Month: 9 Heshvan 5786 (October 2025)

  • There Was a Tiny Hut in My Backyard…and the Neighbors Were Confused

    There Was a Tiny Hut in My Backyard…and the Neighbors Were Confused

    A few weeks ago, immediately after Yom Kippur, I lugged out various packages, boxes, and containers. Several metal and PVC pipes, bamboo poles, a roll out bamboo roof, decorations, tarps, and the list goes on. I was building a sukkah — a temporary dwelling — for the first time in my life. In my backyard….

  • It Always Begins & Ends This Way

    It Always Begins & Ends This Way

    Shana tova! Happy New Year….in September/October! That’s right, we’re in the thick of it with the High Holy Days. The shofar sounded to usher in the Jewish New Year, pebbles and bread and oats were thrown into flowing streams to cast away our mistakes, apples and honey, apple cakes, festive dinners, and so much more…