Hatarat Nedarim, Annulment of Vows, remains a core ritual around the new year. Learn about the centrality of this practice for men and women in Sephardic communities, with surrounding traditions starting in mid-summer.
Rabbanit Victoria Sutton serves as the Director of Teen Programming for Drisha Institute and as Limmudei Kodesh faculty at the Heschel Middle School, as well as Sephardic Life coordinator. Her forthcoming book project explores Sephardic Women’s Practice as part of the Sefaria Word by Word Fellowship. A graduate of Yeshivat Maharat, Victoria served for eight years as the Director of Education and Community Engagement at Congregation Beth Israel, a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Berkeley. Victoria earned a BA in Biological Sciences from Barnard College, and a Grand Diploma in Pastry Arts from the French Culinary Institute.
