תעודת זהות מאושרת בישראל | Certificate of Affirmation of Jewish Identity for an Adult, by Rabbi Jonah Rank

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תעודת זהות מאושרת בישראל	Certificate of Affirmed Jewish Identity (for an Adult)
מעידים אנו, נפשות חתומי מטה, במותב תלת נפשתנא כבי דינא כחדא הוינא, כאן בעיר (שם העיר) במדינת (שם המדינה) שביום (מספר היום בשבוע) בשבת (מספר היום בחודש) לחודש (שם החודש) שנת (מספר השנה) לבריאת עולם:	We, the three witnesses whose signatures appear below—sitting together on an assembled Beit Din (‘court’) here in the city of (NAME OF CITY) in the (STATE/PROVINCE/COUNTRY) of (NAME OF CITY/PROVINCE/COUNTRY) on (DAY OF THE WEEK), the (ADJECTIVAL NUMBER DAY OF THE HEBREW MONTH) day of (NAME OF THE HEBREW MONTH) in the year (NUMBER OF THE HEBREW YEAR) in the Jewish calendar, which corresponds to the (ADJECTIVAL NUMBER DAY OF THE GREGORIAN MONTH) day of (NAME OF THE GREGORIAN MONTH) in the year (NUMBER OF THE GREGORIAN YEAR) in the Gregorian calendar—testify that:
אתא קדמנא נפשא ד(השם החלוני) והביעה את רצונה העז להסתפח בנחלת ישראל ולחסות תחת כנפי השכינה. לשם זה נפש זו טבלה בפנינו במקוה כשר כדת וכדין וקבלה על עצמה לקים את המצות וללמוד תורה.	(SECULAR LEGAL NAME) came before us and expressed their strong desire to attach themselves to the heritage of the people Israel and to take shelter under the wings of the Shekhinah (the Divine ‘Presence’). For this sake, this soul has immersed before us in a mikveh that is kosher in accordance with the law and customs of the Jewish people and accepted upon themselves the responsibilities of fulfilling mitzvot (‘commandments’) and studying Torah.
על כן קבלנו נפש זו מבין גרי הצדק בעם ישראל ויקרא שם נפש זו בקהל יהוה (השם היהודי) ותקרא בשם יהוה ותעבדנו שכם אחד עם ישראל למען החסד והאמת והצדק והשלום, וכן יהי רצון.	Accordingly, we have accepted this soul among those righteous converts in the nation of Israel, and, in the congregation of Adonai, let the name of this soul be called (THE HEBREW NAME IN HEBREW LETTERS WITH VOWELS), which can be transliterated as (THE HEBREW NAME IN ENGLISH TRANSLITERATION), and let this soul call to the Divine with the name of Adonai, worshiping our God, together with the nation Israel, for the sake of lovingkindness, truth, righteousness, and peace—and may it be God’s will.
יברכה יהוה אלהי אברהם אבינו ושרה אמנו ויחזקה ויאמצה למען תשאר נאמנה לתורתנו הקדושה ומסורה לאמונת ישראל, ולמען תשאר נפש יקרה לעם ישראל הנועד להיות עד לאחדות האלהים ולצדקתו.	May Adonai, the God of Avraham and Sarah our ancestors, bless this soul with the strength and courage to stay faithful to our sacred Torah and bound to the faith of the people Israel and to stay dear to the nation Israel, appointed to serve as a witness to the oneness of God and God’s righteousness.
מה שראינו ושמענו ונעשה לפנינו, כתבנו וחתמנו ב(מספר היום בחודש) לחודש (שם החודש) בשנת (מספר השנה), והכל שריר וקים.	That which we have seen and heard and has been done before us we have inscribed and signed on the (ADJECTIVAL NUMBER DAY OF THE HEBREW MONTH) day of (NAME OF THE HEBREW MONTH) in the year (NUMBER OF THE HEBREW YEAR) in the Jewish calendar, which corresponds to the (ADJECTIVAL NUMBER DAY OF THE GREGORIAN MONTH) day of (NAME OF THE GREGORIAN MONTH) in the year (NUMBER OF THE GREGORIAN YEAR) in the Gregorian calendar. All of the aforementioned is authoritative and effective.
נאום _________________________________________________________ בעדות נאום _________________________________________________________ בעדות נאום _________________________________________________________ בעדות	Signed: ___________________________________________________________________ Witness Signed: ___________________________________________________________________ Witness Signed: ___________________________________________________________________ Witness

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Jonah Rank

Rabbi Jonah Rank is President and Rosh Yeshivah of Hebrew Seminary: A Rabbinical School for the Deaf and Hearing. An award-winning Jewish songwriter, Rabbi Rank earned an MA in Jewish Thought and was ordained in 2015 at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Rabbi Rank has been involved in Jewish education for many years and served as the Maskil (“Teacher-of-Tradition”) at the Shaar Shalom Synagogue in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where his spouse, Rabbi Dr. Raysh Weiss, served as Senior Rabbi. While living in Canada, Rabbi Rank initiated the annual Halifax Communal Beit Midrash, and collaborated with the community’s Education Committee in rebooting the Halifax Joint Hebrew School. Following his family’s return to the U.S, he became the Director of the Shul School at Kehilat HaNahar in New Hope, Pennsylvania. While managing the supplementary school, Rabbi Rank co-led a Virtual Youth Arts Beit Midrash serving youth across five states, designed a virtual reality Purim carnival, and created curricular materials for young Jews to engage with Jewish notions of responsibility towards marginalized communities and to the planet. Rabbi Rank has authored several academic articles, served as the Managing Editor of Zeramim: An Online Journal of Applied Jewish Studies, and is currently editing Siddur Kanfey HaShekhinah, a forthcoming traditional Ashkenazi Hebrew prayer book, where the language referring to God is with feminine grammar. An advocate for civic causes, Rabbi Rank was appointed in 2021 to the Environmental Advisory Council in the Township of Lower Makefield, Pennsylvania. Rabbi Rank’s recently moved with his family to Natick, Massachusetts.

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17