Shekel

A Visit to Shekel Institute in Jerusalem

Shekel Institute: A visit is a must! You will come away with your ideas about the disabled forever turned on their heads. Shekel's pervasive philosophy is: Everyone, everyone, has a purpose and a place in this world, and a valuable contribution…
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Wonderful Visit to Yad LaKashish Jerusalem

Yad Lakashish literally means a hand to the aging. These are the earrings and the necklace I bought at Yad Lakashish Gift Store. You like? Click on the arrows of the picture gallery to view full-size pictures.   There is never…
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Cooking Class In El Paso. Menu and Recipes

My Cooking Class is El Paso Texas I've been told I put on a good cooking show, but that would never be possible without all my wonderful assistants. Thank you! Our Cooking Class was so much fun! Meeting and serving all the lovely guests! After…

Kosherfest 2016 Best Kosher Products

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Homemade Functional Drinks Recipes

Functional drinks, both hot and cold. That's something I have been tinkering with all my life I started long before they - and all detox talk - became fashionable. My father Z'L, who knew every herb and plant and their many benefits, helped…
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Bison and Bourbon Restaurant. My Review

Bison and Bourbon: Enjoy the pictures! My professional fellow trailblazer and contemporary, Menachem Lubinsky of Lubicom. This past Monday night we went to the soft opening of Bison and Bourbon Restaurant Spectacular new Kosher digs in Gowanus…
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My Young Friend Chaya's Wedding Shower Menu

 Wedding Shower Menu and Cooking Demo for my wonderful young friend Chaya Fried Daughter of our very own beloved Rabbi Yisroel Friend at Chabad of the West Side, beautiful Chaya was  born and bred practically in my backyard. Our friendship…
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Our Seudat Hodaa. Menu, Recipes and Product Plugs

Enjoy the pictures of our food and our guests at our Seudat Hodaa on Facebook. This week we hosted Seudat Hodaa for my husband's... not recovery exactly, but for our New Normal: Yom Yom. His health crisis is multiple myeloma, a rare and…
masbia

Masbia Soup Kitchen: Our Fundraising Event

Masbia Soup Kitchen Fund Raiser at Lincoln Square Synagogue Last night was our exciting fundraising event for Masbia Soup Kitchen, at Lincoln Square Synagogue. The ballroom was filled to capacity. I just can't tell you how much fun it…
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Nuts About Almonds! My Favorite Almond Recipes

Almond Recipes For Almond Lovers! That's my special gift to you! Although I am always tinkering with almond recipes and almond flour, I owe the real impetus for writing a whole post about almonds and multiple almond-based recipes to Nuts.Com. I…
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Misleading Food Labels and The Food Industry

Food labels often look like the latest literary genre I get into occasional tiffs about my undisguised contempt of many food labels put out daily by the food industry.  The gist of the blame aimed at me by a few readers is: if I really cared,…
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I Remember Bubbie: Her First Yartzheit

Bubbie: It’s been a year! Hard to believe it's been a year since my husband Maurice’s mother Fanya - passed away. Bubbie was Fan for her four boys, Maurice, Avrum, Sol and Sam, the ultimate Em Habanim (the Sons’ Mother). My sisters and…