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 20
- 2 min
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 14
- 2 min
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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- May 13
- 2 min
Parsha Inspired Menu - Emor
This week's parsha has Moshe tell the kohanim a lot of rules about them and their status. They shouldn't be around dead bodies, even...
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- May 5
- 2 min
Parsha Inspired Menu - Kedoshim
I live my life by lists. I have lists for food shopping, and daily to-do's, and longer term to-do's, and morning routines, etc. When...
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- Apr 28
- 2 min
Parsha Inspired Menus - Achrei Mot
This parsha is going to tell a lot of rules about the Kohenim and the Yom Kippur ritual, but to lead into those instructions the parsha...
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- Apr 21
- 2 min
Parsha Inspired Menus - Shabbat Chol HaMoed Pesach (and some other favorite non-Seder Passover food suggestions)
There is a special Torah reading we do each day of Pesach, including the Shabbat of Chol HaMoed. It interrupts our "regularly scheduled...
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- Apr 16
- 3 min
Passover Planning (Not the Food)
It’s not surprising that a lot of people spend a lot of time thinking about food during Passover. When our tradition asks us to get rid...
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- Apr 15
- 2 min
Parsha Inspired Menus - Metzora
This Friday dinner can be tricky. I know a number of people will have already turned over the kitchen for Passover in order to get...
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- Apr 11
- 2 min
Civil Rights Journey - A Jewish Thought for the Day
One creative way our trip chairs got participants involved was offering opportunities to share information with the group. For example,...
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- Apr 11
- 2 min
Civil Rights Journey - Lasting Lessons
Over the course of our trip in Alabama we met with several women who spoke about their experiences growing up in Alabama, with...
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- Apr 10
- 1 min
Civil Rights Journey - Re-examining
Over the course of this trip I have been re-examining. There are things I knew. But as it turns out, I didn't really know. I, like most...
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- Apr 10
- 2 min
Civil Rights Journey - Reflection Day 1
I have come to Alabama along with over 30 members of our synagogue on what was titled a Civil Rights Journey. What I realized from the...
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- Apr 7
- 2 min
Parsha Inspired Menus - Tazria
This week’s parsha starts out with instructions regarding how long a new mother is considered tamei (impure) after giving birth and the...
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- Apr 1
- 3 min
Parsha Inspired Menus - Shemini
The lettering on the parchment of a Torah is often beautiful, sometimes can be hard to read, and sometimes adds an extra layer of...
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- Mar 31
- 1 min
Passover Menus 2024
As I first sat down to consider our menu for Passover 2024 I wondered if I should use the #parshainspiredmenu style planning for the...
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- Mar 25
- 3 min
Parsha Inspired Menus - Tzav
When my parents were choosing the date for my bat mitzvah, I remember my mom aiming for a date in March before we hit the book of...
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- Mar 20
- 3 min
Leadership Insights from Purim
The general vibe of Purim is fun, bright, silly, and joyous. It’s often a favorite among children for the yummy foods (Love...
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- Mar 18
- 3 min
Parsha Inspired Menus - Vayikra
This week we start a new book of the Torah and the very first word of that book is really interesting because of how it's written. In the...
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- Mar 11
- 3 min
Parsha Inspired Menus - Pekudei
This past Shabbat our rabbi (aka my husband) asked the congregation to follow along as we read Vayakhel and look at who is being told the...
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