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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....
Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT), Part 1

Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT), Part 1

It was about four hours into the hike when I started to scratch the surface of why I wanted to do it. Jalisa got me into backpacking about six months after we met. I had always been interested in backpacking, but I was never able to explore it due to various...