Oct 2, 2019
Speaker: Avi West
Series: Jewish Enrichment
Date: September 17, 2019
Location: The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, Rockville,
MD
In this fall session, we explore the universal themes of
creation/stewardship, redemption and forgiveness, gratitude, and
what's really important in life. We will then see how the
particular rituals and texts associated with the Jewish fall
holidays, (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret),
provide perspectives - some 3,500 years in the making - for
wrestling with these themes.
This is not a “how to celebrate” class; rather, it frames rituals
as responses to the human condition, which we benefit from by
revisiting each year.