In our parsha this week, the story of the Israelites returns to the Wilderness of Zin. Perhaps the Wilderness of Zin sounds familiar....

It's hard to think of Parshat Korach and not think of the dramatic, made-for-movies events of the earth opening up and swallowing the...

It's a disappointing week for Am Yisrael in this week's parsha. They choose to follow the guidance of the 10 spies who report that,...

A number of years ago I taught a class that explored the idea of Truth. The first thing we did was a kind of game asking a series of...

Our parsha continues with the description and listing and categorization of the Jewish people in the desert. Within the Levites some of...

There's two interesting overlaps of calendar timing this year - one is designed by the rabbis and the other is a happenstance of the...

I was working on this week's #parshainspiredmenus on the bus on the way to the Celebrate Israel parade and got some great ideas from my...

Have you heard this trend of Marry Me Recipes? It's a recipe sensation on TikTok and other social media platforms. I did a little...

The Torah goes through the list of Jewish holidays (Shabbat, Pesach, Shavuot, etc.) in two chapters ( Leviticus 23 and Deuteronomy 16),...

We had a very interesting disucssion at Shabbat mincha last week about the public nature of having to proclaim to others that you have...

It feels like we've been prepping for Shemini for weeks! Well, we kind of have since it's the weekly Torah portion we've been reading...

With Pesach starting as Shabbat departs, this Friday night is a bit complicated to cook for...you're not supposed to have anything that...

Last week we closed out the creation of the mishkan and now we move into lots of information about the kind of sacrifices that can and...

Today's post is alternately titled "God loves Jewish bloggers" as a quote directly from our 14 year old that made me laugh pretty hard....

You might notice that the details of this week's parsha, Parshat Vayakhel, sound very familiar. That's because many of the details in...

Over the years we've tried a lot of recipes. Funnily enough, no one can really remember most of the chicken dishes we've tried. I guess...

If you've been reading along in the Torah or my #parshainspiredmenus blog, you might notice that the details of this week's parsha feels...

In a parsha packed with major, memorable events, I decided to go the other way and look for the small details to highlight. That's not...

The common theme in the #parshainspiredmenus dishes this week is fresh fruit and veggies, though not for the same reason. I'll explain....

In 2000 we were living in Stuyvesant Town and attended Town & Village Synagogue. I remember that one week a member of the congregation...