Thank you to all of you who have responded to our last post. We would be happy to get more suggestions for how we can act responsibly in the world, and share them with our community. One suggestion was for…
Shake and Wake
Sukkot 5781 Meir Sendor The mitzvah of the Four Species on Sukkot is to take one Lulav, three branches of myrtle leaves and two branches of willow leaves bound together in your dominant hand, and the Etrog in your other…
Waterworks
Chol HaMoed Sukkot 5780 Meir Sendor Israel’s second round of elections remains inconclusive, as Knesset members continue to wrangle over whether and how to form a unity government. Most Israelis I speak with, from a wide range of political persuasions,…
The Secret Garden
Sukkot 5779 Chol haMoed Sukkot here is a time for family outings, so we arranged with our daughter and son-in-law and family, and our in-laws who are visiting, to meet at Ramat HaNadiv, the beautiful gardens in Zikhron Yaakov dedicated…
Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst
Sukkot 5778 Meir Sendor Tzfat is built on top of two mountains, and towards evening the wind often picks up. On the high, open northeast edge of town, where we live, that wind can really roar through the night at…
Sukkat Shalom
Sukkot 5777 In the Talmud Sukkot 27b it says: חכמים אומרים: …יוצא ידי חובתו בסוכתו של חבירו, דכתיב כל האזרח בישראל ישבו בסכת – מלמד שכל ישראל ראוים לישב בסוכה אחת. The Sages say: … a person can fulfill his…