Here is a selection of links to explore the weekly parshah.
Podcasts:
- Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
- KMTT (KMTT is a daily Torah Podcast, from Yeshivat Har Etzion in Israel)
Weekly e-letters:
- YCT’s Parshat HaShavuah
- VBM’s introduction to Parasha
- Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s Weekly Parsha List
Do you use online resources to study the weekly parshah; which ones?
Entries from October 2008
October 30, 2008
Skywatch Friday: Marseille in October
Skywatch Friday starts tonight. Find out more and join in by clicking here.
October 30, 2008
Chulent Recipes
Here are the recipes I announced yesterday.
Leora shared her recipes in the comments:
Soak beans (enough to cover the bottom) in crock pot on Thursday night. Rinse the beans in the a.m.
Put in new water, enough to more than cover the beans. Add barley (about a layer’s worth?). Cook on high. After a while, add some [...]
October 29, 2008
Sepia Scenes: Hyères
Mary The Teach has created a new meme, Sepia Scenes. Click here to join in or learn how to apply a sepia tone to a photograph. As far as I am concerned I used iPhoto.
I took this photo yesterday morning in the old town center of the French town of Hyères.
October 29, 2008
Chulent?
In a September post, I suggested people were welcome to send me their favorite chulent recipes. I wished to post them altogether and then link to kcc (the Kosher Cooking Carnival) so that they would be included in the next edition. A few people have answered; I’ll post their recipes tomorrow along with a few [...]
October 29, 2008
The Litvaks
A summer post written by Leora gave me ideas for a lesson on the Jews of Lithuania, or rather this provided me with a concrete example of a vanished community that the Holocaust destroyed.
Since I did not know much about the Jews of Lithuania, I bought and read a book Jew Wishes had recommended, The [...]
October 28, 2008
Walking Old Streets
I am on vacation for a few days and have traveled to Hyères, a town in the southeast of France, in the Var département, located 15 km (10 m) east of Toulon.
Since this is a first visit, this morning was devoted to walking in the old town center which is situated on a hill. Although [...]
October 28, 2008
B’nei Noah
Most people know about the covenant (Hebrew: ברית, Brit) between God and Abraham. This covenant is found in Bereshit 12-17. However the first covenant between God and man is found in this week’s parshah, Bereshit 8-9, and applies to the whole of mankind. Even if we often forget about this covenant, we all now the [...]
October 27, 2008
Mysterious Signs for Ruby Tuesday
I took this photo almost a year ago on one of Hong Kong’s numerous islands. This cabin is a barber’s shop; I guess it is also a house. I liked the effort to make it welcoming with the red signs around the door despite the obvious poverty.
Over a month ago, I was amazed to see [...]
October 26, 2008
Today’s Flowers
After a Honk Kong sunset for Skywatch Friday, some Asian water liles.
For more flowers from around the globe,Today’s Flowers is hosted by Luiz Santilli Jr.
