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A Savory Sukkot
Known in the Torah as HaHag (the festival), Sukkot represents the last of the three harvest festivals in the Jewish calendar ( Pesach and Shavuot are the others).
Chol HaMo-eid Sukkot for Tweens
Explore the meaning of Sukkot in the Torah with this guide for tweens.
Sukkot: Festival of Voting Booths
It is a tradition that we observe as Americans as well, as we enter into booths each fall (and occasionally at other moments during the year) in order to make our voices heard and exercise our right to vote.
Hanukkah Activities for Toddlers and Twos
Keep the little ones entertained with a clay dough menorah, discovery bottles, cookie cutter stamps, and a candle matching game.
Building Sukkot for Ourselves and Others
Somehow, it always seems to rain on Sukkot. The week before the holiday usually falls during the first nice days of fall— this year my housemate packed away her summer clothes this past weekend, and I wore jeans instead of shorts for the first time in too long.
Sukkot, Diversity, and Unity: How Each of Us is Like the Four Species
While all Jewish holidays serve as great opportunities to practice audacious hospitality, Sukkot has always stood out to me as the most audaciously hospitable of Jewish holidays.
Preparing for 7 Billion: Family Planning
This is the first in a series of posts that highlights the challenges posed by a quickly growing global population. Last October, many families celebrated the birth of their newborn children representing milestones both in their personal lives and in the global community as the world rea
Family Trees, Branches, and Identity
The Book of Genesis involves a patchwork of stories. These are held together by an overarching framework that I refer to as "the ideological overlay."How are we to understand this structure? Picture eggs in an eggcrate.