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Sally Rosenkranz's Honey Cake
Sally Rosenkranz, who was from Radom, Poland, lost her mother in the Holocaust. She learned to cook and bake from her aunt, refining recipes over the years. Now, her daughter shares this crowd-pleasing honey cake.
If You Were a Kitchen Utensil, What Would You Be?
The rabbis of Pirkei Avot bring us four kinds of students, and the Mishnah goes on to compare each one to a different kitchen utensil.
From Blasphemy to Blasphemous: An Instructive Transition
In Parashat Emor, the Torah reports that a man born of mixed Israelite-Egyptian descent “blasphemed the Name [of God],” was placed on trial, and was stoned to death. A law was then enacted that anyone, Jewish or gentile, who blasphemes the name of God shall be put to death. Over time, in communities throughout the world, laws against blasphemy were put in place to address curses leveled at God as well as perceived slights against some religions.