Yom Chesed
Chesed – lovingkindness – is a pillar of Jewish community. The spiritual journey toward freedom that begins with Pesach requires acts of chesed to make it through to Sinai and revelation. To help us do this, NVHC has crafted Yom Chesed, a joyful, prayerful, reflective ritual to express gratitude for the opportunities we each have when doing mitzvot of caring for one other. Part of the ritual is adding to our Megillat Chesed scroll that we created by writing reflections of our own experiences of doing chesed for others. This scroll is then unrolled and displayed during the subsequent High Holy Days.
Our observance of Yom Chesed will include our Yizkor ritual, hearing words of Torah, and an opportunity for participants to add their own written reflections to be added to our Megillat Chesed scroll, which is displayed in our lobby during the High Holy Days.
