Slice Of Life

  • Baking Challah After Passover— Schlissel Key Shaped Challah

    Baking schlissel challah, the key shaped (or baked with a key) challahs is an Ashenazic Jewish custom which I’m happy to say I have been doing for quite a few years. And the time to do this custom is NOW! Namely when one is baking the challahs for the first Shabbat after Passover. Schlissel means…

  • Slice Of Life: Passover, The Chocolate Spread Holiday!

    It’s now Passover, and we’ve just finished celebrating the first day of our beloved 7 day (8 days outside of Israel) holiday. Though we eat matzo to remind us of our liberation from slavery in Egypt, we also happen to love it! The hand-made round matzos that we generally eat, arrive in very large boxes,…

  • Slice Of Life: Getting Ready For Passover!

    We’re almost there! Tonight begins the week long holiday of Passover, and we’ve been working very hard preparing for this special time on the Jewish calender. The silver has been polished, (and in particular our large goblet for Eliyahu), nuts have been cracked (in our case using a hammer covered in a plastic bag!), three…

  • Slice Of Life: A Fruit Label Collection From The Heart…….

      As a child we used to collect the little stickers that one finds on many kinds of fruit and save them on the back of one of the kitchen cabinet doors. I do believe the point of this was to appreciate where things come from, as well as being a geography lesson of sorts.…

  • Slice Of Life: Clowns And More Clowns!

    Last Friday we ushered in the month of Adar, which means Purim is coming! And for my little ones, Purim for some reason means clowns. That’s okay with me, since I think their clowns are pretty sweet. And just wait until you see the big clown project that kept them occupied at the dining room…

  • Slice Of Life: A House In Baka, Jerusalem

    My husband and I were in Jerusalem this week, and I thought I’d share with you a few details from this old 100 year old home (now a  tzimmer—a bed and breakfast without the breakfast…..) in Baka, a historic neighborhood in South Jerusalem. As it turns out, I’m not the only one who loves old…

  • Slice Of Life: A Moroccan Delicacy, Apparently!

    If your husband goes vegetable shopping, and this arrives with the delivery, just be grateful that you have something interesting to share with your readers during the post-Chanukah now what? syndrome. Just tell me, would you laugh and grab your camera? That’s what I did. Photos first, questions later! Now it’s hard to tell in…

  • Slice of Life: Hanukkah— A Real Glimpse Of The Eighth Night!

    This is a little glimpse of what Chanukah looked like at our house tonight! We light our Chanukiahs on low tables in front of unobscured windows for all to see. Of course there were also some small presents, some little treats, a last game of dreidel, and some holiday excitement! Goodbye Chanukah, we’ll miss you…

  • Slice of Life: Chodesh Tov! Ushering In The Month Of Kislev…….

    Chodesh Tov! Today is Rosh Chodesh Kislev, the first day of the month of Kislev. A joyous month because it contains the holiday of Chanukah, coming in just over 3 weeks. On Chanukah in Israel the number one treat is sufganiyot, jelly doughnuts, and they start appearing in the stores now, and are eaten all…

  • Slice Of Life: Look What The Postman Brought!

    As you can imagine, avid knitters and crocheters get really excited about yarn. And those who also happen to blog very often post photos of their latest yarn purchase or deliveries. The readers ooh and ahhh and dream of getting their hands on some too.  Now I’m so happy to say that I can join…

  • Slice of Life: Love In A Box Of Cornflakes!

      Love is everywhere! Our job is to contribute to this love with kinds words and actions towards friends and strangers alike. A smile, a warm greeting, a helping hand can all make a huge difference and yet are so easy to do. Sometimes we all need a little reminder to open our hearts, which…

  • Slice Of Life: A Designer Bee Hive (for Rosh HaShana?)

      Look what I spotted on the back of my brother’s property in Sonoma, CA. No, it is not a chest of drawers, silly you! It’s a modern day beehive! Yes, this is what they look like, more or less, just until now I’d only seen them in white. I just thought it was so…