Shanah Tovah to one and all as we prepare to celebrate the new year together at Cedar Village.  Services begin this evening, both in the Temple and the Synagogue and continue both tomorrow and Friday.  We're always happy to have you join us!

Yesterday we packaged small honey cakes for each of our residents.  We do some sort of holiday treat every year, from apples and honey to honey cakes we've baked in the Cedar Village kitchens. This year, I confess, we ordered them from a supplier and they do look a lot more perfect than those we baked ourselves!  We tied them with ribbons and new year cards and they were delivered in the afternoon.  It may seem like a small thing but we think it's important-it's a way to honor the holiday with our residents and to let them know, in yet another way, that we care.

Holidays are times of memory, they trigger many emotions in all of us and in our residents.  We've shared stories and traditions with one another and learned so much from the history and wisdom of those for whom we are privileged to care.  This evening we will join together, as we do every year, and begin the holidays with our Cedar Village family.  We may not be "biological family" but we are family all the same and we are grateful to share our holidays with one another.

From our Cedar Village family to yours, best wishes for a year of blessings and joy, peace and health.