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Food: an Anthology
Compiled by Yanki Tauber Thirty essays and stories on the cosmology and geometry, wonder and whimsy, guilt and desire, politics and economics, history and future, the Talmud and the Kabbalah of food
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Mystical Mealtime
Kabbalah teaches that the spiritual life-force in food is what gives a person vitality. By Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov; translation and commentary by Eliezer Shore Kabbalah teaches that the spiritual life-force in food is what gives a person vitality.
Kabbalah Online » Weekly Torah » Archives » Devarim - Deuteronomy » Eikev » Chasidic Masters » Mystical Mealtime
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Refined Tastes
From a discourse of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi; adapted by Yosef Marcus The menu at the banquet of Mashiach -- and the offering of Aaron
Kabbalah Online » Weekly Torah » Archives » Vayikra - Leviticus » Tzav » Chasidic Masters » Refined Tastes
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Spiritual Molecules
By Velvl Greene Speculations about the Kosher laws: would our rabbis be more successful in getting their message across if they exchanged their black frocks for white lab coats?
Ideas & Beliefs » Torah & Science » Spiritual Molecules
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The Summer of the Kishka
By Illana Attia Here was genuine culture, a living tradition, a way of preparing for Tisha B’Av that I had never experienced before. It was an awakening, a discovery of origins. This is where hotdogs come from
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Meat
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe What is the Torah's view on meat-eating? In our Parshah, the laws and preconditions for eating "meat of desire" (i.e., meat whose consumption is not a mitzvah or a necessity) are set forth -- prompting much discussion in the Talmud, the commentaries, and ...
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Holy Lunch
By Yanki Tauber Have you ever closed a deal, celebrated your marriage (or its anniversary), or simply spent time with a good friend -- without eating something together? Why do our teeth, gullet and stomach figure so prominently in who, how, where and with whom we are?
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Kosher Marks
By Michael Medved My daughter was hoping that I'd detect some excuse in the fine print on the wrapper, but I found no visible certification. "I'm sorry, Sarah," I said, handing it back to her after a careful search. "I just don't see any kosher mark."
Society & Living » Voices » Days of our Lives » Kosher Marks
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The Development
By Mattis Kantor Two cows, they were, sharing a paddock on the same farm...
Spirituality » Essays » The Development
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Bread, Guilt and Grace
By Wendy Dickstein I know that all are not sustained and nourished here, where I furtively eat behind closed doors. So I expiate my guilt by prayer, and this leads to a new kind of haunting uneasiness
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