What Does Teshuva Have to Do with Sukkos?
It was after Rosh Hashana and a friend of mine from Oorah asked me, “So any suggestions? Regarding teshuvah, I mean.” Let’s talk about teshuvah (repentance, lit. return) and what it has to do...
Monthly Archive: September 2013
Butternut Squash Soup
I’m sitting at my desk, trying to come up with the perfect recipe for the Oorah Spirit before Sukkos. I turned to a colleague sitting nearby. “Butternut squash soup?” A chorus of “yum!”s tell...
Jewish Jokes for Parshas Beraishis
On Simchas Torah (in the Diaspora, the second day of Shmini Atzeres, the holiday that begins immediately after Sukkos), we celebrate completing a full year’s cycle of reading of the Torah and begin again...
