Last Sukkot I had the opportunity to discuss with my daughter the concept of Rosh Chodesh, lighting of the beacons and the beginning of the month in the Jewish calendar. We got to the topic in a round about way- we had several young women from the US and UK who are learning in seminary for the year, staying with us for the first day(s) of sukkot. They w ...
Crochet Flowers for Rosh Chodesh
A quick project to add detail for Rosh Chodesh school outfits. Crochet flowers for Rosh Chodesh. This is actually a pin intended for pinning onto the required blue skirt for Rosh Chodesh. Some almost five year olds think that plain blue is not so pretty so now we've made a blue and pink flower pin to attach to solid blue skirts. However, the solid blue ...
Rosh Chodesh for women
In honor of Rosh Chodesh (considered a woman's holiday) I am posting an invitation to an exhibition sponsored by The Jewish Women’s Artists Network at the Kraft Center at Columbia University. Disclosure: my very talented aunt is one of the participating artists (she is concurrently in three exhibitions in the New York area, but this is the most app ...