Food Tourah

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 …

Food Tourah – Terumah

February 25, 2025

Parshat Terumah – 19 parshiot down, only 35 more to go! Terumah (“Donation”), like the previous parsha, is not narrative in nature. God instructs Moses to collect offerings from the …

Food Tourah – Mishpatim

February 18, 2025

Parshat Mishpatim – 18 parshiot down, only 36 more to go! Mishpatim is not in the form of a narrative.  It is, rather, a list of 53 commandments. The 613  …

Food Torah – Yitro

February 12, 2025

The parsha opens with Moses reuniting with his wife and two sons, brought to him by his father-in-law, Yitro – the parsha’s namesake. Moses describes the Israelites’ journey out of …

Food Torah – Beshalach

February 5, 2025

Parshat Beshalach – 16 parshiot down, only 38 more to go! Beshalach recounts the dramatic splitting of the Red Sea as finally the Israelites are able to escape from Egypt …

Food Tourah – Bo

January 29, 2025

Parshat Bo – 15 parshiot down, only 39 more to go! Parshat Bo recounts the final three plagues that G-d brings upon the Egyptians: locusts, thick darkness across the land, …

Food Tourah – Vaera

January 23, 2025

Parshat Vaera – 14 parshiot down, only 40 more to go! Vaera (I appeared) opens with G-d speaking to Moses and recalling his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. G-d …

Food Tourah – Shemot

January 14, 2025

Parshat Shemot – 13 parshiot down, only 41 more to go! Moving right along into the second book of the Torah, Shemot is the opening parsha in the Book of …

Food Tourah – Vayechi

January 7, 2025

12 parshiot down, only 42 more to go! The final parsha of the Book of Genesis, Vayechi (he lived), brings the story of Jacob and his family to a poignant …