In this week’s parsha, Parshas Chukas, the forty years of wilderness wandering are winding down, as the nation will soon enter the Holy Land. It is at this juncture that the Torah teaches us of the deaths of two of our great leaders: Aharon and...
This is a fast, easy, delicious and flavorful chicken dish. It comes together so quickly, and seems almost too easy. It’s one of my favorites “go to” dinner dishes, especially when I’m pressed for time. The combination of flavors of this spice mix and duck...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Korach, Korach - a first cousin to Moshe and Aharon (see Rashi to Bamidbar 16:1) - spearheads a rebellion against the leadership of Moshe and the kehunah (priesthood) of Aharon. Feeling slighted by a perceived lack of kavod (honor) that Korach...
As we move into the summer months, it’s always nice to have some lighter and healthier, yet filling and tasty, recipes in our repertoire (to balance out all the BBQs!). This fish recipe also works very well for the Nine Days. While cooking time is a...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Shelach, Moshe sends twelve spies to scout out the Land, as the nation prepares, imminently (or so it is believed) to enter into Eretz Yisrael, the Promised Land. Moshe sends the spies with detailed instructions to investigate the cities of the...
In next week’s parsha, Parshas Shelach, we read of the scouts who went to tour the Land (Bamidbar 13); the beautiful, bountiful Land, flowing with milk and honey (Shemos 3:8). The Sages teach that the honey of the land is devash temarim - honey from...
In the beginning of this week’s dramatic parsha, Parshas Beha’aloscha, Moshe and the Bnei Yisrael (Children of Israel) continue to prepare for entry into the Promised Land. With final preparations in place (which have been Divinely ordered and discussed in the first three parshios of...
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Parshas Bamidbar, erev Shavuos, Zman Matan Tora’sainu - the time of the giving of the Torah. Our preparation for Matan Torah includes a forty-nine day count, which began on the second day of Pesach, and ends the night before Shavuos. As we journey through time, always...
We are in the final days of Sefiras ha’Omer, and fast approaching Shavuos, the time of the giving of the Torah. The Sages teach: “Im ein kemach, ein Torah - if there is no flour, there is no Torah.” In keeping with this sage teaching, here...