I often tell my school aged children that you can never say “please” or “thank you” too much. It doesn’t get too old and no one will ever fault you for giving thanks and showing appreciation. Actually, the more sense of...
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When the Israelites traveled in the wilderness they lived in temporary dwellings called huts or booths or sukkot. And in commemoration of that time in our Jewish past, we celebrate the holiday of Sukkot, this year set to begin Wednesday...
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Complete Repentance During this season of the Jewish High Holidays, it is our responsibility to do tshuvah (repentance). Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur there are ten days called Aseret Yemei Tshuvah or the Ten Days of...
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Is there something (a person, a cause, an idea) that you want to investigate more fully? Have you had any particularly religious or spiritual experiences this past year? Is there something that you wish you had done differently this...
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Participants include: JCC- ProfessionalsLynn Wittels – President and CEO Rabbi Brad Horwitz – Director of Helene Mirowitz Center of Jewish Community Life Craig Neuman – Director of Programming Zelda Sparks...
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Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is celebrated this year by Jews around the world September 9-10, 2010. One of the main special rituals associated with this major holiday is the blowing of the shofar or ram’s horn. During...
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On Friday, May 36 the Jewish holiday of Shavuot will begin, the holiday where we celebrate the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai by God to Moses and the Children of Israel. One of the traditions associated with Shavuot, is the reading of the...
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With the onset of the Spring season each year the Jewish community celebrates the holiday of Passover. Actually, one of the Hebrew names given by the rabbis for Passover is Chag Ha’Aviv, literally the holiday of the Spring. The...
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The Jewish holiday of Purim which occurs this year on February 27-28 recounts the story of the Jewish community in Persia a long time ago who faced persecution and destruction at the hands of the evil villain named Haman. Only by the...
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During the holiday of Hanukkah, beginning this year the evening of December 11, 2009 the Jewish community celebrates and commemorate two miracles that transpired long ago in Israel in the 2nd century BCE. The first miracle is that a...
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