Feeling Cruv-y
Using a Parashah pun, we're bringing cauliflower and cabbage to your table this week!

Themed menus offer creative suggestions for dishes to bring to your Shabbat table. Using the weekly Torah portion as our guide, we imagine what a Parsha-themed meals could look like.






Esau’s Stew
Esau and Jacob are prominently featured in this week’s Torah portion. Upon returning from his hunting grounds, Esau, who is completely famished, storms into his home and demands from Jacob the “red, red stew” that Jacob is cooking. Jacob agrees on condition that Esau exchanges the red stew for his birthright. And so Esau sells his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of red stew.

Chayei Sarah features Operation: Find Issac a wife. The story goes like this: Abraham’s trusted assistant journeys to Charan to find Issac a good wife. After the long journey, he reaches the well of the town, where he stops his entourage of camels to rest. There, he meets the young and lovely Rebecca who exhibits her kindness by offering water not just to him but to the camels as well. Needless to say, Rebecca passes the “test” and becomes one of our dear Matriarchs.


This week’s parsha opens up with the story of three “angels” visiting Avraham’s tent and provides rich detail about how Avraham welcomes the angels in and cares for them. We learn that Avraham was a person who acts with loving-kindness specifically when it comes to the mitzvah of “Hachnasat Orchim,” welcoming guests into his home.
This week we’re creating our own little Avraham’s Tent as an appetizer.


Star Shaped Cookies and Footprint in the Sand Cookies
This week is a big week for Abraham. He leaves behind everything familiar to him and heads out on an adventure of his own. God promises Abraham that he will have a legacy, children as numerous as the stars in the sky and the sand of the earth. What better way to recreate the adventure with some sugar cookies of our own.

Bringing Parsha to your Table… one dish at a time
We've added menu plans that reflect each week's Torah reading. Themed Shabbat meals allow us to focus on the Parashat HaShavua in an engaging and dynamic way. Parshat Beresheet is about the creation of the Universe. We're putting that on your dinner plate!








