It was summertime. My parents were upstate lecturing in the Pine View Hotel. I was taking courses in Brooklyn College, and being that my siblings were in sleepaway camp, I had the house to myself. On...
This week’s parashah discusses the clothes of the kohen gadol, and among them the me’il, robe. The me’il had decorative pomegranates and bells sawn along its hem. According to Rashi,...
INGREDIENTS: Sauce 1/2 cup honey 1/3 cup soy sauce, 4 garlic cloves, minced 1 tablespoon ginger, finely diced 1/4 cup water Chicken 2 pounds chicken wings, tips removed, and drumettes separated (24-26 chicken wings) 1 tablespoon oil Salt and pepper, to...
INGREDIENTS: 3 pounds ground beef 1 small onion, grated 3 tablespoons of your favorite bbq sauce 3/4 cup Jason seasoned breadcrumbs 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 6oz package of pastrami diced and sautéed in...
There is a lot of hype recently about the IMPOSSIBLE BURGER. What is the impossible burger & Is there any problem with eating an impossible burger? The impossible burger is...
One wonders why Parshas Mishpotim, the source for many Jewish civil laws, starts out with the subject of slavery. After all, Hashem, who sees the future in its entirety, knew...
Parashat Teruma begins with G-d’s command to Beneh Yisrael that they should donate materials for the construction of the Mishkan: “Ve’yikhu Li Teruma.” Rashi, commenting to this verse, notes that...
A male child’s first haircut is called an upsherin, which is taken from the German words “sherr” (cut) and “up” (off). It is also called chalakah. The mitzvah accomplished by...
The Gemara teaches that when Haman made his lottery to determine the day when he would eradicate the Jews, and the lottery fell on 13 Adar, he was overjoyed. He...
One evening this past week, my family and I were walking down the street when a person walking in the other direction turned, sneered, and said, “Hey you ugly Jews.”...