CCAR Responsa index

Topical Index of Reform Responsa

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Abortion,
and live fetus study RRT 256-260
for pregnant woman with German measles LXVIII(l958) 120-122 (RRR 188-193; ARR 541-543)
for Tay-Sachs fetus (see Tay-Sachs program)
HaArets, 11/21/79
(see also Convert, pregnant)
of an anencephalic fetus NARR 253
to save siblings from suffering TFN no.5755.13 171-176
when is permitted XCV(1985), 252-55 (CARR 23-27)
Adopted child/ren,
and their biological parents XCIII(1983), 196-198 (CARR 57-59)
born non-Jews, status of in Jewish family LXVI(1956) 107-110 (ARR)
changing Hebrew name of, after b'rit milah, XCVIII (1988) 155-156 (JRJ, Fall 1988, 71-72; NARR 187-188)
necessary steps for conversion LXXXIX(1979) 112-115 (ARR 203-207)
special Hebrew names for LXXXIX(1979) 112-115 (ARR 203-207)
specific ritual for Hebrew naming of LXXXIX(1979) 112-115 (ARR 203-207)
status (`Jewishness') of NARR 185-187
status of, if enrolled in Hebrew school CuRR 220-221
status of, in Judaism LXXXIX(1979) 112-115 (ARR 203-207)
Adoption RR 200-206
and mixed marriage CARR 61
baptism of adopted child before (see Baptism)
by kohanim CoRR 145-150
of children of mixed races CuRR 196-199
status of in Judaism LXXXIX(1979) 112-115 (ARR 203-207)
two problems CoRR 86-90
Adoption agency,
priorities of an CARR 59-61
Adultery,
and adult Bar/Bat Mitsvah XCIX(1989) 239 (NARR 45-47)
and marriage CARR 286-287
Agnostics,
and conversion to Judaism TFN no.5754.15 147-152
Agunot NARR 374-377
AIDS (see Epidemics)
and a dentist NARR 271-272
and circumcision NARR 164-165
and free needles for drug addicts NARR 273-274
and taharah NARR 279-281
responsibility of a carrier XCVIII (1988) 153-155 (JRJ, Spring 1988, 81-83; NARR 267-270)
Aliyah (to Sefer Torah)
and congregational dues JRJ, Fall 1984, 57f (CARR 222-223)
error in reciting Torah blessings during, at Bar Mitsvah MRR 56-61
gentile bridegroom called for TRR 7-9
mandatory wearing of talit for NRR 20-23
reciting Torah blessings during in English CARR 198-199
role of kohein in Reform Torah readings NARR 36-37
stepfather called up for, at Bar Mitsvah (see Bar Mitsvah)
two brothers called up consecutively for RRT 278-279
unworthy man called up for LXXII(1962) 119-121 (CuRR 62-70; ARR 101-106)
with Hebrew or English name NARR 35-36
woman called up for RR 40-42
Alzheimer's disease XCVI(1986) 230-232 (CARR 144-146)
Amazing Grace CCARJ, Fall 1992, 65-66 (TFN no.5752.11 21-22)
(includes discussion of huqqat ha-goyim)
Animal,
mercy-killing of an TRR 81-84
Anesthetic,
for circumcision (see Circumcision)
Anniversary,
ceremony NARR 354-356
Annullment,
due to lack of words harei at m'qudeshet li at wedding ceremony NARR 353-354
Apartment,
all-adult, and eviction of couple who had child NRR 236-238
Applause in the Sabbath service (see Shabbat, t'fillot...)
Apostate,
as wedding attendant NRR 189-192
attitude to MRR 169-175
burial of an RRR 127-131; CARR 161
circumcising son of TRR 64-65
daughter of, and marriage to Jew (see Marriage)
drifting CARR 105-107
in the synagogue TFN no.5753.13 81-85
qaddish for (see Qaddish)
return of to Judaism CARR 104-105
shiv'ah for CuRR 181-183
status of (children and adults) LXX(1960) 95-99 (RRR 120-127; ARR 195-199)
Ark,
bowing before MRR 78-82
closing of, when Sefer Torah is taken out RR 43-45
disused NRR 24-27
facing the NARR 33-34
not centered RR 65-68
open during t'fillot CoRR 37-39
open during wedding NRR 182-188
permanent, constructed in Christian Church CARR 220-222
piano in front of LXV(1955) 91 (ARR 63)
portable NARR 73-75
position of synagogue entrance and 184-185 (XXXVII:1927, 203; ARR 64)
rooms behind a synagogue CARR 210-211
Ark curtain (see Parokhet)
located on synagogue's north wall TFN no.5752.4 19-20
see-through fabric for TFN no.5754.20 33-34
Artificial insemination 218-222 (LXII:1952; 123-128; ARR 500-504 (and))
     RR 2l7-218
and the Israeli Chief Rabbinate HaArets 5/14/85
child born through CARR 291-292
Jewish donor for TRR 125-127
with mixed semen NRR 202-204
two questions TRR 102-103
Asbestos,
morality of liability suit against manufacturer of (see Defect)
Ashes,
of a couple, in a single urn NARR 304-305
scattered, tombstone for NARR 307-309
scattering, of the dead NARR 306-307
Athletics and sports CuRR 231-236
in community center, on Shabbat (see Shabbat)
Atheists,
and conversion to Judaism TFN no.5754.15 147-152
Autopsy 1-5 (XXXV:1925, 130-134; ARR 278-283)
for future knowledge CARR 140-142
Shalhevet, March 1981, # 20
Banks,
for human organs XCVI(1986) 233-235 (CARR 128-132)
Baptism,
and b'rit milah (see B'rit milah, and baptism)
and educating child as a Jew NARR 176-177
of child before adoption by Jewish couple RRR 97-99
of dying Catholic infant, by Jewish nurse RRR 67-72
Baptized Jewish girl,
return of to Judaism JRJ, Fall 1986, 69-70 (CARR 99-101)
Bar Mitsvah 5-8 (XXIII:1913, 170-173; 183-185; ARR 79-82)
adult, and adultery XCIX(1989) 239 (NARR 45-47)
and baby-naming NARR 51-52
and estranged mother NARR 47-50
and quarreling family CoRR 27-31 (CCARJ, Autumn 1973, 45-48)
at age of twelve CuR 70-74
at home NARR 56-57
at Massada NARR 54-56
at the time of Havdalah RRT 33-39 (CCARJ,Summer 1974, 57-61)
     XCII(1982) 216-218 (ARR 92-94)
certificate for CARR 235-237
Confirmation and NARR 52-54
divorced father at RR 33-34
during the mourning period CARR 239-240
error in reciting Torah blessings at (see Aliyah)
invitations NARR 57-58
non-Jewish participation in XCIII(1983) 201-202 (CARR 240-241)
non-Jewish stepfather at CuRR 91-93
of a convert CARR 237-238
of mentally-retarded child RRR 23-27
of uncircumcized boy LXXVI(1966) 79-80 (CuR 107-109; ARR 89-91)
on Shabbat afternoon RRR 19-23 (see above, `at the time of Havdalah')
on Shabbat Shuvah TRR 36-38
on Sunday 228-229 (LXIII:1953, 156-157; RR 35-37; ARR 91-92)
on Yizkor days RRT 16-19
on Yom HaKippurim RR 38-40
Reform attitude toward ARR 86-89
service of, on Sunday morning CARR 234-235
stepfather called up for RR 32-34
Bat Mitsvah, XXIII(1913) 183-185 (ARR 82-83)
     LXIV(1954) 81-88 (ARR 83-86): CCARJ, June 1954, 26-27+ RRT 20-24
certificate for CARR 235-237
non-Jewish participation in XCIII(1983), 201-202
Reform attitude toward ARR 86-89
service of, on Sunday morning CARR 234-235
Ben Zakhar/Ben Zakhor XCVII(1987) 186-87 (abbreviated NARR 192)
Beneficial options TFN no.5753.21 327-330
Beta Yisrael,
and black Jews NARR 206-210
Falashas as Jews CoRR 297-300 (CCARJ, Winter 1973, 56-58)
questioning need for new olim to convert HaArets, 1/23/85
Bimah,
propriety of dance groups performing on MRR 182-183
flags on the TFN no.5753.8 29-32
Birkat HaMazon,
justification for Reform abbreviation NARR 122-124
Birth,
dates of RRR 148-149
Birth control 8-20 (XXXVII:1927, 369-384; ARR 486-499)
Black Jews,
and Beta Yisrael NARR 206-210
Blind person,
with seeing-eye dog at t'fillot CuRR 74-77
Blessing,
for pets (see Pets, blessing for)
the fleet TFN no.5751.3 159-164 (includes a discussion of huqqat ha-goyim)
Blood,
from the dead (see Dead, blood, using of )
human, selling for medical purposes JRJ, Fall 1987, 73-74 (CARR 133-135)
Body,
bequeathing parts of CoRR 216-223
donation of, to science RR 130-131
     MRR 278-280
freezing of, for later burial NRR 100-104
infectuous, refusing to handle CoRR 181-184
lost, later found NRR 142-146
lost at sea RR 147-150
parts, mixed before burial (see Burial, body parts...)
position of in grave (see Grave, position...)
preparing for burial on Shabbat (see Shabbat, purification...) quicklime on NRR 117-118
which to bury first (after a gravedigger's strike) CoRR 165-169
Books,
ceremony for burial of NARR 309-310
copyright of CoRR 245-252
(see also Prayerbooks, assembling and Competition, unfair for
discussion of issues relating to haskama and hasagat g'vul)
Born circumcized (see Nolad mahul)
Bottle feeding RRR 226-230
Bowing and kneeling,
before the Ark (see Ark)
B'rakha l'vatala NARR 124-126
Breast-feeding RRR 226-230
kinship affected by MRR 308-312
Bride,
pregnant CoRR 64-68 (CCARJ,Winter 1974, 24-26)
Bridegroom,
impotent MRR 121-127
not seeing bride before wedding (see Wedding, groom...)
wearing sword at wedding (see Wedding, soldier...)
Bride's veil CuRR 188-193
Bridesmaid/s,
Jewish, at Christian wedding CARR 253-254
not Jewish RR 190-191
B'rit Milah CARR 48
and AIDS NARR 164-165
and baptism NARR 173-174
and caesarean TRR 92-94, NARR 153-155
and induced labor affecting date of NARR 155-156
anesthesia for NARR 163-164
anesthetic for LXXV(1965) 98-101 (CuRR 103-106; ARR 146-149)
before the eigth day RR 90-96, ARR 145-146 (see below `not on the eighth day')
changing Hebrew name of adopted child after (see Hebrew name, changing...)
delayed, on Shabbat TFN no.5755.12 CARR 165-168
doubts about Soviet NARR 165-166
Elijah and NARR 169-170
for adult converts 39-57 (III:1893, 69-95; ARR 216-237)
     RRT 71-79
for child of unmarried couple NRR 58-61
for child of unmarried mother CuRR 100-102, NARR 151-153
for children of mixed marriages RRR 99-104, MRR 165-169
for dead child RR 96-99
for infants XCII(1982) 218-219 (ARR 141-143)
for Jewish adult RR 100-105
for "Messianic Jews" or "Jewish Christians" XCVIII (1988) 158-159 (NARR 175)
for orphan RRR 91-93
for twins TRR 70-73
horror of, by prospective adult ger TRR 54-58
in the evening NARR 159-161
in the synagogue NARR 158-159
Moslem, rabbi or mohel at (see Rabbi or Mohel)
non-Jew as kvatter at XCVII (1987) 184-85 (NARR 167-169)
not on the eigth day LXIV(1954) 78-79 (CCARJ, January 1954, 38-39; ARR 143-144;
   for a dissenting view see CCARJ, June 1954, 41-42) (see above `before the eigth day')
on Shabbat, of child born by caesarean NARR 153-155
plate NARR 170
requirement of minyan for NARR 157
role of Godfather in CARR 49-51
who may perform a RR 105-111
without parental consent XCIX(1989) 243-244 (NARR 149-151)
Brother's widow,
marriage with (see Marriage, with brother's widow)
Buddhism,
practicing Judaism and TFN no.5752.3 123-126
Building,
naming a after a non-JewCARR 216
Building fund,
rebates from NRR 168-174
Burial
HaArets 7/31/84 (includes discussion of koho shel hetteir adif)
and doubtful lineage CARR 158-160
and tattooing TRR 119-121
at night RRT 158-162
at sea JRJ, Summer 1986, 70 (CARR 165-166)
body parts mixed before TRR 84-87
delayed RR 150-154
extending the privilege of, from the synagogue XCIV(1984) 166-167 (CARR 148-150)
from the Temple XXXIII(1923) 61-63 (ARR 299-302)
     (see also Suicide, burial of a)
in Christian cemetery RR 140-142 XCVI(1986) 235-236 (CARR 166-167)
in crypts (see Crypts)
in his or her city CoRR 185-189
in Israel, without talit (see Talit, for the dead and cremation) in national cemetery NRR 105-108
in the garden CARR 164-165
mass CuRR 169-175
of a divorced wife CARR 153-154
of a teenager of doubtful descent CARR 156-157
of a woman married twice CARR 154-155
of a young child CARR 152-153
of ashes in a mausoleum CARR 163-164
of books, ceremony for NARR 309-310
of convert CoRR 240-244
of convert, in Christian cemetery (see Convert, burial...)
of convert, prospective (see below, of prospective convert)
of cremation ashes RRT 112-115
of cremation ashes at home CoRR 169-172
of enemies, side by side RR 136-140
of human organs NARR 281-282
of human skin from Holocaust victim CARR 169
of Jews, in section of general cemetery 24-25(XXVII:1917, 88; ARR 320-321
of men and women, side by side MRR 260-268
of "Messanic Jews" XCVI(1986) 237
of miscarriages, stillborn children and infants CARR 167-168
of mother's ashes in son's grave CuRR 145-149
of non-Jew in Jewish cemetery 25-31 (XXIX:1919, 77-78; 80-85;ARR 323-331)
     LXXIII(1963) 85-90 (CuRR 154-162; ARR 335-341) CARR 157-158
of a non-Jewish same-sex spouse TFN no.5752.20 111-115
of non-Jewish wives in Jewish cemeteries 31-35 (XXIV:1914, 154 and XLVI:1936, 124-129 [ARR 331-335]
     (see also Funeral, of non-Jewish spouse...)
of old Bibles and prayerbooks CARR 169-170
of pet animals CuRR 165-169
of prospective convert XCI(1981) 71-72 (ARR 231-232)
of R. Mickey Berman HaArets 3/26/86 (includes discussion of q'vurat rashs etsel tsaddiq)
of second wife RRT 172-175
of still-born child TRR 123-125
of Teresa Angelovici HaArets 3/12/84 (includes discussion of mipnei darkhei shalom)
on Yom Tov 22-24 (XXXI:1921, 53-55 and XXXII:1922, 80; ARR 317-320)
on Yom Tov, after a gravedigger's strike CoRR 163-164
restricting, in congregational cemetery CARR 161-162
sequence of, after a gravedigger's strike CoRR 165-169
site, preferred ARR 349-350
some duties CoRR 189-193
son's presence barred from RRT 282-283
son unable to take part in, of father HaArets 2/11/86
temporary, of fallen Israeli soldiers CoRR 205-212
vertical NARR 288-289
with a baton NARR 282-283
with a candelabra NARR 283-284
with a kippah NARR 284
with first or second husband CARR 155-156 (see also above "of a divorced wife)
     (see also Casket; Cemetery; Coffin; Committal services; Grave; Tombstone)
Burial customs 186-187 (XXXIII:1923, 59; ARR 373-374)
Burial society (see Hevra Qadisha)
CPR,
and the frail elderly NARR 265-267
Caesarean section,
and b'rit milah (see B'rit milah, and caesarean)
on a dead woman RR 213-214
     LXXXII(1972) 51-53 (ARR 274-276)
     CoRR 212-216
on a dying woman RR 214-217
Cancer,
incurable, and nutrition NARR 263-264
Candle-lighting,
at Kol Nidre CoRR 60-63
dispute over NRR 28-32
man's or woman's prerogative CARR 263-265
Candles,
at Saturday night seder (see Seder)
for Shabbat (see Shabbat candles)
Hanukkah (see Hanukkah candles)
Cannibalism RRT 271-273
Cantor,
married to a convert NARR 3-4
qualification for a NARR 1-3
reciting t'fillah with (see T'fillah/T'fillot)
status of, according to Social Security Act CuRR 209-214
Card-playing,
in social hall of Temple LXV(1955) 91-92 (ARR 531-532)
Carillon,
in Temple tower 228 (LXIII:1953, 155-156; ARR 71)
Casket,
covering the NRR 152-157
open CARR 151-152
two, in one grave TFN no.5751.8 117-118
(see also Coffin)
Caterers,
non-Kosher, and work on Shabbat (see Shabbat, caterer...)
Cemetery,
added section to a NARR 317-319
building a chapel on a ARR 75-76 (see also Synagogue, near cemetery)
choice of 39 (XXVII:1917, 88-89; ARR 348-349)
Christian (see Christian cemetery)
congregational, restricting burial in CARR 161-162
control of a NARR 311-313
destroyed HAL vol.2, #1, Nov. 1994/Kislev 5755, pp.3-4
employment of non-Jews in 85 (XXVII:1917, 89; ARR 353)
eternal flame in MRR 249-253
first grave in the CuRR 138-140
general, Jewish section in RRR 144-148
     XCVIII (1988) 161-162 (NARR 315-317)
naming of a NARR 313-315
non-Jews buried in NRR 88-91
of defunct congregation MRR 240-243
plantings NARR 327-328
responsibility for XCVI(1986) 243 (CARR 174-175)
selling part of the RRT 128-135
selling portion of a NARR 319-322
synagogue near a (see Synagogue)
vandalized MRR 224-227
     LXXXIV(1974) 48-50 (ARR 371-373)
visiting the, before thirty days RRT 109-112
when to visit CoRR 232-235
work, on Rosh HaShanah (see Rosh HaShanah)
yews in a NARR 326
Cemetery memorial service,
on second day Rosh HaShanah (see Rosh HaShanah)
Chanukah (see Hanukkah)
Chapel,
building a, on a cemetery (see Cemetery, building)
Chaplain's insignia,
Hebrew letters on CoRR 120-123
Charitable distribution,
priorities in CARR 39-42
Charoset (see Haroset)
Cheating,
Temple board member accused of TFN no.5754.17 289-296
Chevra Kadisha (see Hevra Qadisha)
Child/ren,
adoptive, marriage of TRR 121-123
attendance at Christian service RR 115-117
burial of a young (see Burial, of a young child)
Christian (of mixed marriage), in religious school NARR 139-141
circumcising, of an apostate mother TRR 64-65
custody of RR 209-212
     (see also Adoption RR 200-206 and discussion in Bar Mitsvah, stepfather at RR 32-34)
feeding of RRR 226-230
Japanese Jewish CARR 87-88
named after non-Jewish grandparents MRR 134-137
naming, without mentioning a father TFN no.5752.1 239-240
naming of 131-166 (XLII:1932, 316-360; ARR 151-193)
naming of, of unmarried mother CoRR 91-97
     TRR 23-25
naming of, orphan RRR 91-93
naming of, when circumcision is delayed RRR 94-97
non-Jew raising Jewish XCIII(1983), 200-201 (CARR 69-70)
of Messianic Jews (see Messianic Jews)
of a mixed marriage, hatafat dam b'rit for a 3-yr old, C, Summer 1993, 45-52 (TFN no.5752.2 241-248)
of mixed marriage, naming a child of TFN no.5755.2 249
of mixed marriage (see Mixed marriage; see above `Christian')
of two religious traditions NARR 138-139
preferential treatment of, in estate XCVIII (1988) 156-158 NARR 387-390)
raised in two religions TFN no.5754.3 263-264
raised in two religious traditions XCIV(1984), 172-173 (CARR 98-99)
responsibility of, to parents XCII(1982) 207-209 (ARR 139-141)
severely retarded, parental obligation to CARR 298-300
sexuality of a maturing (see Sexuality)
status of ARR 441-445
status of, assuring NARR 205-206
status of, born to surrogate mother XCII(1982) 205-207 (ARR 505-507)
status of, genetically not Jewish (see Status, of child...)
status of, of doubtful religious background LXX(1960) 95-99
     (RRR 120-127)
     ARR 195-199
still-born, burial of (see Burial, of still-born...)
support of parents (see Parents, children's...)
transfer of, to Christian Sunday school RRR 59-62
uncircumcised, naming of an CARR 49
unwanted NRR 239-242
with one Jewish parent, Hebrew name for JRJ, Fall 1985, 95-96
Choir,
congregational, non-jewish voices in XCV(1985), 251-52 (CARR 195-196)
(see also T'fillot, participation...)
Christian cemetery,
burial in a XCVI(1986) 235-236
communal memorial services in RR 143-146
convert buried in (see Convert)
former, to be bought and used by Jewish congregation NRR 85-87
transfer of body of Jew to CuRR 162-165
     RRT 179-181
Christian decorations,
in a business office CARR 261-263
Christian Jew,
in the Temple TFN no.5753.19 51-54
Christian legends,
and synagogue plantings (see Synagogue, plantings...)
Christian relatives,
memorializing ARR 390-392 (and)
Christian Scientist's funeral,
Rabbi officiating at (see Funeral, Rabbi...)
Christian services,
and Jewish Children (see Child/ren, attendance...)
Christians,
officiating at funerals of (see Funeral, Christian...)
relatives memorialized MRR 226-229
use of Temple organ by RRR 47-50
Christmas,
celebration of, by children in public school RR 112-115
lights celebrations CARR 258-261
substituting for Christians on LXXXII(1972) 53-55 (CoRR 131-135; ARR 136-139)
Christmas decorations,
and those for Hanukkah, in apartment complex NARR 117-118
Christmas plays,
Jews acting in TRR 87-89
Church,
high-rise, and residences RRT 306-308
use of synagogue building (see Synagogue)
window, honoring a Jew CARR 249-250
Church membership,
and conversion (see Conversion)
Circumcised,
born (see Nolad mahul)
Circumcision (see B'rit milah)
Coffin,
decorated NARR 286
keys in the NRR 262-264
lights at head of CoRR 177-181
plastic NARR 287-288
two in one grave (see Grave, two coffins...)
wife's ashes in husband's MRR 237-240
wooden nails and handles for RRR 153-155
(see also Casket)
Colors,
Jewish NARR 75-76
Committal services,
ommission of LXXXVI(1976) 96-98 (RRT 148-153; ARR 296-299)
Communal service,
Jewish priorities in HAL vol.2, #3, June 1995/Sivan 5755, pp.3-4
Community centers,
and Shabbat (see Shabbat, athletics...)
Competition,
unfair MRR 281-285
"Completed Jew",
status of, in Jewish community (see Status)
Concubinage,
as alternative to marriage ARR 406-410
Confession,
of the knowledge of a crime (see Crime)
Confidential information CARR 7-8
Confidentiality,
and threatened suicide (see Suicide, threatened...)
medical, malpractice and moral responsibility TFN no.5753.2 309-317
threatened suicide and TFN no.5750.3 283-288
Confirmation,
and Bar/Bat Mitsvah NARR 52-54
Confirmation group,
non-Jewish chairman of CARR 245-246
Congregation,
absentee vote used by RRT 224-228
choosing to remain a small TFN no.5752.12 3-6
English name for RR 78-81
expulsion from LXXIV(1964) 104-106 (CuRR 84-87; ARR 55-58)
fund-raising andadvertising NARR 68-69
meeting, on Shabbat (see Shabbat, congregational...)
membership of mixed-married couple (see Congregational membership, for mixed-married...)
new, the right to create a JRJ, Spring 1985, 59-61 (CARR 200-202)
officer, convicted accountant as TRR 131-135
officers and their duties NARR 60-63
right to create a new JRJ, Spring 1985, 59-61 (CARR 200-202)
seder (see Seder)
social hall of (see Synagogue)
Sukkah of (see Sukkah)
using cemetery money NRR 109-113
without a rabbi TRR 3-6
Congregational committees,
mon-Jewish members of CARR 246-247
Congregational dues,
and aliyah to the Torah (see Aliyah, and congregational dues)
Congregational membership,
and charity NRR 175-178
at age thirteen CARR 228-230
expulsion of criminal from NARR 65-68
for mixed-married couple RRR 63-66
     XCII(1982) 215-216 (ARR 45-46)
for non-Jew RRT 221-224 CARR 242
for non-Jewish spouse XCIV(1984), 167-169 (CARR 242-245)
for unmarried couple RRT 238-244
     XC(1980) 83-84 (ARR 47-48)
forfeiture of, by intermarriage 99 (XXVI:1916, 133-134; ARR 49)
limitation of ARR 44-45
refusing a Jew 227 (LXIII:1953; 154-155; ARR 54-55)
Consanguinity,
questions about table of LXXXVIIII(1978) 55-56 (ARR 396-398); for a copy of
the table of consanguinity see Rabbi's Manual, N.Y., CCAR, 1961 pp. 127-128,
or B. Bamberger, Leviticus:A Modern Commentary, N.Y., UAHC, 1979, p. 321 et al)
Contributors,
criminal (see Synagogue, contribution...)
listing names of RRR 203-206
Conversion,
"according to halakhah" (meaning for Reform Jews) NARR 193-194
and Church membership RR 82-85
and marriage, after transsexual surgery C(1990) 167-170 (JRJ, Spring 1991, 69-73)
and marriage, after transsexual surgery TFN no.5750.8 191-196
and teenagers CARR 86-87
and the question of belief XCII(1982) 211-213 (ARR 209-211)
answers to Israel on CoRR 269-276
atheists and agnostics and TFN no.5754.15 147-152
conducted by layman CuRR 96-100
course of study for NARR 194-196
dubious/questionable RRR 78-83
     CoRR 136-140
incomplete MRR 154-158
     NRR 75-78
necessary steps for, by adopted children (see Adopted children)
not for the purpose of marriage RR 87-90
of a matrilineal Jew TFN no.5754.13 259-261
of an infant whose parents are non-Jews CARR 80-81
of child NARR 196-197
of child, with two non-Jewish parents NARR 200-201
of infants CuRR 80-83
of married man, when family members remain Christians CuRR 215-217
of married woman RR 85-87
of married woman, when children remain Christian CuRR 110-112
of Negroes RRR 83-87
of young child CARR 83-85
of young child of a first marriage CARR 81-83
origin of miqvah for (see Miqvah, origin...)
rejecting one's (done as an) infant TFN no.5753.20 265-266
unprovable claims to RRR 87-91
     CuRR 219-220
without formal instruction XCII(1982) 209-211 (ARR 211-215)
with reservations CARR 92
     (see also Dow Marmur, "The Question of Ishut: Should there be minimal standards for conversion in Reform Judaism?", LXXXIX(1979), 148-163)
Convert,
and gentile parents TRR 61-64
and Hebrew NARR 197-199
and Jewish burial (see Burial, of convert)
and Rabbi's responsibility RRT 66-71
burial of prospective XCI(1981) 71-72 (ARR 321-322)
buried in Christian cemetery CoRR 151-154
changing the surname of MRR 148-153
circumcision for adult (see Circumcision, for adult...)
duty to seek NRR 73
from another land NARR 199-200
homosexual CARR 88-90
married to a cantor NARR 3-4
mental competency of a ARR 215-216
mitsvot which must be explained to NRR 73-74
name of a NARR 182
new name required for NRR 72
pregnant MRR 143-148 (also deals with several issues concerning abortion)
privacy of a JRJ, Winter 1986, 87-88 (CARR 79-80)
prospective, who fears circumcision ARR 238-239
reciting qaddish for deceased parents LXV(1955) 90-91 (ARR 386-387)
reverting MRR 159-164
     ARR 241-242
teenage, name of a NARR 184-185
tarot reader as a NARR 204-205
with a Christian family XCII(1982) 219-220 (ARR 240-241)
     XCV(1985) 248-249 (CARR 91)
with a Jewish father CARR 90
     (see also Conversion, of married man.../of married woman, when children...)
Copyright,
of books CoRR 245-252
(see also Prayerbooks, assembling and Competition, unfair for discussion
of issues relating to haskamah and hasagat g'vul)
Cornea,
of the dead, used (see Transplantation, of cornea...)
Cosmetic,
suitable (for reasons of Kashrut) CARR 20-22
surgery LXXXVI(1976) 94-96 (RRT 287-290; ARR 544-546) TFN no.5752.7 127-132
Counselling,
premarital NARR 335
Covered heads,
praying with (see Praying)
Craniofacial malformations (see Surgery, dangers...)
Cremation, 57-76 (II:1891-92, 33-41; III:1892-93, 40-41, 53-68; ARR 341-348)
ashes buried at home (see Burial, of cremation ashes)
ashes in Temple cornerstone RRT 167-169
family disagreement over CoRR 228-231
wife's ashes in husband's coffin (see Coffin, wife's ashes...)
Crime,
confession of the the knowledge of CuRR 205-209
Criminal activities,
informing on others in CARR 8-9
Criminal past NARR 291-292
Cryobiology LXXVII(1967) 82-83 (CuRR 238-240; ARR 277-278)
Crypts,
as family burial places MRR 254-259
Cults,
and Judaism HAL vol.1, #2, Dec. 1993/Kislev 5754
Curtain,
ark (see Parokhet)
Customs,
burial (see Burial customs)
mourning (see Mourning customs)
old and new, in a Reform synagogue NARR 12-14
Damages,
for a physician's error (see Physician, error...)
Day of Atonement (see Yom HaKippurim)
Dead,
blood of the, using of LXXVII(1967) 78-81 (CuRR 242-246; ARR 284-287)
body of the, ownership of NRR 79-84
clothes and shoes of the RR 293-297
photographing the RRT 169-171
removing of the, on Shabbat RRT 163-166
shoes for the RRR 149-153
shoes of the, giving away RR, 174-176
using cornea of (see Transplantation, of cornea...)
using eye of (see Transplantation, of eyes...)
Dead body,
removal of, to another grave (see Disinterment)
Death,
dates of RRR 148-149
determination of MRR 188-197
donating body after (see Body, donation of...)
informing daughter of her mother's TFN no.5753.1 199-200
postponement of MRR 188-197
Deconsecration,
of old synagogue CoRR 9-13 (CCARJ, Spring 1975, 73-74)
Decorations,
in floor of synagogue (see Synagogue, decorations...)
Dedication,
of synagogue CoRR 9-13
Defect,
unknown, in building material CARR 15-17
Deprogramming,
of cult members NRR 231-235
Descent,
doubtful, of two Soviet Jews (see Soviet Jews, two...)
matrilineal (see Matrilineal descent)
patrilineal (see Patrilineal descent)
(see also Lineage)
Disabled persons TFN no.5752.5 297-304
Disabled Rabbi, (see Rabbi, disabled)
Discarded practices,
propriety of, in Reform Judaism (see T'fillot, propriety...)
Discrimination,
fighting CARR 255-256
Disinterment,
and mourning TRR 94-97
and reburial CARR 172-173
due to labor strike CoRR 160-162
for legal evidence CARR 171-172
for removal to another grave 195-196 (XXXII:1922, 41-42; ARR 353-355)
from Christian cemetery RRT 175-178
of Jew from Jewish cemetery for reburial in Christian cemetery RRT 179-181
     (see discussion in Crypts, as family burial places)
Disposal,
of damaged Sefer Torah (see Sefer Torah, ritual...)
Distinctions,
between the dead (see Dead, distinctions...)
Divorce,
and custody of daughter CuRR 193-196
for doubtful marriage CoRR 82-85
get, Reform XCIX(1989) 231-233
get, question of need for 77-78 (LVI:1946, 123-125; ARR 510-511)
of husband with Alzheimer's Disease XCVI (1986) 230-232 (CARR 144-146)
of insane husband 78-84 (XXIX:1919, 88-94; ARR 514-522)
Reform Judaism and XC(1980) 84-86 (ARR 511-514)
(see also Get)
Divorcee,
marriage of kohein prohibited to (see Marriage, of kohein...)
Dog,
burial of (see Burial, of pet animals)
seeing-eye, at t'fillot (see Blind person)
Dress code,
for Religious School (see Religious School)
Drug user,
responsibilty toward a NARR 237-238
Drugs,
and mystical experience XCV(1985), 256 (CARR 123)
mind-altering, for pleasure XCV(1985), 256-59 (CARR 120-123)
psychedelic CuRR 247-250
psychedelic, medical use of XCV(1985), 255-56 (CARR 119-120)
to relieve pain NARR 239-241
Dual religion family,
and patrilineal descent TFN no.5755.17 251-258
Dues,
congregational, and aliyah to the Torah (see Aliyah, and congregational dues)
synagogue, for a wife CARR 226-228
Dying patient,
Caesarean section for (see Caesarean section)
infant, naming of (see Infant)
informed of condition RR 122-125
     (see also Patient, physician...)
informing a NARR 262-263
kept alive RR 117-122
relieving pain of LXXXV(1975) 83-85 (RRT 84-89; ARR 253-257)
requests no funeral, no mourning RRR 110-113
terminal, allowed to die (see Euthenasia)
Earrings,
worn by men NARR 400-402
Earthquakes,
phenomenon and human experience of, in Jewish legal literature CoRR 290-293
Eiruv CARR 268-269
Eits Hayim,
metal NARR 43-44
Electronic eavesdropping,
and Jewish law RRT 260-265
Emblem,
of the Tribe of Levi (see Levi)
Employment,
of non-Jews in Jewish cemetery (see Cemetery, employment...)
Endangered species TFN no.5753.3 319-320
Environment,
Judaism and the CARR 17-19
Epidemics,
Jewish reaction to XCVI(1986) 241-243 (CARR 136-138)
Eruv (see Eiruv)
Estates,
preferential treatment of children in (see Child/ren, preferential...)
Esther,
and second seder (see Seder)
Eternal flame,
in cemetery (see Cemetery, eternal flame...)
on grave (see Grave, perpetual...)
Eternal light (see Ner tamid)
Ethical Culturists,
marriage with (see Marriage, with Ethical Culturists)
Ethiopian Hebrews (see Beta Yisrael)
Etrog,
after Sukkot NRR 48-52
frozen CuRR 46-49
nature of the CARR 273-276
why no blessing over TRR 148-149
Eulogy,
for a Christian (see Christian cemetery, communal memorial services in and Funeral, Christian)
post-funeral NRR 119-124
Euthenasia 86-94 (LX:1950; 107-120; ARR 261-271)
     LXXIX(1969) 118-121 (MRR 197-203; ARR 257-260)
     ARR 271-274
quality of life and CARR 138-140
Excommunication (see Herem)
Experiment,
medical, dangerous (see Medical experiment)
Expulsion,
of a member from a congregation (see Congregation, expulsion and Congregational membership, forfeiture...)
Eye,
of the dead, used (see Transplantation, of eyes...)
Falashas (see Beta Yisrael)
Family tree,
problems in a XCIV(1984), 171-172 (CARR 96-98)
Fast,
proclaiming a new RRT 47-50
resulting from dropping of the Sefer Torah (see Sefer Torah, fasting...)
Father's name,
forgotten (see Memorial)
Feebleminded,
sterilization of (see Sterilization)
Fermented wine,
not required for sacramental purposes (see Wine)
Fertility pill RRT 205-211
Fertilized ovum implant (see Transplantation, of ovum)
Fetus,
kept alive as a source for organs NARR 272-273
medical use of the TRR 89-91
status of (see Foetal material)
used for experimentation XCV(1985), 250-251 (CARR 34-35)
     (see also Foetal material)
Flags,
Israeli, on synagogue pulpit ARR 66-68
national, at religious services LXIV(1954) 79-80 (CCARJ, April 1954, 30; ARR 64-66)
on the bimah TFN no.5753.8 29-32
Fleet,
blessing the TFN no.5751.3 159-164 (includes a discussion of huqqat ha-goyim)
Foetal material,
study of CoRR 155-159
Foods,
origin of for various holidays NARR 121-122
Foreign currency,
repayment of loan in (see Loan)
Forfeiture,
of congregational membership (see Congregational membership, forfeiture...)
Fortune teller XCIV(1984) 169-170 (CARR 233-234)
Fraternal orders,
funeral rights of LXIV(1954) 75-77 (ARR 309-312)
     (see also Funeral, masonic services at)
Freezing bodies,
for later burial (see Burial, delayed)
for later revival (see Cryobiology)
Fundraising,
games of chance in connection with (see Gambling)
Funeral,
at night RRT 158-162
Christian, Rabbi participating in CuRR 175-178
congregational charge for CoRR 193-196 (CCARJ, Fall 1975, 75-77) double RRR 138-141
expenses, family dispute over TRR 79-81
for those lost at sea RRR 104-107
from Temple RRT 95-99
halted at synagogue RRT 182-186
halting seven times TRR 44-46
interrupting a wedding TRR 103-107
Jewish, for non-Jewish spouse CARR 160
long-delayed CARR 146-147
masonic services at 130-131 (LVI:1946, 125-127; CCARJ, October 1953, 29-30; ARR 308-309)
of a child of a mixed marriage TFN 5751.7 267-269
of a suicide (see Suicide)
of non-Jewish spouse of a member NARR 293-294 (see also Burial,
of non-Jewish wives...)
on Tu BiSh'vat NARR 275-276
on Yom HaSho'ah NARR 276
Rabbi officiating at Christian Scientist's 190-192
     (XIX:1909, 75 and XXVII: 1917, 117-119; ARR 314-317)
Rabbi officiating at, of Jew in non-Jewish cemetery l87-188
     (LVII:1947, 136-137; ARR 312-314)
requests for no (see Dying patient, requests...)
rites, of fraternal orders (see above `masonic services at')
service in synagogue without body MRR 274-276
services, for ex-members of congregation CoRR 200-204
visiting another grave after RRT 187-190
washing hands after RRT 293-295
without family members MRR 276-277
without Rabbi or Cantor CARR 150-151
Funeral directors,
Jewish, obligation to patronize NARR 277-278
Funeral folklore (see Mourning folklore)
Gambling 105 (XLVI:1936, 126; ARR 527-528)
     LXXXIX(1979) 115-116 (ARR 528-531)
for benefit of synagogue CuRR 56-62
occasional, and state legalized lotteries RRT 229-232
Garment,
or linen shrouds [takhrihim] (see Takhrihim)
Garnisheeing of wages CoRR 260-262
Genetic engineering,
Jewish involvement in NARR 247-252
patenting NARR 244-246
soul of a person produced through CARR 32-34
Gentile chairman,
of Confirmation group (see Confirmation group)
Gentile members,
on congregational committees (see Congregational committees)
Gerut (see Conversion; Convert)
Get,
absence of a TFN no.5754.6 209-215
Reform NARR 369-374
     (see also Divorce)
Gift/s,
question of whether or not to accept if the donor has outstanding debts CARR 10-12
to organizations inimical to Reform Judaism JRJ, Winter 1987, 45-46 (CARR 42-44)
     (see also Orthodox institutions, Reform support for)
Gift shop,
and advertising NARR 399-400
and general merchandise NARR 398-399
Sisterhood, candy in the NARR 397-398
Giyoret (see Convert)
God's name,
as YAHVE TRR 41-44
concern about shredding photocopied services containing NARR 231-233
destroying CuRR 29-33
embroidered on parokhet CuRR 22-25
erasing from a computer screen NARR 228
printed on stationery CuRR 224
spelled "G-d" RRR 50-55
     (see also Name of God)
Godfather,
role of, in B'rit Milah (see B'rit Milah)
Gossip,
between husband and wife TFN no.5750.4 187-190
Grafting,
fruit RRT 284-286
roses RRR 222-225
Grandson and grandfather,
mutual duties between CoRR 281-283
Grave(s),
alignment of CuRR 132-138
depth of MRR 230-236
direction of 76-77 (XXXIII:1923, 50; ARR 351-352)
     ARR 352-353
encroaching TRR 65-67
filling, in hot weather NARR 289-290
Jerusalem soil into the NARR 285
perpetual light on RRT 104-108
plantings or flowers on CoRR 284-286
position of body in CoRR 172-176
putting small sticks in hands of deceased when placing in the (see Burial customs)
removal of dead body to another (see Disinterment)
reuse of a NARR 303-304 (see below `vacated, reuse of')
two coffins in one LXXXV(1975) 85-87 (RRT 100-104; ARR 355-358) unfilled NRR 97-99
unmarked NARR 301-303
vacated, reuse of RR 132-135 (see above `reuse of a')
visiting another RR 176-177 (see also Funeral, visiting...)
walking on TRR 52-54
Gravemarker (see Tombstone)
Guilt,
sense of, of Holocaust survivor NRR 179-181
Guinea pig,
human (see Medical experimentation, human...)
Gun,
on Temple property TFN no.5753.24 281-282
Hagbahah,
and non-Jewish parent NARR 37-38
Haggadah,
olive wood NARR 113-114
Reform NARR 110-112
Halitsa (see Marriage, with brother's widow)
and yibom, Shalhevet, Fall 1987, vol. 34 # 12, pp. 11-13;21
Halloween, CuRR 93-96
Hallot,
white bread for NARR 93-94
HaMotsi,
language of blessing TRR 149-150
salt for NRR 247-249
     ARR 113-114
Handicapped access NARR 70-71
Hanukkah,
and Christmas decorations in an apartment complex NARR 117-118
Hanukkah candles,
sequence of lighting XCV(1985) 249 (CARR 278-279)
Haroset NRR 265-266
Hatafat dam b'rit,
for a three-year-old child of a mixed marriage CCARJ, Summer 1993 45-52 (TFN no.5752.2 241-248)
Hatafat Dam B'rit,
for a three-year old child of a mixed marriage, CCARJ, Summer 1993, 45-52
Hazaqah (see Synagogue, honors)
Havdalah,
Bar Mitsvah at time of (see Bar Mitsvah, at time of Havdalah)
Head covering,
for women in synagogue NARR 23-25 (also see Praying)
Hearse,
rented RRT 122-128
Heart,
of a baboon, transplanted into a human TRR 107-109
Hebrew Bible,
on computer NARR 227-228
Hebrew book,
kissing a NARR 225-227
Hebrew letters,
on Chaplain's insignia (see Chaplain's insignia)
Hebrew name,
changing, of adopted child after b'rit milah, JRJ, Fall 1988, 71-72 (NARR 187-188)
changing of a CARR 53-54 CARR 54-56
for child with one Jewish parent JRJ, Fall 1985, 95-96
male and female NARR 179-180
of a convert (see Convert, name of a)
of a teenage convert NARR 184-185
selection of a NARR 178-179
two sets NARR 362-363
which are avoided TRR 109-113
Hebrew tablet,
bronze NARR 79-80
Herem,
situations justifying partial/total MRR 179-182
Hevra Qadisha,
formation of a TFN no.5754.8 87-90
not using synagogue's NRR 114-116
High Holy Days (see Yamim Nora'im)
High-rise church,
and residences (see Church)
Hindus,
and Jews NARR 135-136
HIV,
mandatory testing for, prior to marriage TFN no.5750.1 103-110
Holiday (see Yom tov)
Holiday greetings CARR 257-258
Holocaust memorials,
and the Jewish tradition NARR 322-324
Holocaust survivor,
sense of guilt of (see Guilt)
Holy Day (see Yom tov)
Homes,
demolishing, in the West Bank and the Halakha, JRJ, Spring 1986, 59-61
Homosexual congregations CoRR 23-26
Homosexual convert CARR 88-90
Homosexuality (private responsum, Dr. Eugene Mihaly, 10 pp., 1973,
     Klau Library, HUC-JIR, New York, Fac.-p)
and Judaism CuRR 236-238 (CCARJ, Summer 1973, 30-32) LXXXIII(1973) 115-117 (ARR 49-52)
Homosexuals,
in leadership positions XCI(1981) 69-71 (ARR 52-54)
marriage of CARR 297-298, NYP no. 5756.8
Hospice NRR 67-71
Hospital chapel LXXVII(1967) 81-82 (ARR 78-79)
Hostages, freeing (see Pidyon Sh'vuyim)
Human kidney,
selling, for transplant (see Kidney or Transplant)
Human organs,
banks for (see Organs)
burial of NARR 281-282
Humanistic congregation (joining UAHC) JRJ, Fall 1991, 55-63
Humanistic Congregation TFN no.5751.4 9-15
Huntington's disease,
and suicide (see Suicide, and...)
Huppah,
hand-held NARR 347-348
permanent CARR 285-286
substitutes for wine under the TFN no.5755.16 231-236
sukkah as a (see Sukkah, as a huppah)
video camera affixed to TFN no.5751.14 119-121
Husband,
divorce of insane (see Divorce)
Hypnotism NRR 250-251
Hysterectomy RRT 211-215
Identity,
Jewish, concealing XCVI(1986) 237-240
Jewish, hiding one's TFN no.5753.6 141
Illegal act,
and professional secrecy (see Professional secrecy)
Immunization,
refusal of NARR 234-235
Incense,
for mourning NARR 292-293
use of in service of meditation by Jews NARR 27-28
Incest,
and parental responsibilities CARR 185-186
qaddish for father guilty of (see Qaddish, for father...)
Inert pigment,
as a permanent cosmetic (see Pigment)
Infant,
dying, status of MRR 223-225
Informing,
on others in criminal activities (see Criminal activites)
Insane,
and Jewish law TRR 11-12
Insanity,
in criminal cases CARR 9-10
Insemination,
artificial (see Artificial insemination)
Intermarriage,
forfeiture of congregational membership by (see Congregational membership)
In vitro fertilization,
with cousin's ova CARR 31-32
(see also Artificial insemination; Test-tube baby)
Israel,
questions on conversion from (see Conversion, answers...)
visit to CoRR 69-74
Israeli flag,
old, proper disposal of NARR 310-311
Israeli soldiers,
temporary burial of (see Burial)
Jew,
black (see Beta Yisrael)
who is a LXIX(1959), "'Who is a Jew?' Symposium", 240-262
     RRR 73-78 (CCARJ, June 1959, Solomon Freehof 3-8; Samuel Cohon 9-13)
(see also Moses C. Weiler, "Who is a Jew?", LXXXIII(1973), 174-186; Matrilineal descent; Patrilineal descent)
Jewish agencies,
Jewishness of HAL vol.3, #1, Fall/Winter 1995, pp.3-7
Jewish chaplain,
may a perform a baptism TFN no.5755.9 153-158 (includes a discussion of huqqat ha-goyim)
Jewish Christians,
b'rit milah for XCVIII (1988) 158-159
Jewish girl,
baptized, return of to Judaism JRJ, Fall 1986, 69-70 (CARR 99-101)
Jewish homes for the Aged,
financial responsibility toward XCIX(1989) 234-235 (NARR 142-146)
Jewish identity,
concealing XCVI(1986) 237-240 (CARR 101-104)
Jewish melodies,
and (Hebrew) transliterations NARR 32-33
Jewish nurse,
baptizing dying Catholic infant (see Baptism)
Jewish priorities in communal service (see Communal service)
Jewish social services,
basis for CARR 37-39
Jewish soldiers,
in a fundamentalist Islamic land NARR 136-137
Jewish symbols,
removing TRR 27-31
Jewishness of Jewish agencies (see Jewish agencies)
Jews for Jesus (see Marriage, with "Messianic Jew")
Joint miqvah and baptistry (see Miqvah)
Jubilee,
Jewish 106 (XLII:1932, 85-86; ARR 128)
Judaism,
practicing Buddhism and TFN no.5752.3 123-126
return of baptized Jewish girl to JRJ, Fall 1986, 69-70
return to, of an apsotate (see Apostate)
Judaism and cults HAL vol.1 #4, Dec. 1993/Kislev 5754
and War games HAL vol.4 #2 Winter 1997, 5757
Jurisdiction,
Rabbinic (see Rabbinic jurisdiction)
Kaddish (see Qaddish)
Karaites,
marriage with (see Marriage)
Kashrut,
a fish in the shape of a shrimp NARR 129
in Reform Judaism ARR 128-131
of dinosaurs (Purim torah) NARR 130-131
on synagogue premises CuRR 226-227
     (see also Kosher kitchen; Pyrex dishes)
Ketubah,
and pre-nuptual agreement HAL vol.1, #4, Aug. 1994/Elul 5754 pp.4-5
decorations on a NARR 357-359
destroyed NARR 367-368
error in the Hebrew date on NARR 359-361
error in the text of a NARR 363-364
lost NARR 366-367
signature on a NARR 364-365
virginity, and the (see Virginity)
with Russian (not Hebrew) names NARR 361-362
Kiddush (see Qiddush)
Kidney,
Human, selling for transplant (see Transplantation, selling...)
Kippah/Kippot,
for men and women NARR 20-23
     (also see Praying)
Kisui rosh (see Praying)
Kohein,
adoption by (see Adoption)
extra shroud for (see Shroud)
marriage to divorcee prohibited (see Marriage, of kohein)
Kol Nidre,
candle-lighting at (see Candle-lighting)
United Jewish Appeal at CoRR 57-59
Kosher kitchen,
in military camps 106-109 (XXVIII:1918, 124-127; ARR 131-135)
K'riah ribbon (see Q'ri'ah ribbon)
Kvatter,
non-Jew as, at b'rit milah XCVII (1987) 184-85 (NARR 167-169)
Lavon's syndrome,
last stages of Halakhah, vol.4 #3, Spring/Summer 1997/5757, 6-7 (includes discussion of euthanasia)
Lawyers,
Jewish and terrorists NARR 384-386
Laws, distribution of in Jewish legal literature NRR 267-268
Lesbians,
and their children CARR 297
Levi,
emblem of tribe of 85 (XXXIII:1923,60; ARR 362)
Lights,
at head of coffin (see Coffin)
eternal (see Ner Tamid)
memorial, at home CuRR 129-132
perpetual, on grave (see Grave)
Shabbat, and pre-convert (see Pre-convert)
Shabbat, on table MRR 91-94
who is obligated to kindle RR 24-26
Linkage analysis TFN no.5752.6 305-308
Lineage,
of child resulting from ovum transplant (see Transplantation, of ovum)
Linen shrouds (see Takhrihim)
Living will NARR 254-259
Loan,
in foreign currency, repayment of 99-105 (XXX:1920, 113-119; ARR 532-539)
Loaves,
Shabbat, pre-sliced (see Shabbat)
Lord's prayer JRJ, Spring 1987, 79 (CARR 256-257)
Lubavitcher hasidim,
questions about the use of the Rebbe's picture NARR 4-5
Lulav,
after Sukkot NRR 48-52
nature of the NARR 108
which type of aravah (willow) to use NARR 109
Malpractice,
and medical confidentiality, moral responsibility TFN no.5753.2 309-317
Malpractice suits,
against rabbis TRR 127-131
and physician NRR 224-230
Mamzerut,
kol ha-mishpahot k'sheirot, HaArets, 10/24/75
Marriage,
after a sex-change operation LXXXVIII(1978) 52-54 (ARR 416-419)
and conversion after transsexual surgery TFN no.5750.8 191-196
and financial duress TFN no.5754.9 225-229
between Rosh HaShanah and Yom HaKippurim 127(XXXII:1922, 41; ARR 412)
between mehutanim (parents-in-law) NARR 336-337
ceremony, second NARR 338-341
children of mixed (see Mixed marriage)
dissolution of a (see Alzheimer's Disease)
doubtful, divorce for (see Divorce)
mandatory HIV testing prior to TFN no.5750.1 103-110
of adoptive children TRR 121-123
of homosexuals CARR 297-298, NYP no. 5756.8
of kohein to convert Shalhevet, Fall 1987, vol. 34 # 15, pp. 15-17;21-22
of kohein to daughter of mixed marriage RRR 158-162
of kohein to divorcee 124-125 (LIII:1943, 85-86; ARR 435-436)
of kohein to divorcee Shalhevet, Fall 1987, vol. 34 # 13, pp. 13-15;21
of man who refuses to give first wife a get CuRR 218-219
of Negro boy to Jewish girl LXIV(1954) 77-78 (CCARJ, January 1954, 38-39: ARR 440-441)
of pregnant girl MRR 103-108
of two non-Jews, Rabbi officiating at RR 186-189 (CCARJ, June 1953, 41-42)
of woman raised as a Christian CuRR 217-218
on Shabbat (Dr. Eugene Mihaly, private responsum, fBM 713. M49;
includes rebuttal by Ben Zion Wacholder and Robert L. Katz)
on Shabbat and Yom Tov LXXXVII(1977) 97-99 (ARR 412-415)
performed without a Rabbi LXXXIX(1979) 110-111 (ARR 401-403)
Reform formula RRT 191-195
Reform, and Orthodox aspersions against RRR 194-203
to apostate daughter of Jewish mother RR 192-199
to ex-wife's sister TFN no.5751.12 197-198
where one is a transsexual RRT 196-200 LXXXIII(1978)52-54 (ARR 416-419) CARR 293-296
with brother's widow 113-125 (XXXV:1925, 364-379; ARR 419-434)
with Ethical Culturists CuRR 183-185
with half-aunt MRR 100-102
with Karaites LXXV(1965) 97f (CuRR 186-188; ARR 438-440)
with "Messianic Jew" XCI(1981) 67-69 (ARR 471-474)
with mother's sister or half-sister 125-127(XXIV:1914, 153-154 and XXXIII:1933, 59-60; ARR 436-438 (and))
with step-aunt 127 (XXVII:1917, 87; ARR 436)
with sterilized person CoRR 78-82 (CCARJ, Spring 1974, 69-71)
with Unitarian Universalist XCIX(1989) 239-240 (NARR 343-344)
without children ARR 404-406
without halitsa CuRR 221-223
without license (see Wedding)
without Rabbi or Hebrew RRT 200-205
     (see also Weddings; for a further discussion of the "Prohibited marriages", see Consanguinity)
Masonic service,
at funeral (see Funeral)
Masturbation ARR 479-480
Matrilineal descent XCIV(1984), 174-179 (CARR 61-68)
Matsah,
and baked goods NARR 112-113
Mausoleums,
communal RR 158-161
Meal of consolation (after funeral) [see S'udah Havra'ah]
Meat and milk,
use of Pyrex dishes for (see Pyrex dishes)
Medical experiment/ation NARR 241-243
dangerous XCVI(1986) 240-241 (CARR 27-29)
human guinea pigs TRR 113-115
Medical practice,
silent partners in a (see Silent partners)
Meditiation groups,
and Judaism CARR 254-255
Megillah (see M'gillah)
Memorial,
father's Hebrew name forgotten for CoRR 32-37 (CCARJ, Autumn 1974, 53-56)
for Christian relatives MRR 226-229
for Polish family graves NARR 325
Memorial candles,
for Yom HaKippurim (see Yom HaKippurim)
Memorial gifts CARR 217-218
Memorial list,
reading of, on Shabbat CuRR 178-180
MRR 24-31
titles in NRR 41-45
whether to shorten MRR 24-31
Memorial plaque,
may a congregation cease reading the names TFN no.5753.18 43-48
transfer of, to another synagogue TFN no.5751.10 17-18
Memorial service,
in cemetery, on second day Rosh HaShanah (see Rosh HaShanah)
in Christian cemetery (see Christian cemetery)
on Shabbat (see Shabbat)
     (see also Yizkor)
Memorial window,
changing names on MRR 138-143 (compare with discussion in Sefer Torah, ownership of)
Memorializing,
a known criminal CARR 218-219
Christian relatives, ARR 390-392
Menopause, RRR 219-221
Menorah,
and the Two Tablets MRR 37-40
as floor decoration (see Religious symbols, walking across)
combustible CARR 277-278
in apartment house NARR 118-119
non-linear, for Hanukkah MRR 86-91
Mentally retarded,
and Jewish law TRR 9-11
Mercy-killing,
of an animal TRR 61-64
"Messianic Jew/s",
b'rit milah for XCVIII (1988) 158-159 (NARR 175)
burial of XCVI(1986) 237 (CARR 108-109)
children of XCV(1985), 249-50 (CARR 107-108)
marriage with a (see Marriage, with "Messianic Jew")
status of, in Jewish community
     (see Status, of a "Completed Jew"; Convert, reverting)
Mezuzah
and tallit, to non-Jews RRT 25-27
casing of a CARR 117-119
glass NRR 53-55
modified TRR 20-23
on a trailer NARR 225
on a synagogue TFN no.5753.14 35
paper text from NARR 223-224
printed NRR 17-19
M'gillah,
blessing for reading of CARR 199-200
Military camps,
kosher kitchen at (see Kosher kitchen)
Minors,
punishment of (see Punishment)
Minyan TRR 39-41
less than at services 112 (XLVI:1936, 127; ARR 5)
     NARR 5-6
need for a, CCARJ, Spring 1993, 73-78 (TFN no.5752.17 23-28)
Miqvah,
and baptistry, joint RRT 274-277
and Reform converts CARR 74-76
origin of, for conversion XCIII(1983), 196 (CARR 73-74)
swimming pool as CARR 76-79
Mirrors,
covering of RR 179-182
Miscegenation RRR 83-87
Mixed-married couple,
and congregational membership (see Congregational membership)
Mixed marriage,
and adoption CARR 61
and Reform Rabbis, "Responsa on Jewish Marriage: with special reference to Reform Rabbis
     and Mixed Marriage, Dr. Eugene Mihaly (Cincinnati, 1985: pamphlet)
blessing a TFN no.5754.10 237-238
child of, hatafat dam b'rit for CCARJ, Summer 1993, 45-52 (TFN no.5752.2 241-248)
children of 37-38 (XXIX:1919, 76-77; ARR 193-195; see also ARR, APPENDIX:
     Report of the Committee on Patrilineal Descent on the Status of Children of mixed marriage, 547-550)
funeral of child of TFN no.5751.7 267-269
hatafat dam b'rit for a three-year old child of, CCARJ, Summer 1993, 45-52
naming a child of TFN no.5755.2 249
on Temple premises MRR 108-115
prayer for couple contemplating ARR 465-466
Rabbi officiating at 192-193 (XXIX:1919, 75-76; ARR 466-467)
     XCII(1982) 213-215 (ARR 467-470)
Reform Judaism and XIX(1909) 271-335
     LVII(1947) 158-184
LXXXII(1972) 65-91
LXXXIII(1973) 59-97
XC(1980) 86-102 (ARR 445-465)
three generations of XCIV(1984), 173-174 (CARR 95-96)
twenty-fifth anniversary of a CARR 290-291
Mohel,
at Moslem circumcision CARR 51-53
at public services NARR 166-167
pressured NARR 161-163
woman doctor as RRT 90-94
Money and muggers,
on Shabbat (see Shabbat, muggers and money)
Mother,
surrogate (see Surrogate mother)
Mother's name,
on son's tombstone (see Tombstone)
Motsi (see HaMotsi)
Mourner(s),
visiting the NRR 133-138 (see also Shabbat, comforting...)
Mourning,
and delayed burial (see Burial)
and disinterment TRR 94-97
dates of, in different time zones MRR 243-248
for non-Jewish spouse CARR 182-184
for the cremated NRR 139-141
for those lost at sea RRR 104-107
incense for NARR 292-293
not taking dishes from house of RR 178-179
request for no (see Dying patient)
Mourning customs 128-130 (XXIII:1913, 176-179; ARR 374-376)
Mourning folklore RR 174-182
RRR 148-155
NRR 262-264
Muggers and money,
on Shabbat (see Shabbat)
Museum case,
Sefer Torah in (see Sefer Torah)
Music,
Christian, at a Jewish wedding (see Wedding, Christian...)
in synagogue (see Synagogue, secular...)
M'zuzah (see Mezuzah)
Name/s,
for dying baby NARR 183-184
yiddish NARR 180-181
Name of God NARR 229-231
(see also God's name)
Naming,
an uncircumcised child (see Child, uncircumcised..)
of children (see Children)
NAORRR,
divorced spouse as member of TFN no.5754.7 217-223
Nazirite vow CARR 35-37
and gentile prisoner TRR 58-60
Ner tamid (eternal light) CuRR 8-14
extra TRR 34-36
in an outdoor synagogue NARR 77
questions about TRR 1-3
Nolad mahul (born circumcized) 166-167 (XXVIII:1918, 117; XXIX:1919, 74-75, 86-87; ARR 149-151)
Not Yet in Print (responsa published by the Responsa Committee, but not yet in bound collections)
Privacy and the Disclosure of Personal Medical Information NYP no. 5756.2
Names of Donors on Synagogue Windows NYP no. 5756.3
Presenting a Check for Tzedakah at Shabbat Services NYP no. 5756.4
Disinterment From A Jewish To A Nondenominational Cemetery NYP no. 5756.5
A "Proper" Reform Mikveh NYP no. 5756.6
Argument Over a Tombstone NYP no. 5756.7
On Homosexual Marriage NYP no. 5756.8
Pesach Kashrut and Reform Judaism NYP no. 5756.9
Long-Term Non-Marital Relationships NYP no. 5756.10
Circumcision for an Eight-Year-Old Convert NYP no. 5756.13
A Non-Traditional Marriage NYP no. 5756.14
In Vitro Fertilization and the Status of the Embryo NYP no. 5757.2
The "Falas Mura" NYP no. 5757.3
Proper Disposal of a Worn Sefer Torah NYP no. 5757.4
The Synagogue Thrift Shop and Shabbat NYP no. 5757.7
Reproving a Congregation for Violations of Tax LawNYP no. 5758.4
Loyalty to One's Company Versus Love for Israel NYP no. 5757.1
The Reform Rabbi's Obligations Toward the UAHC NYP no. 5758.1
Baby Naming for a Religiously-Mixed Lesbian Couple NYP no. 5758.2
In Vitro Fertilization and the Mitzvah of Childbearing NYP no. 5758.3
Transporting a Torah Scroll to a Private Bat Mitzvah Ceremony NYP no. 5758.9
Hatikvah and The Star-Spangled Banner NYP no. 5758.10
On Patrilineal Descent, Apostasy, and Synagogue Honors NYP no. 5758.11
Divorce of an Incapacitated Spouse NYP no. 5756.15
Reproving a Congregation for Violations of Tax Law NYP no. 5758.4
Conversion of a Person Suffering from Mental Illness NYP no. 5758.7
Medical Experimentation: Testing Drugs Made of Pork By-Products NYP no. 5758.8
Orthodox Minyan in a Reform Synagogue NYP no. 5758.12
Divorce and Legal Separation NYP no. 5758.13
May a Jew Married to a Gentile Serve as a Religious School Teacher? NYP no. 5758.14
Conversion for Adopted Children NYP no. 5759.1
Baptism and Jewish Status NYP no. 5759.2
Who Is a Rabbi? NYP no. 5759.3
Tattooing, Body-Piercing, and Jewish Tradition NYP no. 5759.4
The Second Festival Day and Reform Judaism NYP no. 5759.7
A Blind Person as a Witness NYP no. 5759.8
Compulsory Immunization NYP no. 5759.10
An Adopted Asian Child NYP no. 5760.9
Withholding Paternity Information from a Father NYP no. 5760.8
A Convert's Hebrew Name NYP no. 5760.6
Conversion When The Spouse Remains a Gentile NYP no. 5760.5
Gentiles and Jewish Mourning Rites NYP no. 5760.4
A Defective "Holocaust" Torah Scroll NYP no. 5760.3
Presumption of Jewish Identity NYP no. 5760.2
Copyright and the Internet NYP no. 5761.1
Donations to Synagogue by Messianic Jews NYP no. 5761.2
Rabbinical Autonomy and Collegiality NYP no. 5761.3
The Synagogue and Organized Labor NYP no. 5761.4
May A Jew Married to a Non-Jew Become A Rabbi? NYP no. 5761.6
Human Stem Cell Research NYP no. 5761.7
Proper Disposal Of Religious Texts NYP no. 5762.1
A Hebrew Name For A Non-Jewish Parent NYP no. 5762.2
Boycotts in the Name of Social Justice NYP no. 5762.4
Bar/Bat Mitzvah on a Festival NYP no. 5762.6
Preventive War NYP no. 5762.8
Solicitation of Synagogue Members by Other Jewish Organizations NYP no. 5763.1
Live Liver Transplantation NYP no. 5763.2
Hastening the Death of a Potential Organ Donor NYP no. 5763.3
Conversion of an Illegal Immigrant NYP no. 5763.4
Matriarchs In The Tefilah NYP no. 5763.6
Sharing the Synagogue's Membership List NYP no. 5763.7
Collection of Debts to the Congregation NYP no. 5764.1
May A Jew Join The Society of Friends? NYP no. 5764.3
Commitment Ceremonies For Heterosexual Couples; Jewish Wedding Ceremony in the Absence of a Civil Marriage License NYP no. 5764.4
Minimal Dues for Congregational Membership NYP no. 5764.5
May Non-Jews Participate in the Writing of a Torah Scroll? NYP no. 5765.1
Times for the Shacharit Service NYP no. 5765.2
Synagogue Dues Relief and Income Tax Returns NYP no. 5765.3
A Sex Offender in the Synagogue NYP no. 5765.4
May a Non-Jew Wear a Talit? NYP no. 5765.5
Including the Name of a Stepfather in One.s Jewish Name NYP no. 5765.8
Inheritance: How Much To Leave To A Child? NYP no. 5765.10
When A Parent Instructs A Child Not To Say Kaddish NYP no. 5766.1
When A Parent Requests Cremation NYP no. 5766.2
Hunger Strike: On the Force Feeding of Prisoners NYP no. 5766.3
Berakhah and Gender NYP no. 5767.1
Adoption, Conversion, and "Patrilineal" Descent NYP no. 5767.2
A Question of Disinterment NYP no. 5767.3
Nuclear war C(1990) 170-175
Nuclear War CCARJ, Winter 1993, 51-56 (TFN no.5750.2 273-279)
Nursing home,
sending of parent to NRR 92-96
Nusah (mode),
ordinary or for High Holy Days NARR 104-105
Nutrition,
and incurable cancer NARR 263-264
Oath,
of office CoRR 279-280
Operation,
consent for a (medical) NARR 236-237
Opinions,
validity of rabbinical (see Rabbinical)
Ordination,
annulling a Rabbi's RRT 232-237
of women, as Rabbis (see Women)
private TFN no.5753.4 133-140
Organ allocation, HAL vol.1, #3 April 1994/Nisan 5754, pp.3-5
Organ donation (see Body; Organs)
Organs,
human, banks for XCVI(1986) 233-235 (CARR 128-132)
human, burial of (see Human organs)
Orphan,
circumcision of RRR 91-93
naming of RRR 91-93
Orthodox institutions,
Reform support for XCIX(1989) 240-242 (NARR 146-148)
(see also Gift/s, to organizations...)
Orthodox Jew,
as partner in firm being kept open on Shabbat (see Shabbat)
Ovum,
fertilized, implant (see Transplantation)
Pall bearers,
women as (see Women, as pall bearers)
Pants suit,
lady's (see Women)
Pardon,
asked of the Dead (see Dead)
Parents,
biological, and adopted children (see Adopted children, and...) children's support of CARR 44-45
responsibility of children to XCII(1982) 207-209 (ARR 139-141) sending to nursing home
     (see Nursing home)
Parokhet (Ark curtain) RR 62-65
embroidered name of God on CuRR 22-25 (includes discussion
of tashmishei mitsvah and tashmishei qedushah)
Passover (see Pessah)
Patient,
choosing which one to save LXXVIII(1968) 111-118 (MRR 203-216; ARR 246-254)
dying (see Dying patient)
elderly, who refuses dialysis XCIX(1989) 242-243 (NARR 259-262)
hospital, beyond recovery TFN no.5750.5 365-369
     (includes discussion of issues pertinent to euthanasia)
physician keeping truth from LXIV(1954) 80-81 (CCARJ, April 1954, 31-32; ARR 245-246)
     (see also Dying patient, informed...)
testing emergency medical procedures (on) without the consent of TFN no.5755.11 381-390
terminal, allowed to die (see Euthenasia)
Patrilineal descent XCIV(1984), 174-179 (CARR 61-68)
and a questionable background CARR 68-69
and a questionable instance of NARR 196-197
Pessah,
and diets CARR 269-270
eighth day of on Shabbat, and Torah reading CuRR 42-43
which spices prohibited on CoRR 287-289
Pet/s,
blessing for JRJ, Summer 1988, 79-80 (NARR 127-128)
burial of CuRR 165-169
responsibility toward NARR 391-393
Physician,
error by, damages for CARR 123-124
keeping truth from patient (see Patient, physician...)
Physicians,
and indigent patients TFN no.5754.18 373-380
Pidyon HaBen (redemption of the first-born son) JRJ, Winter 1989, 87-88 (NARR 188-190)
and kohanim NARR 191
possible, of second son RRT 266-270
Pidyon Sh'vuyim (freeing hostages/ransoming of captives)
     TRR 115-117; NARR 383-384
of Russian immigrants v. asbestos removal (an ethical dilemma) NARR 141-142
Pierced ears CARR 124-125
Pigment,
inert, as a permanent cosmetic CARR 22-23
Plantings,
synagogue (see Synagogue, plantings)
Plants or flowers on grave (see Grave)
Pornography CuRR 240-242
Prayer,
for couple contemplating mixed marriage (see Mixed marriage, prayer...)
Prayerbooks,
assembling for school children by xeroxing NRR 213-218
     (includes discussion of Jewish copyright laws of haskamot;
see also Books, copyright and Competition, unfair for discussion of issues relating to haskamah and hasagat g'vul)
burning of old RR 71-74
Praying (see also T'fillot, propriety...)
with covered heads 209-218 (XXXVIII:1928, 589-603; ARR 8-21)
Preconverts,
participating in t'fillot CuRR 88-90
Predetermination,
of sex (see Sex)
Premarital counselling NARR 335
Priest (see Kohein)
Priorities,
for an adoption agency (see Adoption agency)
in charitable distribution (see Charitable distribution)
Prisoner,
Gentile, and nazarite vow (see Nazarite vow)
Privacy,
of a convert (see Convert)
Professional secrecy,
and an illegal act CARR 5-7
Property,
lost NARR 393-394
Prophetic scrolls NARR 44-45
Propriety,
of using discarded practices in Reform services (see T'fillot, propriety...)
Proselyte (see Convert)
Proselytism (see Conversion)
Protest,
halting t'fillot as a (see T'fillot)
Pulpit robes (see Robes)
Punishment,
of minors CARR 4-5
Purim,
drums, at service NARR 120-121
origin of hamentaschen NARR 121-122
Purim torah (see Kashrut, of dinosaurs)
Putting small sticks in hands of deceased when placing in the grave (see Burial customs)
Pyrex dishes,
use of, for meat and milk 200-201 (XXIX:1919, 78-79; ARR 135-136)
Qaddish, ARR 377-379
convert reciting for deceased parents (see Convert)
for adoptive and biological parents TFN no.5753.12 201-207
for apostate LXVII(1957) 82-85 (RRR 132-138; ARR 387-390)
for born non-Jew LXVII(1957) 82-85 (RRR 132-138 (ARR 387-390)
for child RR 165-168
for father guilty of incest CARR 185-186
for first wife RR 162-165
for pet CARR 186-188
Gentile names on a TFN no. 5755.7 49
hiring someone to say CuRR 180-181
length of time for recital of 110-112 (XXIII:1913, 173-176; ARR 383-385)
omitting the, at burial TRR 99-102
reciting, for convicted criminal CARR 184-185
standing during recital of 197-198 (XXIV:1914, 152-153; ARR 380-383; 386)
three steps backward for RRR 217-219
when praying alone RRR 14-18
Qaddish list,
may a congregation cease reading the names TFN no.5753.18 43-48
Redemption of captives (pidyon shevuyim) TFN no.5753.5 321-326
titles on a ARR 379-380
Qiddush,
congregational, individual wine cups at RRR 27-31
dispute over NRR 28-32
man's or woman's prerogative CARR 263-265
Q'ri'ah ribbon, RRT 279-281
Quorum,
for prayer (see Minyan)
Rabbi/s,
at Christian ordination service CARR 250-252
at Moslem circumcision CARR 51-53
contributing to building fund RRR 215-216
disabled CARR 3-4
liability as counsellor NARR 379-381
malpractice suit against TRR 127-131
officiating at Christian Scientist's funeral (see Funeral)
officiating at funeral of Jew in non-Jewish cemetery (see Funeral)
officiating at Jewish wedding with non-Jewish clergy LXXXVII(1977) 100-102 (ARR 474-477)
officiating at marriage of two non-Jews (see Marriage, of two...)
officiating at mixed marriage (see Mixed marriage; Reform rabbis)
officiating in a civil capacity NARR 356-357
responsibilty to the unaffiliated CARR 202-204
Rabbinic jurisdiction CARR 1-3
Rabbinical fees and salaries LXXVI(1966) 76-79 (CuRR 199-205; ARR 523-527)
Rabbinical opinions,
validity of 201-202 (XLII:1932, 82-84; ARR 522-523)
Rabbinical tenure CoRR 263-267
Raped woman,
marital rights of (see Woman)
Reading desk (almemar),
position of NARR 71-73
Reconversion,
of an ex-nun CoRR 141-145
Red Cross,
identification card MRR 175-179
Reform Judaism,
and conversion (see Conversion at end of listings)
and divorce (see Divorce)
and get (see Divorce, get)
and mamzerut NRR 256-261
and mixed marriages (see Mixed marriage)
and spiritualism NRR 252-255
gifts to organization inimical to (see Gifts)
marriage formula (see Marriage, Reform formula)
Reform Rabbis,
and mixed marriage, "Responsa on Jewish Marriage: with special reference to Reform Rabbis and Mixed Marriage," Dr. Eugene Mihaly (Cincinnati, 1985: pamphlet)
Reinterment,
prayers at CARR 173-174
Religious School,
dress code for CARR 46-47
Religious symbols,
walking across 226-227 (LXIII:1953, 153-154; ARR 68-69)
     RR 68-71
Remarriage,
of Russian immigrants NRR 193-197
of widower NRR 198-201
to first husband RRR 163-167
Repayment of loan in foreign currency,
exchanged in another currency (see Loan)
Responsa,
CCAR Committee on; purpose, role and scope of LXVI(1956) 110-115
CCAR Committee on; report of LXXXVII(1977) 96-97; 103-105
     LXXXIX(1979) 108-110
contradictory NARR 381-382
Retarded adult,
uncircumcized, status of ARR 208-209
Ritual,
for disposal of damaged Sefer Torah (see Sefer Torah, ritual...)
Ritual objects,
selling to Jews for Jesus TFN no.5754.1 143-146
Robes,
pulpit CARR 193
Rosh HaShanah,
cemetery work on NRR 37-40
in Israel, two days MRR 286-293
memorial service in cemetery on second day of RRT 57-62
Sabbath (see Shabbat)
Sacramental purposes,
fermented wine not required for (see Wine)
Sale,
of synagogue (see Synagogue)
Salt,
for HaMotsi (see HaMotsi)
Sanctuary,
applause in the TFN no.5751.2 37-38
naming of, after an individual NRR 7-10
New Year's party in TRR 25-27
operatta in NRR 11-16
Sandeq,
at public services NARR 166-167
Scribe,
woman as a TFN no.5755.15 177-183
Secrecy,
professional, and an illegal act (see Professional secrecy)
Seder,
candles at Saturday night RRT 40-44
congregational RR 55-59
Esther and second RRT 303-305
wine, types of at CuRR 43-46
Sefer Torah,
burial of a CARR 170-171 (see below `worn')
cantillation of the CCARJ, Fall 1975, 77-79 (CARR 230-232)
conditional loan of a NARR 215-218
covers for, white CuRR 18-21
     MRR 31-36
displayed permanently in a museum case NARR 218-220
(see below `in museum case...')
dividing up an unusable TRR 73-76
error in reciting blessings over (see Aliyah)
fasting if dropped CoRR 117-120
housed permanently in a Christian Church CARR 220-222
how to carry CuRR 38-41
in jails and asylums CuRR 77-80
in museum case or ark CoRR 110-114 (CCARJ, Winter 1975, 73-75)
mantle, fabric used in a ARR 110-112
marking a CARR 115-117
ownership of LXXXIV(1974) 50-53 (CoRR 104-109; ARR 106-110;
     compare with discussion in Memorial window)
ornamental binders for NARR 40-41
pasul, in ark CoRR 114-117
preserving a fragment of RRT 80-83
printed