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Parsha Inspired Menus - Vayeshev
Last year I had a #parshainspiredmenus item that was based on Joseph's special coat and the different translations of the words כְּתֹ֥נֶת...
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Dec 93 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Vayishlach
Today I had the opportunity to have a reunion lunch with a group of interfaith Clergy who recently traveled together to Israel. (I had...
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Dec 32 min read
What's with December 4th?
Our siddur has lots of instructions related to dates and times - additions for Shabbat, special lines for holidays, versions of prayers...
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Dec 33 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Vayeitzei
Bereshit spends a noticeable amount of time talking about names and why someone given a particular name, such as in our parsha when each...
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Nov 272 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Toldot
This learning is dedicated in memory of my mother, Sharon Decter Brendzel, who died on Parshat Toldot in 2006. I will forever associate...
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Nov 172 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Chaye Sarah
Over the past few parshiot there's been a lot of talk of age and the passage of time. We get the genealogy list that tells how many years...
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Nov 103 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Vayera
As we'll find througout the parshiot of Bereshit, there's a LOT that happens in our parsha. In Vayera two babies are born. The first is...
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Nov 42 min read
Lessons from Starbucks for Jewish Communal Organizations
I’ve been a Starbucks Gold Rewards Member since 2018. Back when I went into a store to order, I kind of loved that my order would roll...
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Nov 33 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Lech Lecha
Lech Lecha has a strong start - a meaningful and impactful command from God to Avram. "Adonoy said to Avram, Go from your land, from your...
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Oct 273 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Noah
Noah is one of those parshas where you really feel like you know the story. I mean, we've heard children's songs ("God said to Noah,...
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Oct 101 min read
To Begin Again - Parsha Inspired Menus 5785
I have a few favorite books and I have read and re-read them, each time finding something new in the language or story, but even with my...
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Oct 92 min read
"Marilyn Monroe did that."
LA Story is one of those movies that I watched a LOT of times. It's not quite up there with Grease (1 or 2, really), or my all-time...
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Oct 63 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - V'zot HaBracha
So, this is it - the final parsha of the Torah. We won't have a regular Shabbat when we read this parsha, since we read it on Simchat...
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Oct 12 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Ha'Azinu
If you're just totally done with cooking after Rosh Hashanah....I hear you. For 2 of the last 3 days, I've spent the vast majority of my...
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Sep 232 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Netzavim-Vayeilech
As part of the regular cycle of matching Torah readings to the number of Shabbatot available for regular readings in a year (which takes...
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Sep 163 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Ki Tavo
We've been eating a lot more fruit in the last few months. Partially that's because we're trying to add more fruits and veggies to our...
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Sep 162 min read
Rosh Hashanah Menus 2024
I enjoy the activity of thinking and planning menus for Rosh Hashanah. This year I started even earlier...I started the Sunday after we...
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Sep 104 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Ki Teitzei
Our parsha this week has a long list of do's and don't's and they cover a wide range of topics. As we near the end of D'varim, Moshe has...
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Sep 22 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Shoftim
Today I was treated to a wonderful drash by a bar mitzvah boy, the son of two people are dear to us. It was an especially sweet moment of...
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Aug 253 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Re'eh
Parshat Re'eh is one of the parshiot most densely packed with halacha. As Moshe prepares the Israelites for their entry into Eretz...
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