Rabbi Robert Scheinberg's page

Here are some links to resources for the USH High Holidays Teleconference Class on Wed., Sept. 1. (I expect to post a link to the audio recording of the class soon.) Source sheet on teshuvah and prayer for the High Holidays Unetaneh Tokef prayer from new Mahzor Lev Shalem Kol Nidrei prayer from new Mahzor Lev Shalem "Getting the Most out of the High Holidays" pamphlet from USH

Here are files to assist you if your family or friends need to brush up on the Torah blessings that are recited when one is called up to the torah for an aliyah. Torah blessings in Hebrew, transliteration, and English - pdf file Torah blessings - mp3 sound file

Here are some Pesach resources for people participating in the "Spicing Up your Seder" conference call on Tues March 23. Ron Wolfson's article "Ten Tips for a Great Seder" is a classic and a succinct way to present great seder suggestions. Jewishfreeware.org has downloadable haggadot - all for free - making it easy to customize your own haggadah. The site also has a tremendous number of stories, songs, readings, etc. Some more great free downloadable haggadot are: Alex Weinberg's child-friendly Haggadah The Haggadah of Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue in California , edited by Rabbis Ed Feinstein and Harold Schulweis If you want to do the game of putting the steps of the seder in order, you can download a large-size version here Rabbi Scheinberg's Seder songs CD and the words (including songs at the end of the seder in Yiddish and Ladino) Lots of sound clips of Echad Mi Yodea from around the Jewish world, in Hebrew, Aramaic, Yiddish, Ladino, Judeo-Ital...

http://web.mac.com/mfishbein/Seder_Songs/Seder_Songs.html is my recording of the music of the Passover Seder, together with the words to the songs and prayers, in Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, and English transliteration. (Words available here. )

http://www.scheinberg.net/rabbi/Friday_night_service_recording_scheinberg.zip includes sound files of the entire Friday night service as sung at the United Synagogue of Hoboken. There's a track list in the .zip file. This is useful for people who want to learn to follow along with the Friday night service or who would like to learn to lead the service. Many thanks to Leo Hmelnitsky who originally helped me to record this.

SOUND FILES: Torah blessings: www.scheinberg.net/rabbi/torah_haftarah_blessings_with_trope.pdf - text of Torah blessings and blessing before the Haftarah www.scheinberg.net/rabbi/torah_blessings.mp3 - sound file of Torah blessings Haftarah blessings and Haftarah materials: www.scheinberg.net/rabbi/torah_haftarah_blessings_with_trope.pdf - text of Torah blessings and blessing before the Haftarah www.scheinberg.net/rabbi/blessing_after_haftarah_with_notation.pdf - text of blessing after haftarah www.scheinberg.net/rabbi/blessing_before_haftarah.mp3 - sound file of blessing before haftarah www.scheinberg.net/rabbi/blessing_after_haftarah.mp3 - sound file of blessing after haftarah www.scheinberg.net/rabbi/haftarah_trope_musical_notation.pdf - musical notation for Haftarah trope Shabbat morning service: www.scheinberg.net/rabbi/torah_service_and_musaf.zip (sound files for torah service and musaf) www.scheinberg.net/rabbi/torah_service_and_musaf_sheets.pdf (text of torah service and musa...

Dear friends, I wrote the following, to sum up some of my experiences today, and to clarify some very deep misconceptions about the role of Jews and rabbis in this scandal. Incidentally, the single most helpful thing I have read to explain the scandal is the Department of Justice press release, here: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/2009/07/doj-press-release-on-nj-corruption-and-money-laundering-arrests.php. ==================================== What do the rabbis have to do with the mayors? What you need to know about the Jewish side of the New Jersey corruption scandal What do the rabbis have to do with the mayors? A nervous caller to my office this morning was certainly wondering. "Rabbi Scheinberg? Are you okay?" "Yes, I'm fine." "Because my neighbor just told me that the mayor and the rabbi in Hoboken were arrested! I said, 'no, not Rabbi Rob, there's no way!' But she said, 'You know, sometimes it's the people who se...