Since we first made the choice to convert to Judaism, we’ve made a lot of changes in the way we do things and how we spend our time. As a family, we’ve always made time together a priority but that time was not always of the highest quality. Each day we learn more and add to the ways we live our lives according to the teachings of Judaism. We observe our faith in small ways like saying a prayer before eating and bigger ways like attending services on Friday nights.

But, we feel, we can always do and learn more.

This summer, our Rabbi is on sabbatical, and we’ll miss him. And, although we do want to attend Shabbat services, we feel this is a good opportunity to create more concrete Shabbat rituals in our home. We’ve depended on our time at the Synagogue for welcoming Shabbat and have not really established a ground for our own personal celebration. With things on an ever changing schedule for the summer, we’ve made the decision to spend every other Shabbat at home making new family traditions that we

hope will be passed on through generations after us.

Since we are all converts, it is important that we lay the foundation for the Jewish traditions that will be given to our child and, one day, her new family. How blessed we feel to have the honor of establishing the groundwork for generations of Jewish households that will come after us!

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