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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
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.
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.
Reflections on Redemption, National and Personal
By Gerry Skolnik
Every year, as we prepare to celebrate the festival of Passover, I find myself struggling with the same issue. More than any other Jewish holiday, Passover lends itself to “universalization.” The theme of “from enslavement...
Hodesh Tov - Nisan
"New Insights from the Mishnah"
by Judith Hauptman, E. Billi Ivry Professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture at The Jewish Theological Seminary
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Note: this podcast is a section of the keynote...
Why Do We Sing the Song of Songs on Passover?
by Benjamin Edidin Scolnic | Published in CJ Journal, Vol. 48 No. 4, Summer 1996.
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Convention 2013: Schedule
The tentative schedule is as follows (subject to change):
Tuesday afternoon, June 25: Minhah for the Seventeenth of Tammuz (6 PM), limmud with Tamar Elad-Appelbaum: "How Will We Sing Songs of Zion in the Land of Zion" (7 PM), ma’ariv featuring...
Resolutions Procedure
Rules of Procedure for Resolutions – Approved 6/13/2017
(Section 4b was approved by the Executive Council on July 20, 2022)
Annual Resolutions Cycle
Tier 1
1. A Resolutions Committee and Chair shall be appointed by the...
Eit Ratzon: A Seminar on Employment Transition
This workshop, which will take place at the office of the RA, will help you:
Adjust to a new spiritual leader
Manage the psychological dilemmas
Learn tools to work with your new rabbi
You a will learn the common language of...
RA and Jewish Lights Publishing Announce New Joint Publishing Imprint
NEW YORK – The Rabbinical Assembly and Jewish Lights, a leading publisher of books and LifeLights™ pastoral care resources that reflect the Jewish wisdom tradition for people of all faiths and all backgrounds, announced the establishment of a new...
RA Raises Concerns About New Arrests at Western Wall
Two Conservative rabbis among those arrested
NEW YORK – Following today’s arrest of 10 women praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Julie Schonfeld renewed her call for a quick solution that respects religious pluralism and women’s equality.
Convention 2013: Limmud
The following teachers will be presenting at our convention this year (tentative, subject to change):
Doron Bar | Dean, Land of Israel Studies, Schechter Institute
Land of Israel Studies: "Between the Western Wall and Mount Herzl:...
Aviv Press Books Now Available as E-Books
Our Aviv Press books are now available as e-books in both Nook and Kindle versions. In addition, some Aviv Press titles are on sale in the print edition. Hard copies of these books are available until after Pesah.
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