This past Shabbat our rabbi (aka my husband) asked the congregation to follow along as we read Vayakhel and look at who is being told the...

In many ways, this parsha is a review of the information in earlier parshiot. We read the details of the creation of the Mishkan, the...

Today marks 150 days that hostages have been held in Gaza. 150 days. It is so painful. For the last 50 days I have been marking the...

A few days ago I received a Facebook Message from someone I haven’t spoken to in-person in over 25 years. We’ve communicated via Facebook...

This parsha has one of the most well known dramatic storylines of the Torah - the Golden Calf and Moshe's ensuing anger where he smashes...

I sat down Sunday morning to work on this week's menu and got to do something new - brainstorm with my cousin and niece (we were...

As our 11 year old often says, "The Torah is stingy with words" so when there is a repetition, we know that it's highlighting something...

As you may know, there’s a day for almost everything you can imagine. In just the first week of January you’ll find National Bloody Mary...

This parsha is filled with (sometimes very detailed) laws and rules to help the Israelites create a society. Coming out of slavery they...

In 1964 President Johnson issued a proclamation marking February as American Heart Month. The goal was to get Americans to pay attention...

In this parsha we will read the Aseret HaDibrot, usually translated as Ten Commandments, though 10 Utterances is more accurate. I find it...

When the residents of the Kibbutzim around Gaza came out of their safe rooms, those who were fortunate enough to do so, most after hours...

Almost from the moment I stepped off the plane in Israel, there were reminders of the hostages - a display of the silver dog tags many...

This is the first parsha with a Parsha Inspired Menus post from last year (I was doing the project for longer, but I wasn't blogging...

Today our Israel Volunteer and Solidarity Mission went to visit the Nova Music Festival Memorial. This memorial was first set up in...

There’s something very powerful about counting. We use counting in a whole variety of ways… Counting down to something that we’re excited...

This week some of the ingredients are mixing together from different parts of the parsha, so rather than share the idea and then the...

Much of this week's parsha will sound familiar since this week (and next) cover the heart of the Passover story. While one year at seder...

With the move into Shemot, we move away from the stories of our patriarchs and Joseph and solidly into Moshe and Egypt. For this week's...

I am biased. In fact, pretty much we all are. Some biases we are aware of, but many are unconscious. As I sit here at the very tail end...