Category Archives: Chagim – Holidays

Shlissel or Key Challah

There is a custom to bake key-shaped or Shlissel challah in honor of the Shabbat after Pesach. This is a well observed custom you might want to try for yourself. You can do this by slipping a key directly in the challah, by baking it in the dough or placing it in the braids as […]

Getting ready for Pesach

Pesach – Preparation for The Geula We are all about to celebrate the holiday of Pesach, the holiday that commemorates our exodus from Egypt and our freedom from slavery. One of the biggest preperations we are all busily involved in right now is the cleaning of our houses from Chametz. I don’t think there is […]

Purim for Cats

The Gemara is incredible, it have everything in it. Such as: Gemara Megillah 6B: Germanya,[Germany] a royal province of Edom; who, if they would but go forth, would destroy the entire world. This was written 1500 years ago! The Gemara is the component of the Talmud comprising rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the Mishnah. […]