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The Parsha Noshes

  • 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

    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 this past Shabbat, I noticed for the first time the part of…

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  • The Ark of the Covenant (Nature’s Nosh)

    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 on the other. 13: “Make poles out of acaia wood, and coat them with…

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  • Helping your Enemy with his Fallen Donkey (Nature’s Nosh)

    Torah Link to the text on Sepharia: Exodus 23:5: “When you see the donkey of your enemy unable to stand due to its load, … you have to help him, even if you do not want to do so.” (loose translation) (Who knows? Maybe you’ll make a friend! Either way, we do what is right…

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  • Every Person has a Godly Soul

     Mishpatim / משפטים : SHMOT (EXODUS) 21:1-24:18 (all links to citations will take you to the text on Sepharia.org) While preparing for this week’s ParshaNosher post, I was particularly struck by the beauty of the language of Exodus 23:12 , which reads: “Six days you will do the things that you do[i]/       ששת ימים…

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  • Eagle (Nature’s Nosh)

    Yitro / יתרו : Shmot (Exodus) 18:1-20:23 Exodus 19:5: “You saw what I did to the Egyptians; I carried you on the wings of eagles, and brought you to me.” Ingredients: Tools: Instructions: 2. Take two more apricots. Either slit through the entire side, or make individual slits where you want to add slivered almond…

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  • Parting of the Sea (Nature’s Nosh)

    Exodus 14:10: “And as Pharoh neared, the children of Israel saw that Egypt (the Egyptians) was riding after them. And they were very frightened, and cried out to G-d. 14:13: “And Moshe said to the people: Don’t be afraid. Stand firm, and see the saving acts of G-d, which he will do for you today……

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  • Celery Locust

    Shmot / Exodus 10:1 (translation is somewhat paraphrased  and interpreted for the sake of clarity of the story and accuracy of meaning) And G-d said to Moses:  come to Pharaoh, for I have burdened (traditionally translated as hardened) his heart, and that of his servants, so as to create the opportunity of displaying my signs*…

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  • Shmot / Va’Eira Shabbos Stash: Moses and Aaron approach Pharaoh.

    Aaron, to show proof of the message comes from G-d, follows G-d’s instructions and throws down his staff, which turns into a snake. Pharaoh’s magicians show they can do the same. But even when Aaron’s snake eats theirs, Pharaoh refuses to let us go to the desert to worship G-d. The 10 plagues follow… Though…

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  • Shmot/Baby Moses made of Rice and Seaweed

    Exodus / Shmot 2:1    Man from the tribe of Levi married a woman from the tribe of Levi.*   וַיֵּלֶךְ אִישׁ מִבֵּית לֵוִי וַיִּקַּח אֶת־בַּת־לֵוִי׃   2:2 And the woman became pregnant, and gave birth, and saw that her son was healthy.**  And she hid him for three months. וַתַּהַר הָאִשָּׁה וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתֵּרֶא…

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