Other Holidays Rituals Archives

How to Celebrate Shavuot: 7 Ideas for the Holiday

If you didn’t grow up Jewish, or even if you did, you may not know much about Shavuot. So you might be wondering:...

When 18Doors asked me to write a post for Tu B’Av, I have to admit, I had to do some research: Tu B’Av is not...

The moon has recently become new, and therefore our Jewish calendar has just transitioned to the month of Av,...

This year our sukkah is unkosher. It has no walls. According to traditional Jewish law, a sukkah is supposed...

Originally published November, 2007. Republished November, 2014 This is the year. For the first time in our...

I love the holiday of Sukkot! As a congregational rabbi, Sukkot—which comes just five days after Yom Kippur—offers...

There’s a great feature on JewishBoston.com called “Ask A Rabbi.” And you needn’t be...

On the Shabbat of Sukkot, the harvest festival that the Pilgrims chose as a model for Thanksgiving, the scroll...