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Oatmeal Cookies
Do you need to use up your Chometz before Pesach? This is my favorite Oatmeal cookie recipe. It was given to me by our friend Barbara Shore; a wonderful woman. May her memory be for a blessing. This will use up some of your rolled oats, some flour, and any chocolate chips or dried fruit
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Donating 1/2 Shekel
As the census was taken only of men ages 20 and up, I decided they should all have beards! I love that every tribe and every family had an equal stake in the Mishkan. We ALL contributed! Exodus 30:11 And G-d said to Moses: וַיְדַבֵּר ה’ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃ 24:12 When you take a census of
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Wise-Hearted Women
Exodus 35:26: “And all the wise-hearted women donated cloth they had spun / וְכׇל־הַנָּשִׁים אֲשֶׁר נָשָׂא לִבָּן אֹתָנָה בְּחׇכְמָה טָווּ אֶת־הָעִזִּים׃ This is a fun project that can be done all sorts of ways. As you can see, the bodies are cucumbers. I purchased multi-colored carrots and used a vegetable peeler to make “cloth.” The
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Haman with his Hat
PURIM PURIM PURIM!!!!! We all know that the traditional food is Hamentaschen, but what are they meant to be? Let’s check! Ingredients as shown: First, take a man-shaped cookie: Cut some eyes, ears, and a beard from the edges of a date. Then decide: is it Haman’s purse? That is what the word “hamentasch” means.
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Mount Sinai
Exodus / Shmot 19:1 On the third month after the children of Israel left Egypt… they came to the Sinai desert. בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי לְצֵאת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם … בָּאוּ מִדְבַּר סִינָי׃ 19:2 …and Israel set up camp there, in front of the mountain, … וַיִּחַן־שָׁם יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶגֶד הָהָר׃ * * * 19:16 And it was,
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Date Eagle
Exodus / Shmot 19:4 You saw what I did to Egypt. And I carried you on the wings of Eagles, and brought you to me. אַתֶּם רְאִיתֶם אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי לְמִצְרָיִם וָאֶשָּׂא אֶתְכֶם עַל־כַּנְפֵי נְשָׁרִים וָאָבִא אֶתְכֶם אֵלָי׃ Ingredients: Instructions: 2. Take a tiny bit of powdered sugar, add as little water as possible. Like a
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Timbrel Eggs
Exodus/Shmot 15:20 And Miriam the prophet, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand, and led all of the women in dancing with timbrels. וַתִּקַּח מִרְיָם הַנְּבִיאָה אֲחוֹת אַהֲרֹן אֶת־הַתֹּף בְּיָדָהּ וַתֵּצֶאןָ כׇל־הַנָּשִׁים אַחֲרֶיהָ בְּתֻפִּים וּבִמְחֹלֹת׃ Note: this snack cannot be made on Shabbat. Ingredients as shown: Tools: Instructions: 2. Slice tomatoes and
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Tomato Timbrel
Exodus/Shmot 15:20 And Miriam the prophet, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand, and led all of the women in dancing with timbrels. וַתִּקַּח מִרְיָם הַנְּבִיאָה אֲחוֹת אַהֲרֹן אֶת־הַתֹּף בְּיָדָהּ וַתֵּצֶאןָ כׇל־הַנָּשִׁים אַחֲרֶיהָ בְּתֻפִּים וּבִמְחֹלֹת׃ Ingredients as shown: Tools: Instructions: 2. Cut out center of tomato. 3. Carefully placing a cheese stick
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Pillar of Cloud and Pillar of Fire
Exodus/Shmot 13:21 And G-d went with them during the day as a pillar of cloud to guide them, and at night as a pillar of fire to light their way, to by day and by night. וָה’ הֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵיהֶם יוֹמָם בְּעַמּוּד עָנָן לַנְחֹתָם הַדֶּרֶךְ וְלַיְלָה בְּעַמּוּד אֵשׁ לְהָאִיר לָהֶם לָלֶכֶת יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה׃ 13:22 The pillar
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Pillar of Cloud and Pillar of Fire
Exodus/Shmot 13:21 And G-d went with them during the day as a pillar of cloud to guide them, and at night as a pillar of fire to light their way, to by day and by night. וָה’ הֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵיהֶם יוֹמָם בְּעַמּוּד עָנָן לַנְחֹתָם הַדֶּרֶךְ וְלַיְלָה בְּעַמּוּד אֵשׁ לְהָאִיר לָהֶם לָלֶכֶת יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה׃ 13:22 The pillar