https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAgf_zMxyzY The traditional Mitzvah of hafrashat Challah (“taking” or “separating” challah) refers to removing and burning a small piece of challah dough as a symbolic offering before baking (some people throw away that piece instead of burning). In the time of the ancient temple in Jerusalem the Israelites would give
When I was a kid, I remember the moment on Simchat Torah when the Torah scroll would be unrolled around the sanctuary. We would sit in the middle of the room with our parents carefully holding the parchment around us. Even as a child, I knew the rules: Don’t put
Talmudic specifications for the sukkah have much to teach us about embracing everyone.
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Are you looking to bake something new and sweet for the High Holidays? Check out this mizrakhi treat, Bolo, to use for your break fast!
Rabbi Nathan Martin (RRC ’06) at Temple Beth Israel of Media offers a Reconstructionist approach to a traditional Rosh Hashanah ritual of tashlikh.
Forgiving yourself is a key aspect of teshuvah
Rabbi Alex Lazurus-Klein shows how a Reconstructionist prayer helps him confront profound loss.
At Shavuot, every Jew throughout time stands at the foot of Mount Sinai to recive the Torah. That powerful metaphor — passed down from an ancient midrash, or biblical interpretation — should provide every Jew a way to connect with a holiday that re-enacts God’s revelation.
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