This past Sunday, I asked my high school Sunday school class to design their ideal gardens. I handed out rulers and pens, but they were not used. Instead, they opted for colored markers as they sprawled out on the floor. I sat back and thought “they clearly didn’t hear my message of spacing between beds, the importance of the sun, or raised bet height.” Feeling discouraged, I began to think of my ideal garden. I drew measured, even boxes and labeled their contents with season appropriate vegetables. I made sure to include 3 feet of spacing to walk ...
Jews can enhance their celebrations of the beautiful and spiritually meaningful holiday of Chanukah by making it a time to begin striving even harder to live up to Judaism's highest moral values and teachings by moving toward a vegetarian diet. Here are eight reasons, one for each night of Chanukah:
1. Chanukah represents the triumph of non-conformity. The Maccabees stuck to their inner beliefs, rather than conforming to external pressure. They were willing to say: This I believe, this I stand for, this I am willing to struggle for. Today, vegetarians represent non-conf...
