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Comments, September 2026

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                e hope you find these sources interesting to explore and share with others during the holiday celebrations. Why build (and dwell in) a sukkah? In the book of Leviticus (23:42-43), we find both the commandment to dwell in booths and the initial reason for doing so. Over the ages, many scholars have pointed to additional meanings in the act of living in an impermanent home, even for a brief period. In a 17th-century commentary called the Kli Yakar, Rabbi Shlomo Ephraim ben Aaron Luntschitz suggests that the sukkah can remind us of our own ephemerality, while Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, in a 20th-century essay, points out a connection to the Tabernacle and the journey we’re all on. It’s raining, it’s pouring. What happens if you can’t sit in the sukkah due to weather and other pesky outdoor problems? This question was first explored in the Mishnah (Sukkah 2:9), where the rabbis use a colorful metaphor to clarify wha...
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Comments, August, 2026

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Audrey Freidman Marcus, Obit

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  Marcus / Audrey Marcus Audrey Friedman Marcus Send Flowers Follow Share Obituary ! Guest Book About Westtown School Smith College University of Denver Hebrew Union College Teachers & Educators Audrey Marcus Obituary Obituary published on Legacy.com by Feldman Mortuary - Denver on Aug. 22, 2026. Obituary of Audrey Friedman Marcus Audrey Friedman Marcus, a noted educator and activist, died peacefully on August 22, 2026, in Bala Cynwyd, PA . Raised in Trenton, New Jersey , she attended Westtown School and Smith College . She completed her BA at age 39 at University of Denver ; she later earned an M.A. in Jewish Education at Hebrew Union College . A brilliant political organizer, she led the successful campaign for Colorado's ratification of the U.S. Equal Rights Amendment. She was a founding member of the National Organization for Women and served on the Colorado Commission on the Status of Women. As co-founder of Alternatives in Religious Education (ARE), she wrote, edited, an...
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