Rav Gil Student, director of RAA’s Halacha Commission, writes about the Dirshu Siyum in Tel Aviv in The Jewish Press, January, 17, 2020
Divrei Torah: Shemos
Special audio:
Rabbi Kurzrock – Shemos 5780
Rabbi Katz – Shemos 5780
Rabbi Ziegler - Shemot 5780
Shemos - Rabbi Hecht 5743
Shemos - Rabbi Kirsh 5771
Shemos - Rabbi Kirsh 5772.
Shemos - Rabbi Kirsh 5775 B
Shemos - Rabbi Kirsh 5775
Shemos - Rabbi Klass 5774 Dvar Halacha
Shemos - Rabbi Klass 5774.
Shemos - Rabbi Kurzrock 5669
Shemos - Rabbi Mandel 5771
Shemos - Rabbi Rokeach 5770
Shemos Va'eiro - Rabbi Rokeach 5771
Shemos - Rabbi Rokeach 5774
Shemos - Rabbi Weinbach 5740
Shemos - Rabbi Ziegler 5772
Shemos - Rabbi Ziegler 5773
Shemos - Rabbi Ziegler 5774
Shemos - Rabbi Ziegler 5775
Shemos - Rabbi Ziegler 5776
Shemos - Rabbii Ziegler 5770
Shemos – Liska Rebbe 5779
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Jewish Press: Rosh Chodesh Teives
The Jewish Press, January 17, 2020 discusses the important presentations at the Rosh Chodesh Teives seudah
5TJT: Anti-Semitic Rhetoric
The Five Towns Jewish Times, January 17, 2020, quotes RAA’s statement against anti-Semitic rhetoric in New Jersey
5TJT: Support for Chief Rabbi
The Five Towns Jewish Times, January 17, 2020 published an article by Rav Yehoshua Hecht, RAA Presidium member, in support of Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef against accusations and misrepresentations
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Chaplaincy Commission Update
From the desk of Rabbi Leonard (Yehuda) Blank MS, BCC
Director of Chaplaincy Commission and External Affairs
Rabbinical Alliance of America/ Igud HaRabbonim
917-446-2126 rablenblank@gmail.com
I continue to receive referrals requesting job positions as chaplains in health care facilities and other institutions. Even though some of those seeking such positions have various types of educational degrees, there is no substitute for Clinical Pastoral Education and if possible, to seek Board Certification from a reputable chaplaincy organization authorized to confer BCC. Many well-known hospitals and other health related facilities request their chaplains to have taken CPE. I have been asked though, is it possible a health care facility would be willing to accept someone without CPE- my response-that is up to the requirements of each individual institution. For additional information about CPE, where CPE is given please contact me at the email or cell number given above. Please note, that CPE is an intensive course and just like any other degree or certificate program, it is not for everybody. [...Click headline above for more...]
Letter from Rabbi Pesach Lerner about Five Billion Dollars for Torah projects
Kevod HaRabbonim shlit”a,
Please read below and respond. This is a major effort to 1) prevent anti-religious groups from getting BILLIONS of dollars from communal funds and to 2) direct those funds towards Torah projects. The outcome of this election can change the nature and future of Eretz Yisroel for decades to come. Rav Elya Brudny discussed the importance of this effort at the recent Agudah convention. On the Eretz HaKodesh website, you can see articles about the potential negative outcome if we do not mobilize to counter the anti-Torah forces. [...Click headline above for more...]
The Rabbinical Alliance of America Objects to Anti-Semitic Rhetoric in Traditional and Social Media
The Rabbinical Alliance of America — Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American rabbis — commends Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal for calling to stop the spread of hate on a local Facebook group, Rise Up Ocean County. For a long time, this group has hosted broad anti-Semitic content and comments in the context of changing demographics in Ocean County, New Jersey. Internet providers and content hosts need to act responsibly in their role as platforms for ideas that affect the broader culture, and can lead to bloody violence. [...Click headline above for more...]