Food; Eating

Departure from Sinai, The People Ask For Meat, The Seventy Elders, Miriam's Sin

There is another aspect to the customs of the Yartzeit. There is a practice to fast on a Yartzeit and especially on the Yartzeit of a Tzaddik. However, we do not find such a practice recorded in the customs of Chabad nor in Chabad books.the Tanya, Torah O...

What we must do with every egg before using it in cooking

Seldom, if ever, does it occur to us that when we spread honey on our bread, or cereal, and enjoy its sweetness, we are actually enjoying the juice of sweet flowers, The bee-that little creature which can give a very painful sting- is the one which gather...

A chicken egg is one of the most familiar items of our daily diet. The average American eats one egg a day, or 365 eggs a year. There is a variety of ways to prepare an egg for breakfast. Some prefer a boiled egg; hard, soft, or medium; some like it fried...

Hardly anybody would think that there is anything strange and wonderful about bread. And yet, as we shall presently see, there is much about bread that is truly wonderful. At least one kind of bread, unleavened bread, or Matzah, has a wonderful history fo...

Thursday Dinner and Friday Lunch / Late Afternoon Snacks

Leviticus 7:26 "You shall not eat any blood" We are forbidden to eat any blood. When an animal is slaughtered, its blood is poured away. Afterwards, we must soak and salt the meat. This process drains the blood which is in the meat. After the meat is soak...

Although it is not recorded in the Talmud, an ancient tradition advises bride and groom to fast on the day of their wedding. (This applies both to those who are marrying for the first time and to those who are remarrying.) They fast from daybreak until af...

Ham’s Sin, Shem and His Descendants