Posted by in Uncategorized Tonight we begin the Festival of Sukkot, our Fall Harvest Extravaganza! In our day and time this is a most overlooked by liberal Jews. With so much emphasis on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur the rest of the High Holy Days- Sukkot, Hoshanah Rabbah, Simchat Torah are often passed by. In the ancient days this…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized This week we are celebrating the wonderful and joyous holiday of Sukkot. I personally love Sukkot. It is a chance to enjoy meals with friends while dining al fresco in the Sukkah! Could there be anything more glorious than dining outdoors? The themes of this holy week are the abundance of the fall harvest and…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized This is the first week without a Jewish holiday other than Shabbat! The whirlwind of Tishrei holy days is now behind us for this year. I hope that the good feelings and thoughtful reflections that you had during the Holy Day Season will remain with you and most importantly inspire you to a new way…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Shabbat Sukkot is a double dose of joy! Sukkot is known as “zman simchateinu” -season of our rejoicing. On this holiday we celebrate the abundance in our lives. Even as the occupy Wall Street folks protest the corporate greed of the 1% we Americans enjoy a standard of living so far above many parts of…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Sukkot Rabbi Denise L. Eger We have just finished the sacred journey from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur through the Ten Days of Repentance. We have moved from Yom Terurah and Yom HaDin, Day of Sounding the Shofar and Day of Judgment to the Day of Atonement. As the gates of heaven closed at…Read more »
Posted by in Torah Commentary, Uncategorized Sukkot Rabbi Denise L. Eger This week we celebrate Sukkot the fall harvest festival beginning on Wednesday evening, September 22. Today is the first full day of the holy day. On the fifteenth of the seventh month (shall be the holiday of Sukkot, seven days for the God . The first day shall be a…Read more »
