The RCA Lifecycle Madrikh has long been an invaluable resource for Rabbis, providing assistance for events throughout Jewish life, notably weddings and funerals. With the publication of the newest edition of the Madrikh, available here, the RCA is now making available portions of the Madrikh online for easy reference.

Weddings

• The RCA-BDA Prenup is available here
• Ketubot
  • The classic RCA Ketubah Generator is available here (please note, additional login required)
  • The standard RCA Ketubah from the new Madrikh is available here on the updated Ketubah Generator
    • This is an MS-Word based generator; if you need to make edits from the template, simply copy and paste the MS-Word document
  • Additional Ketubot are available here
• A list of many places with a with a Kevi’ut Shem is available here
• Guidance for Writing City Names for 70 New York Metro Area Wedding Venues by Rav Haim Jachter, Click Here
• A list of common spellings of men’s names is available here
• A list of common spellings of women’s names is available here
• Sheva Berakhot

End of Life

• The RCA Halakhic Will is available here
• The RCA Healthcare Proxy and Directive is available here
• Viduy
• Dayan haEmet and Rending Garments
• Funeral Service
  • Psalm 1
  • Psalm 15
  • Psalm 23
  • (For Women) Eishet Chayil
  • (For days when Tachanun is not said) Psalm 16
  • Kel Malei
  • Psalm 121
  • Psalm 130
  • Yosheiv b’Seiter (Psalm 91)
  • Tziduk haDin
  • Burial Kaddish

Hakamat Matzayvah

• Psalm 1
• Psalm 16
• (For Women) Eishet Chayil
• Kel Malei
• Psalm 15
• Mourner’s Kaddish