A Modern Twist on Ushpizin (Welcoming Guests)
I love the holiday of Sukkot. I have fond memories of building a sukkah with my family and using cornstalks for the roof of this temporary hut built on our back porch. Every year, I recreate this...
View ArticleThe Time Traveler’s Sukkah
One of my favorite games is a play on ush’pizin (mythical Sukkot guests). If you are not familiar with the original reference, the Kabbalists (medieval Jewish mystics) believed that 7 specific guests...
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Special Sukkah Guests, from Dona Gracia to Jaden Smith
Sukkot is a holiday of joy and welcome. The custom of inviting spiritual ushpizin, which means “guests” in Aramaic, into the sukkah is a way of extending that welcome and joy to those who cannot...
View ArticleThat Time the Lulav Made Me Cry
I love the holiday season – I even love a three day yontif (yom tov, or holiday). With the exception of a few occasions as a teenager, and the weeks where the lack of an eruv prevented me from...
View ArticleHow to Make Pumpkin Hummus
We love hummus, and we love pumpkin so we decided to marry these two loves in an easy, seasonal dip: pumpkin hummus. Watch our short video to make this easy, autumn dish or check out some of our other...
View ArticleA Moonstone for the Feast of Tabernacles: Celebrating Sukkot as a part of a...
The theory of a sukkah feels queer to me – a temporary, self-built space for the purpose of shelter, but also importantly with an open roof for a view of the stars. It reminds me of a garden witch, a...
View ArticleVIDEO: How to Make Stuffed Cabbage
Stuffed cabbage is one of the most quintessential Ashkenazi Jewish dishes. It’s a comfort food for many families and around Sukkot and Simchat Torah, it is one of the traditional foods to enjoy....
View ArticleSukkot and Simchat Torah: Resources and Reflections
This year we’ve rounded up a menu of our past Sukkot and Simchat Torah posts for you to explore. Below you’ll find resource guides, rabbinical commentary, and personal reflections. Who are you...
View ArticleWind and Rain, Resilience and Abundance
Earlier this week in the Pacific Northwest we waited for a storm that wasn’t. A big storm of heavy rain and strong wind was predicted to hit Washington State, the remnants of a typhoon in the Pacific....
View ArticleScrumptious Sweet Potato Hummus Recipe
If you are looking for a light, healthy appetizer to brighten your Sukkot table, this sweet potato hummus is bursting with flavor. Because of its high protein and fiber content, it will help control...
View Article7 Global Jews To Enrich Your Sukkot Celebration
At Sukkot the custom of Ushpizin, offers us a chance, to be as welcoming and as inclusive as we would like to be. Traditionally, the Ushpizin are biblical figures who we symbolically invite to join us...
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8 Comforting Stuffed Cabbage Recipes for Sukkot
Stuffed cabbage is one of those quintessential, Eastern European Jewish comfort foods enjoyed at holidays and special occasions. But did you know that the origins of stuffed cabbage can be traced...
View ArticleSeven Sukkot Themes To Spice Up Your Sukkah
Sukkot is almost here! It’s our week to cram friends and family into the sukkah, whether for short services and meals or full-on campouts. But the more the merrier, and the more fun, the better! With...
View ArticleStuffed With Blessings for Sukkot
We’re in the midst of Sukkot, the harvest festival. It always seems to sneak up on me. I am so focused on celebrating Rosh Hashanah and atoning on Yom Kippur, and then, every year without fail,...
View ArticleThe Cloud of Glory
The first time I held my child, he took my breath away. I just wanted my love to surround him like a protective film against the dangers of this world. When he transitioned seven years later, I cried...
View ArticleWhat Sukkot and the Day of the Dead Have in Common
Looking past Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, I am excited by the coming of Sukkot. Today, I primarily identify as Jewish but I grew up celebrating both Catholic and Jewish holidays. While I have left...
View ArticleGod Does Not Discriminate; People Do
Of all the words that I heard prayed as a child during the High-Holidays, there was one prayer that stood out and puzzled me: …may it be God’s will …that peace spread across the world, with the entire...
View ArticleKreplach Recipe: Jewish Dumplings You Can Make at Home
I have always loved kreplach but was too intimidated to try and make them from scratch on my own. Lucky for me (and you) one of our writers, cookbook author Ronnie Fein, has a kreplach expertise and...
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Slow Cooker Pot Roast Recipe
As someone who runs her life a million miles per minute, but still values the fruits of a home-cooked meal, the slow cooker is certainly a mainstay in my kitchen. Because of this favorite small...
View ArticleHealthy Shabbat Recipe: Sweet and Sour Meatballs with Spaghetti Squash
My 4-year-old previously meatball-loving child, has recently decided, in fact, she does not like meatballs any longer. Or tomato sauce. My husband does not like spaghetti squash. And I am trying to cut...
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