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5784, Terumah

5784, Terumah

Exodus 25:1-27:19  Here we have another parsha that is less narrative and more instruction. And I like that. Just as we have four children and different answers for them during the Passover seder, we have different narrative styles for different people and different...
5784, Vaera

5784, Vaera

Exodus 6:2-9:35 There’s much I can say to this parasha. The idea of escaping the corruption of the city for wilderness especially speaks to me. But today I want to focus on something else. We learned last week that Pharaoh intentionally made the Israelites’ work more...

Challah recipe

Bread machine directions 1. 1 C (8 oz) room temperature water2. 2 large eggs3. ? C (3 oz) sugar4. ? C oil (3 oz)5. 1 ½ tsp salt6. 1 ? C (8.7 oz) white wheat flour7. 2 ? C (13.8) bread flour8. 2 1/4 tsp yeast (for glaze)1 egg yolk½ tsp waterpinch of sugar Preheat oven...
36 year in review

36 year in review

2019. 36. What a year. My birthday goals for that year were to continue building myself up and to find things which would make me happy. That, I did. Sadly, I wasn’t able to find a new theme song for that year, though it didn’t really seem I needed one....