This year has been different from any we have known before. Each of us, in his or her own way, is facing both individual and communal difficulties, and we all hope and pray that the coming year will be a much better one. 

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This volume of KOL is therefore dedicated to the good things ahead of us and to the festive times in the coming month. We have asked lay leaders from across International to join together and write about the holidays from their personal perspectives. From UK, France, Germany, Mexico and Brazil, friends from across the globe have shared their family holiday traditions, special recipes that were lovingly carried from generation to generation, their dream guests for Rosh Hashanah dinner, and more.