Passover, Day 1: New Haggadah, Empty Bowls...

 

 Really, just time to cut, pasted, & dash a few notes (hubby already freaked out I'm taking time away from Seder prep...)

 

Tonight: first seder with Rabbi Aigen's new Haggadah, Wellsprings of Freedom http://wellspringshaggadah.com/about.html

Wellsprings of Freedom: The Renew Our Days Haggadah

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Wellsprings of Freedom: The Renew Our Days Haggadah, brings a fresh perspective to a familiar tale. It tells the story in a split screen format as both the collective, historical journey of our people and the personal, inner journey. At 148 pages, the softcover, sewn bound, 7.5

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Beverly Akerman http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Telling+story+once+more/6389758/story.html

Telling the story once more

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Passover is a time for family, which sounds fine in theory. In practice, the holiday was, when I was a kid, a time for unfamiliar relatives and acquaintances to come out of the woodwork. At our Seder, the traditional Passover dinner, I invariably saw people I hadn't seen for a year and likely wouldn...

 

PLEASE SHARE: Thank you Montreal Gazette, Susan Semenak, Sheila Caplan, and many others! Please help us feed the hungry in Montreal April 14th &/or April 22nd: "Bowls to feed the soul" http://www.montrealgazette.com/travel/Bowls+feed+soul/6423855/story.html

Bowls to feed the soul

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The shards of ancient pottery on display in museums offer some of the most vivid impressions of earlier civilizations. But in the here and now, functional potters are the unsung heroes of the art world. Their masterpieces are designed for practical, everyday use - not for museum collections. Their w...

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Empty Bowls Montreal 2012: We're baaack!!

Sunday, April 22, 2012 

EMPTY BOWLS

one of Congregation Dorshei Emet’s best-loved fundraisers, 

 
is RETURNING SOON to a shul (or church) near you! 

(If you live in Montreal, that is... )

Empty Bowls is an international project to fight hunger. Each community develops their own ideas and methods to help fill bowls--and tummies!

In our case, for a $20 donation, hand made bowls are sold at our lunch events which feature free soup, bread, and (sometimes!) fruit. 

Everything is donated and 100 per cent of the proceeds go to charities selected by our Empty Bowls Committees. 

Past recipients include our own Hanukkah Food Basket Fund, the Generations Foundation, Multicaf, the NDG Food Depot, Santropol Roulant and other worthy projects. 

As in previous years, Dorshei Emet's (the Reconstructionist Synagogue) Empty Bowls committee has teamed up with our sister organization at the Unitarian Church for mutual support (their event will be held Saturday April 14^th). 

Stay tuned for details, recipes, sponsor information, and the like. And thanks for everyone who has supported us and continues to do so. With your help, we've  made a difference to Montrealers!

For more information, to donate or volunteer, please contact us on Facebook, at beverly.akerman@gmail.com or info@emptybowlsmontreal.org