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A Snowbird’s Rosh HaShanah or Norman Rockwell Made it Look Easy
by Les Rosenthal
If we lived in Eutopia, preparing for the High Holidays with my wife, Pat, and our adult children, Katie and Kerri, when both adult daughters live within driving distance would be easy and enjoyable. Not so much… Continue reading
High Holy Days Challah
By Peter Fritz
All year long our challah is braided, but it is round for Rosh Hashanah. What does the challah’s shape teach us about this special time of year?
There are many explanations. Round challahs have no end, symbolizing… Continue reading
Forbidden Fruit, Rosh Hashanah, and Our Environment
By Rabbi Natan Margalit
According to Hasidic traditions, the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, from the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, worked in a deeper way than we usually think about it. It’s… Continue reading
Rabbi Rosalind Bio
Ordained at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) in 2003, Rabbi Rosalind Glazer made Aliyah in 2012. After moving to Jerusalem to serve as Interim Director for RRC’s rabbinical program in Israel, she founded Joyful Jerusalem Lifecycles and Destination Celebrations where… Continue reading
High Holy Days at Sof
Message from Rabbi Rosalind Glazer
Dear Friends,
I write to you from my home office in Jerusalem as I watch the summer sun slip away and I begin feeling the pivot toward Elul. With the final month of the Jewish… Continue reading
High Holy Days Service Schedule 5780 (2019)
Rosh HaShanah Services:
Sun. Sept 29 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM (with dessert potluck after services)
Mon. Sept 30 9:00 AM-12:30 PM (apples/honey dairy/parve potluck)
Tue. Oct 1 9:00 AM-12:30 PM (apples/honey dairy/parve potluck)
Shabbat Shuvah Saturday Morning Services:… Continue reading
Studying on Shavuot: From the feet of a man to the foot of a mountain
By Dina Yoshimi
Growing up in a Reform shul, I associated Shavuot with two rites of passage: consecration and confirmation. On Erev Shavuot, the rabbi would call all the children who were set to begin their Jewish studies in the… Continue reading