by Debra Darvick | Sep 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Pagrates!” Olivia said at Rosh Hashanah dinner earlier this month. “Pagrates!” Today’s twenty month olds have sophisticated palates. Pomegranates are a staple at such holiday dinners, their seeds symbolic of our hopes for abundance in the new year. This deep...
by Debra Darvick | Sep 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
During any worship service, Jews do a lot of standing. There’s the Amidah, “the standing prayer” at the core of each service. We stand when doors of the Holy Ark containing our Torah scrolls are opened. We stand to recite the Kaddish (a memorial prayer.) We stand for...
