Uncomplicated and tasty, kids love this salad as much as adults do. Ingredients: 2-3 cucumbers, sliced as thinly as you like 1 small onion, sliced thinly 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 […]
THE GOLDEN YEARS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE This week’s Torah portion tells the story of the sin of the Golden Calf, which the Jewish people made for themselves to worship. […]
Once upon a time, the talented women who work at Oorah put together a fabulous cookbook of tried and true, homestyle recipes and called it Oorah’s Shmorg. (Get it?) This […]
FROM OLIVE TO TOUGH (Some familiarity with the letters of the Hebrew alphabet is necessary to get this post. Here’s a cheat sheet for your reference.) This week’s Torah portion […]
We keep coming back to those soup recipes, but in this kind of weather (and these days, wherever you live you’re bound to get it), soup is almost a necessity. […]
In this week’s Torah portion, Parshas Terumah, we discuss the intricate details involved in the building of the Mishkan, the portable tabernacle used in the desert by the Jews. Why […]
THE WANDERING JEW In the past two weeks’ Torah portions, we read about the Jews accepting the Torah. In this week’s Torah portion, the Jews have left Mt. Sinai and […]
Rabbi Shalom Schwadron, the unforgettable maggid (inspirational speaker) of Jerusalem, told the following story. There was once a Chassidic rabbi walking with some of his disciples during the winter. As […]
