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About Marshmallows and Cutting Them
CAUTION: Buy only those with a hechsher, which will be either the special Kosher brands or the vegan brands. “Regular” marshmallows are made with pork gelatin. BEFORE MAKING ANY CUTTING, DIP SCISSORS INTO POWDERED SUGAR BAG TO PREVENT SCISSORS FROM STICKING. The marshmallow will retain enough stickiness to do what is needed, but otherwise you…
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Moshe Rabbeinu Holding the Tablets of the Decalogue
Torah Ki Tisa / כִּי תִשָּׂא : SHMOT (EXODUS) Exodus 30:11-34:35 (link to the text on Sepharia) Exodus 24:12 And G-d said to Moses: come up to me towards the mountain. And be there. And I will give you the stone tablets and the law and the commandments which I wrote in order to guide…
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Moses Holding Tablets
Torah Ki Tisa / כִּי תִשָּׂא : SHMOT (EXODUS) Exodus 30:11-34:35 (link to the text on Sepharia) Exodus 24:12 And G-d said to Moses: come up to me towards the mountain. And be there. And I will give you the stone tablets and the law and the commandments which I wrote in order to guide…
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About Translations
Though I will continue to translate most of the text myself, I thought it would be disingenuous to claim I was doing so for Parashat Tetzaveh, as both snacks consist of making the Choshen, and I no independent knowledge of the meaning of the various stones. As such, I looked at the Sefaria.com Terms and…
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Standing Up to G-d
Torah Ki Tisa / כִּי תִשָּׂא : SHMOT (EXODUS) Exodus 30:11-34:35 (link to the text on Sepharia) Everyone knows the story, and I knew it, too, or so I thought. Moshe Rabbeinu goes up to Mount Sinai, the people below miscalculate and think he failed to return on time, and make a golden calf. G-d…
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Do we Still have Choices if the Choices are Made for Us?
Torah Tetzaveh / תצוה : SHMOT (EXODUS) Exodus 27:20-30:10 (link to the text on Sepharia) Reading through Parashat Tetzaveh brought to my mind two things issues that frequently occupy my thoughts: The push-pull relationship we have with G-d, and how to know what G-d wants from us. My very favorite part of the Torah comes…
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Question for the Community: Have Jelly Bellies changed?
Back when my children were little and I created the “Shabbos Stash” concept, I used jelly beans all of the time, and always Jelly Bellies. I could get them in a large container at Costco (I had a whole class, so it was worth it). They were kosher, cheap, came in all sorts of colors,…
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Ark of the Covenant (Shabbos Stash)
Please see the Nature’s Nosh for most of the instructions. This week, in this link I am only including adjustments for the use of only Shabbos Stash ingredients. To make a cherub solely out of marshmallows (remembering to dip your scissors into powdered sugar in between each snip!), cut a “wing” off of each flat…
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Creating a Mikdash for Hashem
Torah Trumah / תרומה : SHMOT (EXODUS) 25:1-27:19 (link to the text How is it possible to notice something new about something one has seen, heard, sung, or said literally thousands of times? Maybe it is just because I have become really interested of late in Shorashim (root words) and how they are connected, but…
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The Ark of the Covenant (Nature’s Nosh)
Torah Trumah / תרומה : SHMOT (EXODUS) 25:1-27:19 (link to the text on Sepharia) Exodus 25:10: “Make an ark of acacia wood…. 11: “Coat it with pure gold within and without, and around it make a garland of pure gold. 12: “Make four gold rings for the four corners, two on one side, and two…