| Two Napa wineries will be hosting Jewish harvest blessings on Sunday, October 19 conducted by Rabbi Oren Postrel of Congregation Beth Sholom in Napa. The first blessing will take place from 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. at Judd’s Hill Winery (2332 Silverado Trail, Napa, 255-2332); the second blessing will take place from 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. at Hagafen Cellars (4160 Silverado Trail, Napa, 252-0781).
Other Jewish blessings conducted by Rabbi Postrel may take place in the afternoon; check www.cbsnapa.org for other possible locations.
The public is welcome to stop by one or both of these blessings. The events are free and there will be light refreshments after each ceremony.
“We are combining the secular and spiritual worlds here,” explains Judd Finkelstein, the winemaker and co-owner of Judd’s Hill Winery, along with his parents Art and Bunnie and wife Holly. “The Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot falls at this time and since we are also harvesting grapes, we thought it would make sense to align the two calendars, of Mother Nature and Jewish history,” Ernie Weir, the founder and winemaker at Hagafen, adds.
Rabbi Postrel is celebrating his first year as the Rabbi at Congregation Beth Sholom. He was ordained in 1993 by Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion in New York and he came to Napa from North Tahoe Hebrew Congregation in Tahoe Vista, California. Rabbi Postrel grew up in San Francisco, graduated from UC Berkeley and has served as Rabbi at the Jewish Home & Hospital in the Bronx in New York as well as at The Reutlinger Community for Jewish Living in Danville. Congregation Beth Sholom is located at 1455 Elm Street in Napa (253-7305): more information at www.cbsnapa.org.
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Napa Wine-Jewish Harvest Blessing at Judd's Hill & Hagafen in Napa 
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