Rabbinical Assembly

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The Rabbinical Assembly is the international association of Conservative/Masorti rabbis. We aim to kindle the passion of the Jewish People in the service of God, Torah and Klal Yisrael, to strengthen the Conservative/Masorti movement, and to support the Conservative/Masorti rabbi. Our nearly 1,700 members serve as congregational rabbis, educators, military and hospital chaplains, professors, and officers of communal service organizations throughout the world.

www.rabbinicalassembly.org

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Inspiring Rain: Behukotai 5782

In order to make rains fall, we must act together--sometimes by showing our pain to connect to others feeling the same pain.

Rabbi Jenni Greenspan•540 Views•May 25, 2022•Leadership,Vulnerability

Lore and Law in the Megillat Ruth

Ruth is a strange book. It contains a number of mitzvot and yet their practice is different than how they were later practiced. What can we learn from the Megillah about Hesed and Community? How has our understanding of Jewish practice changed?

Mark Greenspan•14 Views•May 21, 2025•Mitzvot and Their Development,The Centrality of Hesed in Jewish Life,The Prohbition and Moabites ,Torah and Hesed in Jewish Life

Emor--lessons from the field

connections between holy time and giving to the poor

Rabbi Meir Goldstein•36 Views•May 16, 2025•Moed,Peah,Tzedek,Holidays,Tzedakah

Making a Source Sheet on the Updated Editor

Try out Sefaria's new editor with these step-by-step instructions.

Sefaria Education•15541 Views•March 22, 2022•Tutorial,Sefaria,How To

Showing our Love

a brief exegesis of loving the other

Rabbi Meir Goldstein•60 Views•January 21, 2015•Love Your Neighbor as Yourself,Halakhah,Love,Maimonides

The gap between actions and intentions

Not Published•Rabbi Meir Goldstein•202 Views•July 29, 2024•Mussar (מוּסָר ),Intention,Kavanah,Action,Man's Actions,Sefat Emet

Why 2 Covenants: A People or A Family?

Essential texts on understanding the nature of why we have 2 covenants.

Rabbi Meir Goldstein•587 Views•January 30, 2023•People,Brit,Judaism,Religion,History,Jewish History,God and the Jewish People,Covenants,God,Peoplehood,Families

Tefillah: What is Prayer?

Rabbi Meir Goldstein•3845 Views•January 20, 2014•Kavanah,Prayer,Soloveitchik,Abraham Joshua Heschel

Lecha Dodi Deep Dive: Stanzas 4 & 5

overview of sources

Rabbi Meir Goldstein•156 Views•April 4, 2025•Liturgy,Kabbalah,Liturgical Poem,Lecha Dodi,Kabbalat Shabbat,Mysticism

Lecha Dodi: Deep Dive--Stanza 2 and 3

overview and sources

Rabbi Meir Goldstein•132 Views•March 28, 2025•Kabbalah,Mysticism,Women in Tanach,Kabbalat Shabbat,Lecha Dodi,Tanakh

Tea and Talmud Pesachim ch 10

This is a long source sheet for a Talmud class I teach at our shul. We've been studying Pesachim chapter 10 and I started using Sefaria for this class during the pandemic and at that point we were on page 108a.

Adam Stein•6705 Views•May 20, 2021•Pesachim,Adult Ed

Kabbalah Foundations: Tiferet

a brief overview of Tiferet form a couple sources

Rabbi Meir Goldstein•205 Views•March 25, 2025•Chasidut,Kabbalah,Tiferes,Tiferet (Kabbalah)

More Than Words: How We "Embody" Prayer:

Having Kavanah in prayer is a combination of understanding, reflection, imagination and Embodying our prayers. In this study I explore Orech Chaim 95 in various sources which instruct us in ways to use our body to create Kavanah. Some of the conclusions are surprising!!