by Rabbi Barbara | Apr 25, 2018
Rabbi Barbara Aiello Bar Bat Mitzvah History Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:22:27 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:22:27Join Rabbi...
by Rabbi Barbara | Aug 2, 2023 | Blog, jewish and secular, Jewish Family Life
Jewish Ritual Rescue What Happens to Judaica When Our Kids Don’t Want It? Last year in a local Goodwill store I found a very old Kiddush cup. It sat on a shelf crowded with an assortment of pewter and silver goblets and was so tarnished that I nearly missed the...
by Rabbi Barbara | Mar 2, 2021 | Passover
Let’s “Dish” About the Seder Plate! In ancient times our sages taught that in anticipation of the Passover holiday, we Jews should prepare a specially made, large wicker container in which to place Passover’s symbolic foods. This wicker container would then be...
by trish | Feb 15, 2024 | Blog, jewish and secular
This week my Catholic brothers and sisters participated in a ritual that has its roots in Jewish tradition – Ash Wednesday as it is called, actually originated in ancient biblical times – in the era of the Old Testament, as Christians would say, when the use of ashes...
by Rabbi Barbara | Nov 16, 2022 | Chanukah
The Hamsa (symbolic hand) has Sephardic Jewish Roots Popular in jewelry, ceramics, and pottery art the five-fingered, hand-shaped symbol, called the Hamsa, commands a prominent place in Jewish tradition, so much so that historians believe that it is as ubiquitous as...
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