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Aug 202 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Eikev
When going through the parsha with a fine tooth comb, as I do when looking for inspiration for #parshainspiredmenus, I find new words,...
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Aug 123 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - VaEtchanan
Perhaps it's because I've now been at camp for 3 weeks and it's so easy to get enmeshed in the world that is camp, but I found two things...
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Aug 119 min read
Starter Stories for the High Holidays
We know that inspiration comes from all kinds of places, but it's hard to be in all the places at once! So, since it's my goal to help...
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Aug 82 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Devarim
I got ideas from a bunch of people this week to help come up with the menu for parsha-inspired menus. In part, it's because I was behind...
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Jul 302 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Mattot-Masei
Don't get mad at me when I mention this, but Rosh Hashanah is not that far away. I hadn't noticed this in prior year readings of the...
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Jul 223 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Pinchas
Last week's parsha ended with a pretty dramatic moment when Pinchas takes a spear and stabbed Zimri and Cozbi in an act of zealotry to...
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Jul 162 min read
In negotiations, whoever speaks first....
Perhaps you’ve heard the negotiating adsage that whoever speaks first, loses. What’s the reason for this wisdom? The first person to...
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Jul 142 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Balak
The story of Balak and Balaam has been a perpetual favorite among our kids. At first, they loved the talking donkey (I mean, that's...
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Jul 73 min read
Reflecting on Poland & Ride for the Living
When I think about writing about our experience in Poland it almost feels like two different posts because the thoughts are so different,...
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Jul 72 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus -Chukat
The laws around the red heifer are not inherently logical. Why would the ashes of a dead animal be used to purify someone from having...
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Jul 13 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Korach
Last year Parshat Korach was our son's Bar Mitzvah celebration, so I didn't really get into a deep dive for #parshainspiredmenus. We...
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Jun 242 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Shelach Lecha
This week's parsha has a pivotal moment for the Israelites in the desert - the episode of the spies. As they approach the land that is...
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Jun 163 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Beha'alotcha
Facebook soemtimes feeds me clips from Modern Family and one of the clips I recently saw felt appropos of this parsha. The character Lily...
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Jun 142 min read
Done Counting...Still Counting...
Last night we ended the holiday of Shavuot, a holiday that celebrates the revelation at Mount Sinai when God gives the Torah to the...
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Jun 103 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Naso
Last week our youngest son participated in his school's Renaissance Faire, where each student researched an important figure from the...
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Jun 92 min read
Maintaining Hope
Yesterday was a beautiful spring day in NY. As I considered what to wear to shul, I looked through my closet, scrolling through the...
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Jun 32 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Bamidbar
Bamidbar finds our ancestors still Bamidbar Sinai, in the wilderness/desert of Sinai. Throughout the 5 books of the Torah, we really do...
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May 272 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - B'chukotai
Parsha B'chukotai is so often combined with Behar, from this past week. In part, it's because they are both quite short (as our rabbi...
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May 202 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Behar
For those of us who are not farmers, it can be tempting to gloss over the many verses in this parsha that relate to how we use the land...
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May 142 min read
Yom Ha'atzmaut 2024 - Waves & Curls
Yesterday at a beautiful ceremony to dedicate a memorial of ceramic kalaniot flowers representing those killed on October 7th, I had the...
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