The Arc of the Holiday Calendar
By Rabbi Nathan Kamesar We’re coming down the final stretch of the fall holiday season here at Society Hill synagogue and in Jewish communities around the world. Sometimes, I offer myself a chutzpadik thought experiment: if I were designing the Jewish calendar, the Jewish year cycle from scratch would I do it this way Would […]
What a Sukkah Teaches Us
By Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Dear Friends, This past week we’ve rung in Sukkot with a series of celebrations: Our intergenerational Sukkah building, which you can glimpse on this time lapse video on Wednesday, September 27 Our musical TGIShabbat/TGISukkot on Friday, September 29 A Shabbat/Sukkot morning Torah discussion with Kiddush lunch in the Sukkah on Saturday, September 30 […]