It is another erev Shabos Kodesh when we find ourselves numb, in shock, without words…yet again! The collective pain as we check our phones, our computers, our email yet again, and in disbelief, we read the news…yet again! We reach out to each other for...
My sincere thanks to a dear friend and learning-partner, who surprised me with a wonderful gift this week: “CELEBRATE: Food, Family, Shabbos” - a new cookbook by Elizabeth Kurtz. For those of you who follow these posts, you know that I love Torah and I also...
Part II of a Two-Part Series on Tefillah, presented by Mrs. Michal Horowitz and Mrs. Zahava Farbman, at the Young Israel of Woodmere on Monday, November 9, 2015. We ask that you please share this shiur link with others as well. https://michalhorowitz.com/Store/mp3/SpecialEvent/YIW-Tefila-II-11.9.15.MP3 ...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Chayei Sarah, Sarah Imainu dies and is buried in the Me’aras Ha’Machpela. The Torah then records, in great and precise detail, the quest for the next matriarch who would become the wife of righteous Yitzchak. Avraham sent his faithful servant, Eliezer,...
Part I of a Two-Part Series on Tefillah, presented by Mrs. Michal Horowitz and Mrs. Zahava Farbman, at the Young Israel of Woodmere on Monday, November 2, 2015. We ask that you please share this shiur link with others as well. https://michalhorowitz.com/Store/mp3/SpecialEvent/YIW-Tefila-I-11.2.15.MP3...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Vayeira, Avraham Avinu is tested with his tenth, and most difficult, test: Akeidas Yitzchak, the Binding of Isaac. “Take your son, your only one, the one that you love, Yitzchak, and go for yourself to the land of Moriah, and...
It’s been a few weeks since I posted a recipe, so here is a fresh, delicious and visually appealing salad, which is great served any time. Please note that I deliberately do not give measurements for the vegetables. You may add as much or as little...
At the end of this week’s parsha, Parshas Noach, we meet Avraham Avinu, the father of the Umah Yisraelis, the Jewish nation. Avraham Avinu, who was tested with ten tests and passed them all. From the flames of Nimrod’s fiery furnace to the Binding of...
Sefer Bereishis, Parshas Bereishis, In the Beginning Hashem Created… When we closed the book of Devarim on Simchas Torah, we left Moshe atop Mt. Nevo, we left the Israelite nation poised to cross the Jordan River under the tutelage of Yehoshua, and we left forty years...
As we prepare for the Yom Tov of Succos, this soup will provide a wonderful addition to your Yom Tov (or anytime!) table. When I made it this past Sunday, two of my sisters-in-law tasted the soup. They both gave it rave reviews and I’m...