My Holocaust-surviving grandmother was the most observant one in my family, but she’s been dead since 2007…hit me with it and I’ll answer to the best of my abilities
My Holocaust-surviving grandmother was the most observant one in my family, but she’s been dead since 2007…hit me with it and I’ll answer to the best of my abilities
I actually have heard that one, I think it’s “real”…God really dicked Moses around for someone who did that much for His cause, the guy didn’t even get to see Jerusalem for more than a few seconds because of that rock he struck
I actually have heard that one, I think it’s “real”…God really dicked Moses around for someone who did that much for His cause, the guy didn’t even get to see Jerusalem for more than a few seconds because of that rock he struck
“Four entered the Pardes (Paradise): Ben Azzai, Ben Zoma, Elisha ben Abuyah, and Rabbi Akiva. Ben Azzai died. Ben Zoma went mad. Elisha became a heretic.
But Rabbi Akiva entered in peace and exited in peace.”
Recognise this?
I actually have heard that one, I think it’s “real”…God really dicked Moses around for someone who did that much for His cause, the guy didn’t even get to see Jerusalem for more than a few seconds because of that rock he struck
what do you think about the idea of putting seasonings into latkes? Do you think it bastardizes it?
was thinking about messing around with Cajun seasoning or curry spices, but I remember a friend telling me that the idea of the latke was that it was supposed to be bland because it was created by poor Jews in European ghettos.
“Four entered the Pardes (Paradise): Ben Azzai, Ben Zoma, Elisha ben Abuyah, and Rabbi Akiva. Ben Azzai died. Ben Zoma went mad. Elisha became a heretic.
But Rabbi Akiva entered in peace and exited in peace.”
Recognise this?
Yep, I’m being serious when I say that I actually did a performance of that parable one summer at the Jewish sleepaway camp I attended for six years…I was the one who immediately died, but I still got to write a big monologue about how the glory of paradise was simply too much to handle
what do you think about the idea of putting seasonings into latkes? Do you think it bastardizes it?
was thinking about messing around with Cajun seasoning or curry spices, but I remember a friend telling me that the idea of the latke was that it was supposed to be bland because it was created by poor Jews in European ghettos.
Cajun seasoning in latkes sounds…pretty damn good, honestly! I think the spirits of those who escaped the desert and the shtetls will forgive this particular transgression, it’s not like you’re violating kashrut by zhuzhing it up a bit
Yep, I’m being serious when I say that I actually did a performance of that parable one summer at the Jewish sleepaway camp I attended for six years…I was the one who immediately died, but I still got to write a big monologue about how the glory of paradise was simply too much to handle
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