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Chanukah Dreidel Hides

Chanukah Dreidel Hides

by | Oct 29, 2020 | Chanukah, Jewish Holidays

In Sardinia a Chanukah Dreidel Hides in Plain Sight On the Italian island of Sardinia it wouldn’t be Natale (Christmas) without spinning the “barrallicu,” (“bar-a-LEE-koo”), a wooden cube made to spin like… well exactly like the dreidel used by Jews throughout the...
Simchat Torah

Simchat Torah

by | Oct 24, 2016 | Simchat Torah

Simchat Torah – Facts About the Scroll   Simchat Torah is the festival that celebrates, our two-spindled scroll that offers the world a plan for living an ethical life. In fact that’s why we have two spindles to secure the Torah. The spindles remind us that there...
TorahNator

TorahNator

by | Feb 5, 2017 | Rabbi Barbara Aiello, Synagogue in Calabria

Thanks to the “TorahNator”  Seniors Access Shabbat Services   “I’m calling it the TorahNator,” said a smiling Dr. Sanford Stone.  “The minute I saw it I knew it was something special.” And special it is. For many years I have had the honor and...
Traveling Torahs

Traveling Torahs

by | Jul 5, 2016 | Synagogue in Calabria

An Update on Italy’s Traveling Torahs Torah on a Train… Torah on a Plane… Torah on  a Boat… Torah in a Tote Since 2004 when I arrived here in Italy my life has been a collection of “firsts.”  First modern pluralistic rabbi in Italy, first woman rabbi in Italy,...
Rosh HaShanah

Rosh HaShanah

by | Sep 28, 2016 | Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur

Rosh HaShanah includes “Tashlich” Throwing Sins Away   Back in the day, on one of the first two days of Rosh HaShanah, Jews traditionally walked together to a stream, pond, lake, river, or even an ocean. The idea was to find a body of flowing water, preferably...