As we move into fall and begin to plan our Yom Tov menus… This fabulous pastrami roast is out-of-this-world-delicious and perfect for your Shabbos or Yom Tov table. It’s pretty easy to put together and freezes perfectly. So you can plan it, prepare it, slice and...
Rosh Chodesh Elul, 1 Elul…The beginning of the end of the year. The summer is ending, the fall is coming, 5777 is almost over and 5778 will soon begin. When Elul arrives, it behooves us to ask ourselves: What have we accomplished these past eleven months? ...
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...