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Feb 263 min read
Parsha-Inspired Menus - Ki Tisa
This parsha has one of the most well known dramatic storylines of the Torah - the Golden Calf and Moshe's ensuing anger where he smashes...
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Feb 193 min read
Parsha-Inspired Menus - Tetzaveh
I sat down Sunday morning to work on this week's menu and got to do something new - brainstorm with my cousin and niece (we were...
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Feb 123 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Terumah
As our 11 year old often says, "The Torah is stingy with words" so when there is a repetition, we know that it's highlighting something...
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Feb 71 min read
Celebrate Bagels & Lox on Friday, February 9th!
As you may know, there’s a day for almost everything you can imagine. In just the first week of January you’ll find National Bloody Mary...
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Feb 52 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Mishpatim
This parsha is filled with (sometimes very detailed) laws and rules to help the Israelites create a society. Coming out of slavery they...
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Feb 12 min read
Lev el Lev - National Wear Red Day
In 1964 President Johnson issued a proclamation marking February as American Heart Month. The goal was to get Americans to pay attention...
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Jan 293 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Yitro
In this parsha we will read the Aseret HaDibrot, usually translated as Ten Commandments, though 10 Utterances is more accurate. I find it...
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Jan 252 min read
The importance of an Obi-Wan Kenobi Shirt
When the residents of the Kibbutzim around Gaza came out of their safe rooms, those who were fortunate enough to do so, most after hours...
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Jan 242 min read
They can't be forgotten
Almost from the moment I stepped off the plane in Israel, there were reminders of the hostages - a display of the silver dog tags many...
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Jan 233 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - B'Shallach
This is the first parsha with a Parsha Inspired Menus post from last year (I was doing the project for longer, but I wasn't blogging...
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Jan 222 min read
Fluttering at the Nova Music Festival Memorial
Today our Israel Volunteer and Solidarity Mission went to visit the Nova Music Festival Memorial. This memorial was first set up in...
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Jan 192 min read
Counting the Days
There’s something very powerful about counting. We use counting in a whole variety of ways… Counting down to something that we’re excited...
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Jan 153 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Bo
This week some of the ingredients are mixing together from different parts of the parsha, so rather than share the idea and then the...
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Jan 83 min read
Parsha Inspired Menus - Va'era
Much of this week's parsha will sound familiar since this week (and next) cover the heart of the Passover story. While one year at seder...
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Jan 13 min read
Parsha-Inspired Menus - Shemot
With the move into Shemot, we move away from the stories of our patriarchs and Joseph and solidly into Moshe and Egypt. For this week's...
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Dec 311 min read
At the turn of the year...
I am biased. In fact, pretty much we all are. Some biases we are aware of, but many are unconscious. As I sit here at the very tail end...
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Dec 27, 20233 min read
Parsha-Inspired Menus - Vayechi
You've probably heard it said that "translation is commentary." Exactly how someone translates one language into another often reveals...
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Dec 20, 20233 min read
Parsha-Inspired Menus - Vayigash
This week we get the big finale of the Joseph story - Joseph's dramatic reavel to his brothers, Jacob learning his son is alive and...
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Dec 12, 20233 min read
Parsha-Inspired Menus - Miketz
Chanukah may be over by the time we light candles on Friday night, but I want to extend the Chanukah feel for one more night with our...
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Dec 6, 20233 min read
Parsha-Inspired Menus - Vayeshev
This past Shabbat I was perusing the paper (yeah for the Sunday sections that come on Saturday) and was greeted by a full page image of...
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