The traditional blessing that parents give to their sons (on Friday nights and some other occasions) is: יְשִׂימְךָ אֱלֹהיִם כְּאֶפְרַיְם...

I knew there was a pasuk I wanted to highlight this week, but couldn't initially think of a food tie-in so I asked our two oldest boys...

I started wearing a piece of tape with the number of days hostages have been held in Gaza on Day 100. On that day, there was a push for...

Credit to my two younger boys for some great ideas for #parshsainspiredmenus this week. We were all at Shabbat mincha together because of...

Last year I had a #parshainspiredmenus item that was based on Joseph's special coat and the different translations of the words כְּתֹ֥נֶת...

Today I had the opportunity to have a reunion lunch with a group of interfaith Clergy who recently traveled together to Israel. (I had...

Our siddur has lots of instructions related to dates and times - additions for Shabbat, special lines for holidays, versions of prayers...

Bereshit spends a noticeable amount of time talking about names and why someone given a particular name, such as in our parsha when each...

This learning is dedicated in memory of my mother, Sharon Decter Brendzel, who died on Parshat Toldot in 2006. I will forever associate...

Over the past few parshiot there's been a lot of talk of age and the passage of time. We get the genealogy list that tells how many years...

As we'll find througout the parshiot of Bereshit, there's a LOT that happens in our parsha. In Vayera two babies are born. The first is...

I’ve been a Starbucks Gold Rewards Member since 2018. Back when I went into a store to order, I kind of loved that my order would roll...

Lech Lecha has a strong start - a meaningful and impactful command from God to Avram. "Adonoy said to Avram, Go from your land, from your...

Noah is one of those parshas where you really feel like you know the story. I mean, we've heard children's songs ("God said to Noah,...

I have a few favorite books and I have read and re-read them, each time finding something new in the language or story, but even with my...

LA Story is one of those movies that I watched a LOT of times. It's not quite up there with Grease (1 or 2, really), or my all-time...

So, this is it - the final parsha of the Torah. We won't have a regular Shabbat when we read this parsha, since we read it on Simchat...

If you're just totally done with cooking after Rosh Hashanah....I hear you. For 2 of the last 3 days, I've spent the vast majority of my...

As part of the regular cycle of matching Torah readings to the number of Shabbatot available for regular readings in a year (which takes...

We've been eating a lot more fruit in the last few months. Partially that's because we're trying to add more fruits and veggies to our...