All For You!

After the Torah gave us a detailed explanation of the components of the Mishkan and the magnificent garments that they donned, the ceremonial procedure to install Ahron and his children as the Kohanim to service the Jewish nation took place.

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This Week In Pictures

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We had a fabulously busy week here at TJE! From the launch of our new weekly learning series - Yagdil Torah, to plenty of Olami YP learning, families prepping for Purim and more! Here is This Week In Pictures!

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Sharing Our Stories Through Food: Nany Frieda’s Mandelbread

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My great grandmother, Nany Frieda, always had freshly baked cookies when we came to visit her in Miami. Chocolatey mandelbread and delicate rolls of chocolate rugaleach topped with colorful sprinkles greeted us every time. Sometimes my brother and sisters and I were lucky and Nany Frieda would let us help her bake.

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Weekly Insights with Chaya Parkoff

I have been struggling to write this email. Do I write about this week's Parsha - and talk about the garments that the Kohanim (High Priests) wore in the Holy Temple, and the meaning and lessons we can derive from those garments? Or do I write about the upcoming holiday of Purim or the special Torah portion we read the Shabbat before Purim about Amalek? While there is so much I could say about each of those topics, I ultimately chose to write about an experience I had this past Shabba

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This Week In Pictures

Olami Denver Experience is launching a very exciting new program called Mile High Shabbat Pods - and it connects our Young Professional communities for Shabbos dinners all over town. They met last night to start cooking for the first Shabbat dinner this evening!

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Room 102

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A woman called the switchboard of a hospital and asked how Mrs. Schwartz in room 102 was doing. The switchboard operator put her on hold for a minute, then came back and reported: “Mrs. Schwartz in room 102 is doing very well! Why, just this morning her lab work came back and everything is normal. Her doctor is pleased and says she will be able to go home next week.”

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Weekly Inspiration from Sarah Wolfe

When I came downstairs on Shabbos morning, my 3 year old showed me excitedly what she found in the kitchen drawer.  It was a lavender colored flower shaped cookie cutter.  She was over the moon with joy.  “Mommy, let’s make cookies!” She wanted to use it right away.  I had a dilemma.  We don’t make cookies on Shabbos

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Sharing Our Stories Through Food: Hungarian Fushiert

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The first thing I learned how to make in my mother's Hungarian Jewish kitchen was Fushiert - also spelled "fasírt." It's a staple in our household, and something that brings me great pleasure in sharing with as many people as I can. In fact, it was one of the first things I made for my now-husband and I'm pretty sure these small meatballs are the reason he proposed.

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