Last week my family celebrated the Jewish holiday, Rosh Hashana! Even Elmo celebrates the big event! I normally host (see last years debacle here) dinner, but this year we spent it with friends. Thank you for the scrumptious food Sigel’s! Leading up to RH, Sarah and I made traditional honey […]
Tag: Jewish Holidays
Passover {2013}
We recently celebrated eight days of Pesach (Hebrew for “Passover”). Most people know this holiday as the Matzah holiday. Since one of the days fell on the day Sarah attends school, I made sure to sign up to bring snack that week (we are all responsible for bringing snack once […]
Yom HaShoah
Yom HaShoah (or Holocaust Memorial Day in English) is this Sunday. Being a Sephardic Jew, I personally don’t know anyone who died in the concentration camps, but as a Jew I’m reminded every day about the struggle against anti-Semitism. Sarah is too young to understand Yom HaShoah, but together we will […]
Purim {2013}
Last month we celebrated yet another Jewish holiday, Purim! Since Purim is not a holiday ordained by Moses in the first five books of the bible, it’s a very fun and causal holiday. Here are the 5 Purim observances my family follows: 1) Reading of the Megillah 2) Giving money […]
Tu Bishvat {2013}
“Tu Bishvat higia chag hailanot” is the popular Israeli children’s song, meaning, Tu Bishvat is here. This year the celebration began on Friday night. On Tu Bishvat, the Jewish New Year of the Trees, it is traditional not only to plant trees but also to eat food from the seven […]
Simchat Torah {2012}
4 out of 4! We did it! We recently celebrated the last Jewish holiday of the season! Simchat Torah is a celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of the new cycle. The main celebration of Simchat Torah takes place in the […]
Sukkot {2012}
3 down and 1 more to go! We recently celebrated the Jewish holiday Sukkot. The main part of Sukkot is to eat (and sleep if you will) in a homemade hut. Since our patio is covered and have no other space to create this structure hubby made Sarah a Sukkah […]
