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...
This recipe is an ode to the widespread custom to eat dairy on Shavuos. However, not everyone eats dairy meals on Shavuos (and let’s be honest, not everyone eats dairy in general!). For a great, fun and delicious dessert which can be served after meat...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Behar, the Torah commands us regarding the Shemitta year, the seventh Sabbatical year wherein the land of Israel lies fallow, its bounty permitted to man and animal alike. At the culmination of seven Shemitta cycles, with the 49th year a...
This is a delicious, easy to prepare and bake, relatively on the healthier side (for a cookie), cookie. We baked a double batch; the first with chocolate chips and the second without. My kids loved them both ways (and so did I!). With the Yom Tov...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Emor, the Torah delineates our Mo’adim - appointed festivals (Vayikra, Chapter 23). Beginning with a general introduction to the Jewish calendar year, the pasuk (verse) says: דַּבֵּר אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם, מוֹעֲדֵי ה’ אֲשֶׁר-תִּקְרְאוּ אֹתָם מִקְרָאֵי קֹדֶשׁ--אֵלֶּה הֵם, מוֹעֲדָי - And...