With all These Guests, You’re Never Alone in the Sukkah
During Sukkot it is a mitzvah to provide hospitality to guests, especially the poor. This mitzvah was inspired by Abraham who sat at his open tent to welcome travelers and provide them with food and respite. The tradition of ushpizim (Aramaic for guests) is relatively...
Planning Ahead: You Don’t Need to be Perfect to be Perfect This Year
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: May her Memory be a blessing. She embodies the idea of what an individual can do and her tireless fight to see all of us as equal before the law. Can we do any less? The High Holidays, along with everything in our world, are...
A Practical Approach to the High Holiday Season During COVID
The month of the Chag, the High Holiday season, is a journey of renewal. I’m guilty of focusing on just Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, with the rest of the season as a bit of an afterthought. Taking a step back this year allows us to see this journey in a new...
Special High Holiday Newsletter Series – 2 for Seder: In the Sukkah
Introducing 2 for Seder: In the Sukkah 2 for Seder: In the Sukkah is a practical look at the Jewish Holiday Season during COVID. How can we find meaning at home? How can we continue to fight anti-Semitism while we are apart? 2 for Seder: In the Sukkah features: Four...
2 for Seder's Community Seder will be held in Pittsburgh this year! ThankTemple Emanuel of South HillsHills for hosting this multicultural event as part of the ADL Kulanu program. ![]()
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More to come about this exciting event!