Shavuot
Stay Up All Night With This Dessert
It’s customary to stay up all night learning Torah on the first night of Shavuot. Though I used to pull ...
Shavuot Recipe: Green Apple Blintz
Blintzes have had a long and happy relationship with Shavuot. As I mentioned yesterday, Shavuot and cheese go together like ...
Shavuot Recipe: Mediterranean Tartlet
When in doubt, break out the puff pastry. Easy to work with, and always yielding a mouth-watering result, you really ...
Shavuot is coming! Shavuot is coming!
When we moved to Chicago, my roommate and I decided we wanted to have a dairy-only kitchen. We had a ...
Anticipating Tiferet she’b’Tiferet
Almost eight years ago, on the evening of April 22nd, after a full day of labor, my husband Rick and ...
Marching Towards Freedom With The Omer
We often flow unaware from one moment on the calendar to the next. There are too many times where we ...
Shavuot in Medieval Times
Historical events and the development of mysticism leave their mark on this festival.
Celebrating Submission
Shavuot has no specific rituals because it is all about receiving God's Torah.
Feminine Aspects of the Omer
In mystical terms, this is a period of time leading to the unification of the male and female aspects of the Divine.