havdalah Archives - Jewish Sacred Aging

Philadelphia Community Gathers for Pride Havdalah to Remember LGBTQ Individuals Persecuted in the Holocaust

June 23, 2022 Webmaster 0

Community members gathered on Saturday, June 18 at the Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia for a Pride Havdalah program to learn about and commemorate the persecution of LGBTQ+ individuals in the Holocaust. [Read more…]

Eighth Night Menorah (Scazon Photo/Flickr.com, under Creative Commons License)

A Ritual to Mark the End of Hanukkah, from Rabbi Susan Elkodsi

December 12, 2018 Webmaster 0

Rabbi Susan Elkodsi of the Malverne Jewish Center in Malverne, NY contributes a ritual to mark the end of Hanukkah, much as the Havdalah service marks the end of Shabbat.

Coping with Loss….A Yom Kippur Thought Piece

September 29, 2010 Rabbi Geri Newburge 0

Adam, the first human, was created on the 6th day. The sun shone for him throughout the entire first day, Shabbat, but he became frightened when he saw darkness encroaching at the conclusion of this [Read more…]