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Sixth Night: For Our Ancestors
Posted on December 21, 2014

By Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses, Romemu, New York, NY  יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הָרוּחת לְכָל בָּשָׂר .  (Numbers 27:16) Adonai, the God of the...

By Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses, Romemu, New York, NY  יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הָרוּחת לְכָל בָּשָׂר .  (Numbers 27:16) Adonai, the God of the Spirits of all Flesh: Our ancestors lit a flame in the dark ruins of their desecrated holy place.They found one small...
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Fifth Night: God's Candle is the Human Soul (Proverbs 20:27)
Posted on December 20, 2014

By Rabbi Naomi Levy, Nashuva, Los Angeles, CA We are God's candleWe are made to shineNot just one time in our historyBut every day, even today.God knows the awesome...

By Rabbi Naomi Levy, Nashuva, Los Angeles, CA We are God's candleWe are made to shineNot just one time in our historyBut every day, even today.God knows the awesome potentialHidden inside us,The gift of Chanukah is the light We must bringTo this precious world.On this night we remember our...
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Fourth Night: For Jewish Community
Posted on December 19, 2014

By Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA Adonai, You are with me in the gentle flickering light of the Hannukah candles.  I close my eyes and feel the...

By Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA Adonai, You are with me in the gentle flickering light of the Hannukah candles.  I close my eyes and feel the presence of my grandparents, my great aunts and uncles, those no longer in this world, my parents, family and friends far and...
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RA and USCJ Statement on Keruv and Intermarriage
Posted on December 19, 2014

The Conservative Movement welcomes with open arms people of any faith or background who sincerely seek to draw closer to Judaism, whether because of their relationships to Jews or...

The Conservative Movement welcomes with open arms people of any faith or background who sincerely seek to draw closer to Judaism, whether because of their relationships to Jews or out of their own spiritual aspirations. We appreciate the opportunity to share and articulate the tradition that we are...
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Third Night: For Every Day Miracles
Posted on December 18, 2014

By Rabbi Stewart Vogel, Temple Aliyah, Woodland Hills, CA Maoz Tsur, Our Rock and our Redeemer, at this time of year celebrating miracles, we pray that you help us to see the...

By Rabbi Stewart Vogel, Temple Aliyah, Woodland Hills, CA Maoz Tsur, Our Rock and our Redeemer, at this time of year celebrating miracles, we pray that you help us to see the miracles of life.  Just as you were with the Hasmonean rebels in their miraculous victory, open our eyes to the mystery...
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Second Night: For Living in a Free Society
Posted on December 17, 2014

By Rabbi Menachem Creditor, Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley, CAWe stand in humble gratitude to be blessed to live in a free society, free in ways our ancestors couldn't have...

By Rabbi Menachem Creditor, Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley, CAWe stand in humble gratitude to be blessed to live in a free society, free in ways our ancestors couldn't have imagined.  We acknowledge today, basking in the glow of Hanukkah's increasing light, that so many of the choices...
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Conservative Rabbis Welcome Release of Imprisoned Alan Gross
Posted on December 17, 2014

NEW YORK – Alan Gross, unjustly arrested in December 2009 while on a humanitarian mission helping the small Cuban Jewish community, was released today after five years of...

NEW YORK – Alan Gross, unjustly arrested in December 2009 while on a humanitarian mission helping the small Cuban Jewish community, was released today after five years of imprisonment on claims that he was working against the Cuban government. The Rabbinical Assembly, the international association...
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Conservative Rabbis Horrified by Pakistani Taliban Attack on School
Posted on December 16, 2014

NEW YORK – On Tuesday morning, members of the Pakistani Taliban attacked the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing at least 145 people, among them more than 130...

NEW YORK – On Tuesday morning, members of the Pakistani Taliban attacked the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing at least 145 people, among them more than 130 children. The Rabbinical Assembly, the international association for Conservative/Masorti rabbis, condemned this horrific...
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