Category: Shabbos
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Baby Stroller Fruit Display
So, I took matters into my own hands. Actually, I took matters into the capable hands of my youngest daughter, Davida. And, of course, I wasn’t disappointed. Davida carved a watermelon into this baby stroller complete with a nectarine baby sipping his bottle. It was not too complicated to prepare and it really created a…
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Challah: Wrapping Up a Bit of Heaven
Traditionally, we bake braided challah for Shabbos. The Hebrew word, challah, actually means loaf of bread and alludes to the mitzvah (commandment) of challah, the blessing and setting aside of a small piece of bread dough during the bread preparation process. At our Shabbos meals, after we say the kiddush (blessing on wine), we recite a blessing over…
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A Dozen Roses Stretched to Fill the Shabbos Table
Don brings home roses every Friday in honor of Shabbos. The roses are always of wonderful quality and it a surprise to discover what color roses will adorn our Shabbos table. Most Fridays, we enjoy all twelve roses in one traditional arrangement. This week, Don brought home peach color roses, one of my favorites. Our home…
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A Summer Version of Simply the Best Chicken Soup
Many of my friends stop making chicken soup for their Friday night Shabbos (the Jewish sabbath) meal when the weather gets too hot. Not me. My children would tell me that it doesn’t feel like Shabbos without the chicken soup. So, chicken soup graces our Shabbos table, rain or shine, winter or summer. Somehow, our Shabbos…
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Simply the best cholent…with low-carb ingredients
Tzippy Respler Don and I are still on a low-carb diet. During the week, we try to eliminate carbs almost completely. On Shabbos, we allow ourselves to enjoy a small amount of challah at each meal, but still try to adhere to the low-carb protocol as much as possible. Cholent is a challenge, because it is…
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Davida’s Easy and Delicious Calzones for a Melave Malka Feast
Melave Malka (Saturday night meal) is the name given to the meal that we eat at the Shabbos has departed. The literal meaning of the words Melave Malka is “accompaniment of the queen”, referring to our escorting of the Shabbos Queen out of our homes after the spiritually uplifting Shabbos. The Shabbos is often metaphorically described as a…