Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah 2017
Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset on Wednesday, September 20 and ends on the evening of Friday, September 22.
Rosh Hashanah Staples You Can Buy at Costco
We know you guys love the bulk-buying heaven also known as Costco. Where else can you simultaneously pick up new ...
The Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
If you had walked into Washington D.C.’s L’Enfant Plaza on the morning of January 12, 2007, you would have been ...
Awakening the Senses
Rosh Hashanah is coming. I know, because rabbinic colleagues are posting on Facebook about their daily preparation of sermons, and Jewish blogs ...
Goals and Hopes During Elul
It’s the most magical time of the year.And it’s not Christmas.It’s Elul!I love the month of Elul because it is ...
Make a Window in the Word
My favorite Hasidic teaching is a teaching about prayer couched in a homily on Noah’s Ark. God tells Noah to make ...
Why Is Rosh Hashanah So Late This Year?
In 2016, Rosh Hashanah doesn't start until October. Here's why.
Why I Love (Even Secular) New Year’s Celebrations
It is easy to be dismissive of any grand significance to New Year’s. Sure, it is fun–an excuse to gather ...
I’ll Take All The New Years I Can Get
Several years ago, I was at a chain drugstore in Jackson, Mississippi, running some last-minute errands as I prepared to ...
Throwback Thursday: Texas for the Holidays
After the end of my two-year term as an ISJL Education Fellow, I moved back to Massachusetts to begin rabbinical ...
What Are You Doing Tomorrow?
As a rabbi who is blessed with the humbling privilege of leading her congregation, after the High Holy Days have ...