How to Tackle Too Much Stuff – A Jewish Approach to Decluttering
How to Tackle Too Much Stuff – A Jewish Approach to Decluttering Rabbi Barbara Aiello “Can I help you with that?” The question came from the UPS driver who had just delivered a package to Jeanette’s next door neighbor. Jeanette offered a grateful smile and let the young man lift the box she was carrying […]
Can We Bring the Generations Together with a New Diaspora Calendar?
Can We Bring the Generations Together with a New Diaspora Calendar? Long before Covid complicated Jewish observance, there were ominous signs that participation in synagogue life, especially Holy Day and festival services, was on the decline. Dependent as we Jews are on the Hebrew calendar, rabbis and congregants found themselves at the mercy of the […]
The Rosh HaShanah Haggadah
The Rosh HaShanah Seder – Seder Yehi Ratzon A Sephardic Experience, In English e’ in italiano The Rosh HaShanah seder has its origins in the Talmud (Horayot 12a) where Rabbi Abaye writes about eating those foods that grow in abundance at this time of the year. Beginning with prayers of gratitude, we serve symbols of this […]
Rosh HaShanah Seder
The Rosh HaShanah Seder – Who Knew? As an Italian Jew I always knew my traditions were different from my Ashkenazi friends whose families came from Central and Eastern Europe. So different that I still blush when I think of the time when I included couscous at my Passover seder, much to the horror of […]
Rosh HaShanah di Ferramonti (Italiano)
Rosh HaShanah ritorna al campo di concentramento italiano di Ferramonti Dove i prigionieri ebrei adoravano in una delle tre sinagoghe La storia del campo di concentramento di Ferramonti è una storia di sopravvivenza ebraica grazie agli sforzi dei soldati italiani e dei poveri italiani che hanno lavorato insieme per salvare quasi 4.000 ebrei. Situato nel sud […]
Rosh HaShanah
Rosh HaShanah includes “Tashlich” Throwing Sins Away Back in the day, on one of the first two days of Rosh HaShanah, Jews traditionally walked together to a stream, pond, lake, river, or even an ocean. The idea was to find a body of flowing water, preferably filled with swimming fish, so that we Jews […]
