Chanukah – Ein Licht, das die Dunkelheit erhellt

Chanukah, das Lichterfest, ist eines der schönsten Feste im jüdischen Kalender. Es bringt die Familie zusammen, um die Dunkelheit zu vertreiben und die Wunder zu feiern, die uns immer wieder daran erinnern, dass Hoffnung selbst in den dunkelsten Zeiten aufleuchten kann. Unsere Familie liebt es, diese Tage gemeinsam zu verbringen und den Chanukah-Leuchter zu entzünden, wobei jeder Abend einen neuen Funken Freude und Licht bringt. In diesem Blogpost möchte ich etwas über die Geschichte von Chanukah erzählen und darüber, was das Fest für uns persönlich bedeutet.

Sukkot - Das Laubhüttenfest

Das Fest der Hütten machst du dir sieben Tage, indem du aufliesest aus deiner Scheuer und deiner Kelter, und freue dich an deinem Feste, du und dein Sohn und deine Tochter, und dein Knecht und deine Magd, und der Levite und der Fremdling, und die Waise und die Witwe, die in deinen Städten.

_{5. Mose 16:13-14
DIE HEILIGE SCHRIFT, TRANS. DR. SIMON BERNFELD, BERLIN, 1902 - GERMAN [DE] von SEFARIA}

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Das Laubhüttenfest, oder Sukkot, gehört zu den bedeutendsten Festen im Judentum. Es ist eine Zeit, in der jüdische Familien auf besondere Weise zusammenkommen, um Dankbarkeit auszudrücken und die Ernte zu feiern. Für uns hatte das diesjährige Sukkot einen ganz besonderen Wert, da wir zum ersten Mal eine eigene Laubhütte gebaut haben! Gemeinsam mit meinen Kindern entstand eine Laubhütte, die wir nicht nur als Ritual, sondern auch als ein Symbol für Gemeinschaft und Dankbarkeit erleben durften. Hier erzähle ich, worum es beim Laubhüttenfest geht, warum es gefeiert wird und welche Bräuche mit diesem Fest verbunden sind.

Let's get started

Dear Friends,

We hope the New Year is treating you well. Over the last three years, we've been a little quiet. We navigated through the Covid/Lockdown season and joyfully welcomed two new members into our family. Hope Grace was born in August 2020, and Aviva Hadar joined us in July 2023. They are true blessings to our family, and we can't imagine life without them (though it might be a bit quieter and, well, maybe a tad boring).

Our homeschool journey continues with Hadassah in 6th grade, Mike in 1st grade, and Hope in preschool. The road is not always easy, but here we are entering our 7th year of home education. It's truly rewarding to witness our children grow in wisdom, stature, and favor with God and men.

The past three years have been filled with challenges, bringing about many changes and transformations. Through good, and sometimes hard, trials, our faith in God has deepened, our love for each other, our family, and our homeschool vision has become stronger than ever. We've truly learned what God's vision is for us as a husband and wife, for our children, and for our home.

After much prayer and thought, we've decided to join the YouTube and blogging world to share online what we've already discovered and what we continue to explore. God willing, we will regularly upload videos about Faith - Love and Learning. Additionally, we plan to contribute with a monthly family update via our blog.

Our first video will be online on Saturday, the 6th of January, and the blog will kick off in February 2024. We would love to have you subscribed and invite you to let us know what content you would love to see/read.

We look forward to connecting with you soon. In the meantime, take good care, and God bless you abundantly.

Love,

The Kochs

Starting fresh

After some thought and discussion about this website and other social media platforms, we have decided to start fresh with some changes. There is still some work and preparation going on, but stay tuned. The following things have changed or are being changed pretty soon.

• Our content is now in english (with some exceptions every now and then ;-) )
• Our name is now "The Kochs Home"
• Our new Youtube channel will soon host our daily life videos
• The new Facebook and Instagram page live
• Our focus is still Faith - Love - Learn
• We are going to correct not politically correct

We hope that our effort will bring you closer to God and inspire, encourage and motivate you for home education. This whole "thing" is a family project, part of our education and learning.

We love hearing from you, what you think and how you walk your way with God.

This is the Koch Family - The Kochs Home