Lighting the Way: A Day of Mitzvahs and Community

Volunteers from Temple Emanu-El, wearing gloves and aprons, prepare sandwiches together at a long table in a warmly lit room with red curtains, exemplifying the congregation’s commitment to community service and tikkun olam (repairing the world).

Last week, I volunteered for our Sunday Lunch Program, which has been providing meals to people facing housing and food insecurity for more than 40 years. I had never attended before, and I was excited to participate in this beautiful Emanu-El initiative. That particular Sunday was bitterly cold, and while waiting for the crosstown bus, […]