Rabbi Jonathan Sacks observes, \u201cThe heart of all Jewish festivals can be summed up like this: They tried to kill us. We survived. Let\u2019s eat.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eating as affirmation: Affirmation of God\u2019s goodness, affirmation of life, affirmation of life\u2019s goodness.<\/p>\n
Small wonder, then, that festivals and eating are so much a part of religious celebrations and small wonder that heaven is portrayed as a banquet.<\/p>\n
Invite your friends and family into your home, cook a meal, share your table.\u00a0 There is no need to worry about your culinary skills.\u00a0 More than one great religious festival in the Jewish tradition was eaten on the run without a lot of time for preparation.<\/p>\n
What is important is the affirmation at the heart of it all.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks observes, \u201cThe heart of all Jewish festivals can be summed up like this: They tried to kill us. We survived. Let\u2019s eat.\u201d Eating as affirmation: Affirmation of God\u2019s goodness, affirmation of life, affirmation of life\u2019s goodness. Small wonder, then, that festivals and eating are so much a part of religious celebrations and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n