Born from a seed, the tree bears seed. The land spends itself to create what will thrive next spring. Fruit swells to bursting. Humans, animals, and birds harvest the grains, nuts, and berries of the land. Plants begin to fade, their life concentrated on a single point: the new kernel, pulsing with stored-up life. We Read More
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Summer Sparks
There is a lot going on in our small but mighty kehilah this summer. Throughout the month of Tammuz (June 30-July 29, 2022), the KSS Shmita Hive has been engaged in a collective creative practice and meditation to help us gather strength in the final months of this shmita cycle. Norah Zuniga Shaw (artist, teacher, Read More
Practicing Loving Kindness for the Long Road Ahead
An offering for today and the days ahead from Jodi Kushins, KSS Lay Leader Every time a rally or protest pops up and I already have plans or don’t have the energy to get to the State House, wise KSS friends remind me that issues like gun safety, climate change, women’s health access, racism and Read More
Passover Greetings and Love for Nisan
Before I launch in, how about we sit together for three breaths. Yaaah-waaaahhhhh.Yaaha-wwwaaaahh.Yahhh-wvaaaaahhh. There’s a lot going on. In the world. In our state. In our community. In our individual lives. In Seasons of Our Joy, (not yet Rabbi) Arthur Waskow names three themes that are interwoven throughout the month of Nisan and the Passover season: “the Read More
Finding Joy in Welcoming the Strangers Among US
The following offering comes to us from Dan Barash, member of the KSS Social Action Team. Dan’s words come at a perfect time — the end of the leap month Adar 1 and the beginning of Adar 2 — a time designated in our calendar for increasing joy. He reminds us that doing mitzvot, like Read More
Mussar Minute: Having a Settled Mind
This post is brought to us from KSS Lay Leader Cheryl Lubow who has been studying with The Mussar Institute as part of our Lay Leader Development Grant through Jewish Columbus. In the fall and winter, I enjoy buying bags of mixed nuts in the shell, and cracking open a few as an after-supper snack. Read More
“Just Don’t Be Mean” – A Path to Dignity
As we have for several years now, here in the Columbus Jewish community we will be honoring JDAIM, Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month, this February. JDAIM (originally JDAM, the “I” for inclusion was added later) was started in 2008, at a gathering of the Jewish Special Education International Consortium in Minneapolis, MN. The goal Read More
Building a Shelter of Peace in the Face of Fear
On January 15th, while we were marking Tu b’Shvat with a Shabbaton focused on what Judaism has to teach us as we live into and through unsettling times, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three other people with whom he was making Shabbat were held hostage at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. After two weeks to Read More
Reconnecting Earthlings with the Earth: Forging a Path for Thriving Life in the Midst of Climate Chaos
Kehilat Sukkat Shalom invites you to join us for a Tu b’Shvat Shabbaton!Reconnecting Earthlings with the Earth: Forging a Path for Thriving Life in the Midst of Climate Chaos Date and Time: January 15th, 2022: 10am-3pm The day will begin with a short Shabbat service to help us “Ground in Gratitude.”An optional Tu b’Shvat Seder Read More
Human Rights Shmita-Shabbat
For many years Kehillat Sukkat Shalom (formerly The Little Minyan) has joined with the organization T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights in honoring the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948. The service is always held on the Shabbat we Read More