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Celebrate Sukkot the Lev Eisha Way !
Join us at our next service for the joyous celebration of Shabbat and Sukkot
October 7, 2006 (15 Tishrei 5767)9:30 a.m. in the Adat Shalom Sanctuary with Rabbi August.
The Torah Portion for this Sabbath is Lev.22:26-23:44
  2006 Calendar of Events
October 1      Erev Yom Kippur
October 2      Yom Kippur
October 7      Lev Eisha Service
9:30 am
October 8      Second day of Sukkot
October 14      Shemini Atzeret
October 15      Simchat Torah
  From Barbara's Kitchen

For this month I have invited a guest chef in my kitchen just in time for Sukkot. In order to enjoy our meals in the Sukkah we need a dish that will counter the cool weather. Such a dish was suggested by our own Mollie Wine. I can’t wait to try it. Here it is along with all of Mollie’s comments in her e-mail.

CABBAGE SOUP A LA DODA MOLLIE

6 cups water
1 white cabbage cut into 8ths
Salt
Pepper
Garlic powder
1/2 lemon, juiced
Sugar, start with 2 TBLS
1 large can whole tomatoes
1 large can stewed tomatoes
2 onions sliced
4-5 beefy bones or a chunk o’meat
2 peeled and chunked potatoes

Throw it all in a pot. Bring to a boil then let it simmer for a couple of hours or until someone asks, “When’s dinner ready?” Adjust the seasonings as you like the sweet and sour flavors. Add hot pepper or a shot of vodka. Serve with bread and a balalaika serenade. Have another shot of vodka and cause a revolution.

Freezes well.

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A Sukkah is More than a Hut by Rabbi August

(Based on the teachings of Rabbi Simon Jacobson) The Sukkah represents the unity of the Jewish people and the unity of the people all over the world. This unity, like the Sukkah itself, is so fragile and requires great faith and trust to sustain itself. There is a special joy on Sukkot, and it coincides with the appearance of the full moon in the middle of the month of Tishrei. Rosh Hashanah, which began Tishrei, coincided with the birth of the new moon. Sukkot, when the moon is fully visible, represents the revelation of what was hidden and concealed on Rosh Hashanah.

Rabbi Jacobson explains, "Revelation makes us joyful. There is no greater joy than the resolution of doubt. On Rosh Hashanah we might have possessed all the ingredients of happiness, but without clear vision on how to direct our potential, we could not experience true joy." After spending the time in Shul looking inward, forgiving ourselves and others, renewing our sense of purpose and finding the hope and courage to enter into a new year, we are ready for Sukkot.

Sukkot is called, "Z'man Simchtainu" - The time of our rejoicing, because it is the culmination of our High Holy Days' work. Now, on Sukkot, we celebrate with all our senses. With open eyes to see the beauty, ears to hear the sounds and noses to smell, we enter the colorful huts, shake our fragrant Lulav and etrog, and remember that life is a gift to be lived fully!

Hag Samaeach and Shanah Tovah!

Milestones

Mazel Tov to Lev Eisha member Myrna Gale on the birth of her first grandchild. Scott Alexander Conlin was born on September 13th in San Diego, 7 lbs. 10 oz. The proud parents are Robin (Myrna’s daughter) and John Conlin.

If you have a milestone to share please send it to : editor@leveisha.org Our newsletter gets printed about a week before each service. Please send the info asap.

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