Jewish-Holidays

Three Levantine Arabic diary entries from the Jewish New Year season — a late-night Selichot prayer while sick, Tzom Gedaliah (the fast day right after Rosh Hashanah), and a sleepless morning after the kids took over the bed.

A short Shami Arabic reflection on the Jewish month of Sivan, the holiday of Shavuot, and a teaching from the Chida.

Closing out Zot Hanukkah with prayers for healing at Rachel’s Tomb.

Interviewed in Tel Aviv and heading home to light the first Hanukkah candle tonight.

Holidays feel stressful, and the anxiety spills over to family.