Jessie's Garden

Beth El is proud to be one of the founding partners in this network of community gardens established by the Kostin family, longtime Beth El members, in memory of their daughter Jessica. Each spring and summer, our team of gardeners plants and tends lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, horseradish and other vegetables which are donated to food banks serving the hungry throughout Greater Hartford. Come Passover time, another team – which includes students from our school – cooks up and sells the horseradish sauce (maror/chrein), with proceeds going to buy seeds for the next year’s plantings.