Like most Yemenite Jews, my husband’s family is very careful to safeguard its heritage, especially when it comes to liturgy and Torah learning. In an effort to preserve their unique Hebrew pronunciation (considered by some to be the closest one to the way Hebrew was spoken two thousand years ago), kids are taught to [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2009’
Etrog jam may be poisonous – UPDATE
Several readers have expressed interest in pesticide-free etrogs for cooking.
Today, I spoke with a friend of ours, who grows etrogs up in the Galilee. He told me that they stop applying pesticides after picking the fruit for Sukkot, so etrogs that will ripen in the winter (around November – December) will grow without being sprayed.
If [...]
Something different for the holiday meal
Our family’s love affair with Bukharian cuisine began over 60 years ago during WWII, when my grandmother was evacuated from Ukraine to Central Asia. She returned home after getting to know dozens of Bukharian-Jewish families and learning about their favorite dishes. Although I got my hands on a whole treasure trove of authentic recipes while [...]
Obama's peace for our time
On September 30, 1938, Neville Chamberlain returned to Britain after selling Czechoslovakia off to Hitler and pronounced the agreement to signify “peace for our time.” Less than a year later, Germany invaded Poland, setting off the greatest tragedy in modern history.
Fast forward to 2009. President Obama betrays Czech and Polish allies by unilaterally scrapping the [...]
A trip into the heartland
Yesterday, we took advantage of the holidays to visit friends in Elon Moreh. I haven’t been into the Shomron for about 10 years, so this was an excellent opportunity to get a fresh look at the area.
We usually take advantage of family trips to anchor our children’s knowledge of various subjects to the site of [...]
More on pesticides
Recently, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the Chief Rabbi of Tzfat (Safed), revealed that many growers of insect-free greens (the so-called Gush Katif vegetables) use extreme amounts of pesticides instead of employing the more intricate greenhouse methods originally developed in Gush Katif. the Chief Rabbi of Israel Rabbi Shlomo Amar confirmed that there is evidence to support [...]
Etrog jam may be poisonous
Today’s Maayanei Hayeshua magazine published an article about a lady that distributes etrog peels as a segula for various problems.
Last year, I was thinking of making etrog jam and giving it out to women as a segula for easy delivery. However, someone pointed out to me that etrog growers use a huge amount of pesticides [...]
Happy Sukkot
Wishing everyone a happy sukkot!
Enjoy the shake.
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