For those of you who don't know, our new year begins tonight. It is then followed by Yom Kippur - the Day of Atonement, and finally by Sukkot - which lasts a week.
So why was I asked to write a diary? Well, it all started 19 years ago on a trip to New York when I met my husband.
How we met is a topic for a different day, but the fact that he was a Rabbi was not something I thought a lot about at the time.
However (a word of caution to those planning to marry a man of the cloth), once I married a Rabbi, I soon came to learn that I would have to share him with a community. In fact, in the Jewish world, the wife of the Rabbi even gets a title - Rebbetzin.
The Rebbetzin’s Diary – Food, Family and the High Holy Days
Hi, I’m Sara. As a Jewish Orthodox woman, I’ve been asked to write a diary during our Holy Days and Festivals.
For those of you who don’t know, our new year begins tonight. It is then followed by Yom Kippur – the Day of Atonement, and finally by Sukkot – which lasts a week.
So why was I asked to write a diary? Well, it all started 19 years ago on a trip to New York when I met my husband.
How we met is a topic for a different day, but the fact that he was a Rabbi was not something I thought a lot about at the time.
However (a word of caution to those planning to marry a man of the cloth), once I married a Rabbi, I soon came to learn that I would have to share him with a community. In fact, in the Jewish world, the wife of the Rabbi even gets a title – Rebbetzin.
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