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Stuart H. Scott: A Tribute

(Dec. 7, 1948 – July 15, 2021)

 By Carolann Biederman & Seth Markow

Stuart was a member of Sof Ma’arav for many years. His son Sean was a Bar Mitzvah at Sof in 2005.… Continue reading

Sof Bread Recipes – Rye Bread & Challah

Baking Rye Bread

January 16, 2021

By Arnie Warshawsky

Two loaves of rye bread on a metal cooling rack

Living under self-quarantine is an exercise in frustration. What to do, what to do. Funny how doing nothing more strenuous than using the TV remote or the computer mouse makes me… Continue reading

Sof Holiday Recipes

Island Latke Recipe

January 13, 2021

By Hefcibah Martin

One bag Alexia Yukon hash browns

One finely chopped onion

One teaspoon salt

1/4 cup All-purpose flour

1/2 cup Panko

Three eggs beaten.

Fry in oil.

 

Cranberry sauce

One bag… Continue reading

20 Years A Jew: One Convert’s Observations in Seven Installments

By Athena DeRasmo


Installment 7 – “And then there was Israel…”

Haifa Shrine of the Bab

Haifa. I sat in a tiny office in a government building – bleak, institutional, and oppressive. Like most Israeli government buildings, it could have been a set for a… Continue reading

Recipes from Peter Fritz

By Peter Fritz


Stress Baking

Jun 10, 2020

By Peter Fritz

Looking for a distraction that provides comfort? Try baking bread. When you are making bread, the only thing you are thinking about is your bread. You are not thinking… Continue reading

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  • Menachot 13
    On today’s daf, we begin the second chapter of Menachot, and the opening of its first mishnah might sound curiously ... The post Menachot 13 appeared first on My Jewish Learning.
  • Menachot 12
    We know that when a priest offers a meal offering with wrong intentions, it invalidates the offering. But not all ... The post Menachot 12 appeared first on My Jewish Learning.
  • Torah is Pedagogy
    The Torah commands animal sacrifice, and in painstaking detail  — which animals, which altars, which procedures. Yet the prophets seem ... The post Torah is Pedagogy appeared first on My Jewish Learning.