Holidays
Passover – Crafted for Curious Minds
Monday, March 18th, 2019Every year we come together to tell the story, to taste our salty and bitter history, to crunch on matzah and to uplift with the season cycle of spring.
How do we keep it interesting? How can the seder itself not only be a ritual of the senses but also an annual pilgrimage of discovery?
For the last two [...]
Passover Foods – The Way To My Heart
Friday, March 1st, 2019All my life I’ve heard people say, “I hate Passover, you can’t eat ANYthing!” And I’ve always shaken my head and said, “You need to come over to my house.” Passover is straight up my favorite holiday because the food is SO GOOD! A large part of my Jewish identity was clearly formed by the [...]
Four New Questions – The Passover Challenge
Friday, March 1st, 2019Every year, our children learn to sing the “Four Questions”. The Haggadah is actually filled with questions for the young and old alike. Let this holiday dinner (seder) be the opportunity to let all question run free. Sometimes it’s hard to address children’s questions on abstract topics and the harder parts of our history. This [...]
A Parent’s Passover Preparation
Friday, March 1st, 2019A note from my Mom, Barbara Kline
Preparing for Pesach begins my spiritual journey for this holiday of freedom and renewal. That means cleaning up a storm. Articles such as “25 Ways to a Quick Passover Changeover” from Jewish Living published eons ago, rev me up for the task. As I clean each room from top [...]
Travis The Tree – A Tu B’Shvat Story
Thursday, January 21st, 2016Travis the Tree
By Rabbi Molly G. Kane
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“Travis the Tree,” as he was known around Prospect Park, knew the holiday of Tu B’Shevat was coming up, but he didn’t quite know what to expect. He heard some rumors that it was a holiday all about his people…the Trees. He knew there would be [...]
Create Your Own Tu B’Shvat Seder
Friday, January 1st, 2016If you’ve never participated in a seder for Tu B’Shvat, you’re missing out! I want to give you the tools to host your own this year. Modeled after the Passover seder, it can be a very beautiful experience full of delicious fruits and nuts, great discussion, music, and a chance to explore your spiritual connections [...]
Growing Up Green with ShirLaLa
Friday, January 1st, 2016Click on the screen below to start growing up green with ShirLaLa
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Little People Can Make a Big Difference – a Tu B’Shvat Top Ten
Friday, January 1st, 2016Little People Can Make a Big Difference!!
(click on the picture or link above to open this PDF)
The earth gives us many gifts, fresh air, spectacular colors, yummy tastes, and natural wonders, and it’s important that we appreciate these gifts by growing up green. There are lots of ways to grow up green. Simply understanding where [...]
Tu B’Shvat: Happy Birthday Dear Treeeees
Friday, January 1st, 2016The Origins of Tu B’Shvat
Happy Tu B’Shvat! This is the New Year of the trees, the birthday of the Trees, Jewish Earth Day, Eco-Jew Holiday, basically a time to honor all things growing and nourishing.
Once upon a time this date “T U b’Shvat” – the 15th of the Hebrew month Shvat – was more [...]
Story: Ask The Land!
Friday, January 1st, 2016Chasidic story, Adapted by Shira Kline
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Two farmers lived side by side for many generations. They had been neighbors for a long time but they weren’t very friendly with each other. Why is that you ask? Because once upon a time they had an argument about a certain olive tree on the [...]
