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      Torah

      In the sukkah, as in life, we are both vulnerable and safe

      The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek. Sukkot Chol Hamoed Numbers 29:23-31 Ezekiel 38:18-39:16 Ten months after the…
      By Rabbi Amy Eilberg Oct 18, 2019
      (From left) Salesforce senior manager of product marketing Eugene Feldman and Rabbis Yosef Langer and Moshe Langer of Chabad of SF in the Salesforce Park sukkah, Oct. 16, 2019 (Photo/Gabe Stutman)

      Sukkot

      Sukkahforce! Sukkot underway at Salesforce Park

      For the first time, software giant Salesforce is celebrating Sukkot by erecting a sukkah at Salesforce Park, the tree-lined public green space stretching…
      By Gabe Stutman Oct 16, 2019
      Rabbi Sara Shendelman with a lulav and etrog grown at her house (and at the park across the street) (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)

      Jew in the Pew

      A very Berkeley lulav and etrog

      The lulav and the etrog. One week a year, we shake this magic rainstick and its citrus companion in the air. During the harvest festival of Sukkot, we…
      By David A.M. Wilensky Oct 15, 2019
      (Photo/Flavio-Flickr)

      Sukkot

      The etrog is Judaism’s best-kept wellness secret

      For most Jews, the etrog is relegated to a fleeting, supporting role. Held beside the lulav (palm frond) once a year during the festival of Sukkot (Oct.…
      By Rachel Myerson Oct 11, 2019
      From the cover of “Jackie and Jesse and Joni and Jae”

      High Holidays

      Cakes, elephants and magic carpets for kids this new year

      A Rosh Hashanah apple cake bake-off fit for reality television and another installment in the Scarlet and Sam series from award-winning author Eric A.…
      By Penny Schwartz, JTA Aug 27, 2019
      “Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900

      Torah

      Moses and me: chasing the flock back into the gazebo

      The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek. Devarim Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 As Moses begins his great farewell address to the…
      By Rabbi Dov Greenberg Aug 9, 2019
      (Photo/Courtesy Hazon)

      Torah

      As Sukkot ends, your last chance for compassion

      Chol Hamo’ed Sukkot Exodus 33:12-34:26 Ezekiel 38:18-39:16. On this Shabbat Sukkot, we read about Moses and the second set of tablets. Having just…
      By Rabbi Susan Leider Sep 27, 2018
      Faith Kramer's Double Apricot Baklava (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      Recipe

      Put the feast back in the 'Feast of Booths'

      Sukkot is also known as the Festival of Tabernacles or the Feast of Booths — and I tend to focus on the feast part. Eating with friends and family in a…
      By Faith Kramer Sep 21, 2018
      under a very large sukkah, shere raises her hands up as she leads a circle of people in prayer

      Sukkot

      Let’s revive this ancient Sukkot rain ritual

      It’s always incredible to see our houses of worship overflowing on Yom Kippur, a powerful time of teshuvah — spiritual return, relational reconciliation…
      By Rabbi Zelig Golden Sep 21, 2018
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