In this week’s parsha, Parshas Eikev, Moshe Rabbeinu continues his masterful and powerful soliloquy to the people. He reminds us of the good Land to where we are going, he reminds and exhorts us to keep the mitzvos, he reminds us to serve and love...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas V’Eschanan, we continue the final journey with Moshe Rabbeinu, days before his demise. Moshe continues to exhort, urge, remind, direct, teach and love the people in this parsha. The language is poetic and stirring, the messages he conveys are deep...
Dear Friends, FYI, Link to New Shiur which I gave this afternoon at the YI Woodmere: Nachem: Finding Comfort from Within the Pain http://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/882776/mrs-michal-horowitz/nachem-finding-comfort-from-within-the-pain/ And Link to New Shiur given yesterday morning: Because of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza… Are We Blaming the Wrong Guy? http://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/882734/mrs-michal-horowitz/because-of-kamtza-bar-kamtza-are-we-blaming-the-wrong-guy-/ Wishing you an easy and meaningful rest...
There’s a cute story behind these muffins. Apparently I gave the recipe to my mother many years ago - and she has been making them ever since, while they fell off my recipe repertoire! Last week, I was looking for a “new” muffin recipe and decided...
Sefer Devarim, Parshas Devarim, Mishneh Torah… As we open the fifth and final book of the Torah this Shabbos, we come to the last days in the life of Moshe Rabbainu. Moshe, who was not a man of words, who was heavy of tongue, who was...
This fabulous and mouth-watering salad is inspired by one that my sister-in-law recently started making. The salad is so good, it’s addictive! Easy to prepare, healthy and delicious, crunchy and sweet, as well as pleasing to the eye and the palate, it's a winner every...
With this week’s double parshios, Matos-Masei, we once again close the turbulent book of Bamidbar. We have journeyed with the Israelites as they departed - triumphant - from Har Sinai and prepared for their entry into the Holy Land - נֹסְעִים אֲנַחְנוּ אֶל-הַמָּקוֹם, We are traveling,...
\This is a super easy dish to prepare, the color of the chicken is gorgeous, and the flavor is superb. I recently made it for Shabbos, and used boneless dark meat, skin-on, chicken bottoms (which they call “capon chicken” in the grocery here), but you...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Pinchas, the Torah details the different korbanos (sacrificial offerings) to brought on the various holy days. In regard to the korbanos brought on Rosh Chodesh - the beginning of the new month, according to the cycle of the moon -...
This is a delicious dish, healthy, full of flavor, carb-free, and a great replacement to the calorie laden traditional cabbage-with-noodles side dish. I served it with dinner one night last week, and everyone enjoyed it - even those who usually say “I don’t like spaghetti squash!” ...