I know that this is hard to believe but the Torah doesn’t anything about blintzes or cheesecake, or cheese kreplach or even sour cream for Shavuot. The only cooked food mentioned is bread, as in the Shnei Lehem, two loaves made from the wheat of the new crop and brought to the Temple along with the … Continue reading
On the fifth day of Sivan there was a great commotion in the Heavens. Hashem was preparing to give the Torah to the Jews but the angels were unhappy. ‘We don’t want You to give the Torah to the Jewish people, ” the angels said. “We want to keep the Torah here in heaven for … Continue reading
As a kid growing up in New York, I admired magazine photographs of Ranch dressing. Maybe it was the color contrast, creamy white over dark green but those pictures always made me salivate. Sadly, I never tasted Ranch dressing because in those days it never seemed to be kosher. Then I moved to Israel where I lived in … Continue reading
