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Purim Mitzvot

Purim Mitzvot

by | Feb 15, 2020 | Purim

The Mitzvot of PurimSundown on Thursday, March 13th – nightfall on Friday, March 14th Special Activities to Celebrate the Holiday “anche in italiano” 1) Listen to the Megillah – The Story of Esther To relive the miraculous events of Purim,...
Celebrating Tu B’Shevat

Celebrating Tu B’Shevat

by | Feb 13, 2017 | Tu B'Shevat

An Italian Tu B’Shevat Celebration    Rabbi Barbara celebrates Tu B’Shevat with Bradenton’s Congregation Ner Tamid.  As rabbinic advisor, Rabbi Barbara has brought special programs each year for 15 years to this vibrant Pluralistic group. This...
Symbols of Sukkot

Symbols of Sukkot

by | Sep 5, 2018 | Sukkot - Feast of the Tabernacles

The Symbols of Sukkot  How the Lulav and the Etrog Bind Jews Together When my daughter was a little girl she called Purim, “Jewish Halloween,” and  Sukkot, “Jewish camping.” Building the sukkah, eating in it and sometimes even sleeping in it is...

Chanukah Spelling

by | Dec 9, 2017 | Chanukah

OK, So How Do You Spell the Jewish Festival of Lights?   Chanukah is an unusual Jewish holiday because it is the only one of our Jewish festivals that does not appear anywhere in the Jewish Bible and of all the holidays we Jews celebrate, Chanukah, with its eight...