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...
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...