Rabbi Lisa Sari Bellows

Rabbi Lisa Sari Bellows, a CLAL Rabbis Without Borders Fellow, was ordained from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in 1998 and is the senior rabbi of Congregation Beth Am in Buffalo Grove, IL. She teaches Jewish yoga, leads Shabbat meditation, and serves on the editorial board of the CCAR Journal. She tweets @LisaBellows and blogs at Ayin Tova: To See the Good.

Medieval Sephardic synagogue in Castelo de Vide, Portugal

Rosh HaShanah

What’s Sephardic About the High Holidays?

Rabbi Lisa Sari Bellows

September 6, 2018

What do dates, pomegranates, apples, spinach, squash, pumpkin, beets, scallions, and maybe even, the cheek meat of a fish have to do with Rosh HaShanah?