09/08/2026
Hashiveinu means “return us.”
At Wildacres, some families returned to a tradition they have loved for more than a decade. Others came for the first time and left talking about next year.
Kids had room to roam while their parents knew they were never far away. Conversations stretched out in rocking chairs.
There was Torah. There were s’mores, crafts, board games, and enough ping-pong to carry us well into 5787. Catch Phrase got a serious workout, and karaoke covered everything from Dolly Parton to Frozen.
On Shabbat morning, Judy Morganstein chanted Torah as she celebrated her 85th birthday and the 35th anniversary of her adult bat mitzvah. We closed Saturday with Havdalah beneath the open sky.
By the time we came down the mountain, the noise of everyday life felt a little farther away. With Rosh HaShanah beginning this Friday evening, the timing could not have been better.
Hashiveinu. We found our way back to one another.
