Parshas Vayishlach

In this weeks Parsha Rachel Imeinu passes away whilst giving birth to Binyamin.  

For this weeks Parsha Dessert I decided to make an edible version of Kever Rachel.  

For those of you that don't know,  this is what Kever Rachel looks like... or rather looked like before they added all those mammoth sized security walls around it!

To make Kever Rachel, make a coco-pops marshmallow crispies(recipe below).  For the dome, line a round bowl with a bag and mush ice-cream into it.  Freeze and then assemble before serving.

Enjoy and have a wonderful blessed Shabbos!

Parshas Vayeitze

I baked some cup cakes for Shabbos and decided to turn them into little sheep for the Parsha as well...  When Yaakov left Lavan, he was a wealthy man with lots of sheep...

Parshas Vayeitze 2

Yaakov heads back down south to his mother's home town. But just as he's about to enter Charan, he realizes that he had passed a holy site without stopping there to pray. That holy site is Har Hamoriah where Avrohom brought Yitzchok to be sacrificed years ago. It is also the site of the future Beit Hamikdash. Hashemaccepts prayers more readily at this site and Yaakov has a lot to pray for. So he backtracks all the way to Har Hamoriah. Even though this is weeks worth of travel, Yaakov makes the trip in a very short time.

Yaakov arrives at the spot just as the sun is setting. So hedavens Maariv and heads for bed. Well, actually there are no beds in sight, so stones will have to do. Yaakov takes twelve stones and makes a pillow out of them on the ground. He doesn't know it, but, miraculously, all 12 stones merge into one "fluffy" rock pillow, supporting this tzadik as he sleeps.

(torahtots.com)

These represent the 12 stones merging into one soft rock.

Hope you have a wonderful Shabbos!

Parshas Toldos

In this weeks parsha, we learn about the differences between Eisav and Yaakov.  Esav grows up to be a ‘cunning hunter of the field’ and Yaakov a

‘wholesome man’, a dweller in the tents of learning.   When Yitzchak was sitting shiva for his father Avraham Avinu, Yaakov was cooking him some lentil soup.  Lentils is the traditional dish a mourner eats.  Eisav came home from a long and fruitless day at the field, hungry and frustrated.  He saw the soup cooking and demanded Yaakov give him some.  Yaakov answered that the soup was not ready yet, but Eisav insisted that he didnt want to wait and would eat the soup as it is.

Yaakov decided to make a bargain with Eisav.  He would serve him the soup as it was, and Eisav would sell his birthright (being the older of the twins) to Yaakov.  Eisav thought this a great deal! he gets soup now, and gives up all the responsibilities that go with being the oldest son!

For Parsha Dessert this week, I decided to make a 'pot of red soup'. 

Enjoy and have a wonderful Shabbos!!

Parshas Chayei Sarah

 

 When Eliezer was looking for a wife for Yitzchak, he asked Hashem to send him a sign when he finds the right girl.  The sign was to be that when he asks for water to drink who ever offers to put water out for his camels as well will be the one.

Hope you have a wonderful Shabbos!

PARSHAS VAYEIRA

In this weeks parsha we learn that even though Avraham Avinu had just had a bris, he was still desperate to have guests to perform the Mitzvah of Hachnasas Orchim.  His tent is described as having 4 openings so that guests could in come from any direction!

I tried to coat the outside with chocolate.  

It didnt work so I left them plain instead.

Enjoy!

Parshas Lech Lecha

Hashem promises Avraham that his descendants will be as many as the stars in the sky and the dust in the earth (so many that you cant count them).