Author: sbenharush

Food Tourah: Shelach

June 18, 2025

Because life so often happens around food, we’re spending the year exploring the weekly parshiot and finding connections to each week’s Shabbat menu. 37 parshiot down, 17 more to go! …

Food Tourah: Beha’alotekha

June 11, 2025

Because life so often happens around food, we’re spending the year exploring the weekly parshiot and finding connections to each week’s Shabbat menu. 36 parshiot down, 18 more to go! …

Food Tourah – Behar – Bechukotai

May 20, 2025

Another double parsha this week – Behar-Bechukotai – marking the 32nd and 33rd parshiot down, only 21 more to go! Behar introduces the concept of the sabbatical year (shemita), when …

Food Tourah – Emor

May 14, 2025

Parshat Emor – 31 parshiot down, only 23 more to go! Emor details the rules surrounding priestly conduct, including restrictions on mourning, marriage, and who may consume sacrificial offerings. It …

Food Tourah – Acharei Mot – Kedoshim

May 7, 2025

With another double parsha this week – Acharei Mot-Kedoshim – we mark the 29th and 30th parshiot down, only 24 more to go! Acharei Mot opens after the death of …

Food Tourah – Tazria-Metzora

April 28, 2025

With this week’s double parsha, Tazria-Metzora – we have reached the halfway point. 27th and 28th parshiot down, only 26 more to go! The focus of these portions is on …

Food Tourah – Shemini

April 20, 2025

Parshat Shemini – 26 parshiot down, only 28 more to go! Shemini – “eighth” – marks the final day of the ordination ceremony, when Aaron and his four sons start …

Food Tourah – Tzav

April 8, 2025

Tzav expands on the five sacrifices introduced in last week’s portion, Vayikra, detailing what each offering contains and who may partake.   The burnt offering (Olah in Hebrew) remains on the …

Food Tourah – Ki Tissa

March 12, 2025

Parshat Ki Tissa – 21 parshiot down, only 33 more to go! The parsha begins with a census in which each person counted must contribute a half shekel.  It then …

Food Tourah – Tetzaveh

March 5, 2025

Parshat Tetzaveh – 20 parshiot down, only 34 more to go! Tetzaveh opens as God instructs the Israelites to bring olive oil for “kindling lamps regularly” (Exodus 27:20), which is …