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Idea for Parshat Shelach
This week’s parsha tells the famous story of the spies. Moses sends twelve spies to the land of Israel. Forty days later they return, carrying a huge cluster of grapes, a pomegranate and a fig, to report on a lush and bountiful land. But then they continue with words...
Parshat Be’halot’cha
LAZY DAYS AT THE BEACH by Benyamin Cohen Torah from Dixie Staff Writer Summertime is here. Every year, we read the Book of Numbers during the summer, and often it gets less attention then it rightfully deserves. So for the moment, let's catch up with the Jewish people...
Treat for Parshat Beha-alotcha
In this week’s Torah reading, the “stiff necked people” in B’nai Yisrael complain about their lack of nourishment. They cry out for meat and fish and even reminisce about the watermelon they had back in Egypt. Our Torah Treat this week features all those foods: gummy...
Recipe for Shavuot
For our recipe this week, I found something both fun and educational for the holiday of Shavuot. It is a Libyan custom that's certainly not cookie cutter but literally uses cookies to illustrate the essence of Shavuot. Libyan Jews create a child's cookie necklace by...