky
Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS.
The exigent circumstances of the Covid pandemic challenge...
Washing on Yom Kippur
By Rabbi Aaron Alexander
Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS.
Do the restrictions on washing hands, etc.. during Yom Kippur apply this year, considering the benefits of hygiene in slowing the spread...
Watch Now: Summer Learning Siyyum & New Year Hakdama
On Rosh Hodesh Elul (August 20), we hosted a celebration and siyyum of our summer learning as well as a kick-off to 5781. Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal welcomed Chancellor Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz in conversation about her vision for JTS, the...
Joint Statement Supporting the Work of the ADL
In North America the Anti-Defamation League has come under harsh criticism recently (see more about the issue here). The Rabbinical Assembly and USCJ, in concert with URJ, CCAR, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, and...
Rabbinical Assembly Statement on Israel and United Arab Emirates Accord to Normalize Relations
The Rabbinical Assembly applauds the agreement Israel and the United Arab Emirates has made to fully normalize relations between the two Middle East nations. We thank the Trump administration for brokering this deal and we call on other Arab...