Noshing Across the Nation

Children, Israel, Food, Torah – things I love and talk about often!

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  • Parshat ha Shavuah Verses -Vayeitze

    This week’s Parshah is full of family stories, deceit and internal Torah connections. Michael Hattin is making some great comments juxtaposing the story of Yaakov with the story of the Jews’ exodus from Egypt. Do listen to his view on these connections based on the use of verbs, mostly, in both parashot. We see Yaakov running…

  • Gil Marks’ Yahrzeit

    Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of Gil Marks‘s death. Even though I met Gil only a couple of times, I feel that I have to write about this amazing man. I was sad to see that his webpage was taken down. The man was not only the real walking food encyclopedia, but a Rabbi writing…

  • Just One More

    I wrote it a while ago. It is still true. It will always be.   I wish I could walk by the Walls of that City with you – hand in hand I wish we would hear the whisper of stones in its streets I wish you would take me to share the silence in…

  • Parshat ha Shavuah Verses –Toldot

    This Parshah seems to contain many inner family struggles. First, it reminds us again that each birth is a miracle. As other imahot – אִמָּהוֹת – pra-mothers, Rivka did not immediately give birth. כא  וַיֶּעְתַּר יִצְחָק לַיהוָה לְנֹכַח אִשְׁתּוֹ, כִּי עֲקָרָה הִוא; וַיֵּעָתֶר לוֹ יְהוָה, וַתַּהַר רִבְקָה אִשְׁתּוֹ. 21 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife,…

  • Эльдар Рязанов: “Хочется встретиться с тем, что утрачено…”

    Originally posted on "Multi-Focal" СТраницы Лины Городецкой: Одна из книг, написанных Эльдаром Александровичем Рязановым, называется “НЕподведенные итоги.”   А одно из его стихотворений начинается фразой: “Жизнь прожить – нехитрая наука…” Такая ли нехитрая наука – жизнь? … Нужно просто уметь ее прожить мудро и в гармонии с собственным “Я”. И главное, любить ее и все, что…

  • Jerusalem Exhibition

    Can we have hope or certainty in East or West or anywhere but in the one land full of gates that face the open gates of heaven? —Judah ha-Levi (1075–1141), Jewish poet and philosopher This Sunday I finally made it to the Jerusalem Exhibition at the Met  with the best group of people – my…

  • Verses Before Shabbat

    It is almost Shabbat here, in New York. This means that Shabbat has long descended on Jerusalem, the city of my dreams. Today, Israel is suffering again. No time, or strength to talk about the reasons of these deadly fires. Just these words, written long time ago bringing me back to it, again and again. When…

  • Parshat ha Shavuah Verses –Chayei Sarah

    There are not too many women whose stories are told in detail in the Torah. Sarah is one of these unique women that merits this validation from the Rabbis:”Avraham was secondary to Sarah in prophecy” (Shemot Raba 1:1). This woman was outstandingly beautiful, wise, modest and strong-willed at the same time. Yet, her death was…

  • Something from Nothing или каша из топора. Take Two. Easy, Fast, Healthy, Delicious.

    This post is another shout out to those of my friends that may be at a loss regarding a regular after-work dinner that should be fast, yet nutritious and delicious. Today is one of these days when I have pretty much nothing in my fridge having spent Shabbat at my mother’s. No leftovers. So after work, I decided…

  • Praising Gd Through Tears

    I spent my morning at the cemetery. It’s been half a year. What is time, anyway? Here, on this side of the door we all dread, and are all fascinated with, time is precious. It’s tangible. We all run to finish things we need to do, making plans for the day – don’t forget this, remember…