More than a decade ago, 12-year-old Itzhak was in Venezuela getting ready for his Bar Mitzvah. The plan was for him and his family to travel to Israel and celebrate the milestone there.
Then, tragedy altered the family’s plans. Days before their trip, Itzhak’s mother had a brain aneurysm. Instead of flying with the family to Israel, she was flown to Houston. In the ICU of St. Luke’s Hospital, she fought for her life.
Alongside the symbolism of the specific food, Each recipe recalls another family, another story of healing and friendship, another year.
Each food brings to mind another merit, another positive item with which to usher in the new year. They bring with them millennia of tradition, a tradition that goes back to our forefather Abraham.
Snow has melted, and warm weather has arrived. It’s time we come out of hibernation. After a year of quarantine and isolation, with new habits and restriction, it’s time to make a Seder.
We are looking forward to the Annual Aishel House Gala tonight!! Streaming live at 7PM CST. Hear from a special […]
Eli and Iliana arrived at Aishel House in spring of 2018. When they first came by, it was just to find an apartment near to the hospital. After a few days, they realized that Aishel House was so much more than that.
After six months of chemotherapy in her Guatemalan hometown, doctors told Debbie Cohen de Mishaan that she would need to go to America […]
Chesed has a new home in Houston, where volunteers and hospital patients come together to widen the circle of giving […]
t’s no picnic to be in the hospital. Making it even more challenging, patients hospitalized during a holiday can feel […]
Holiday cheer and good spirit with all the trimmings The warmth and the joy of the approaching high holidays could […]
