The Edible Torah

Standing In the Middle

leon — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:00:36 +0000

For over 10 years now, my professional email has ended with this quote “Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.” – Galileo Galilei I’m a computer geek by trade, and this suits my job description nicely. A large part of what I do hinges on my ability to find small bits [...]

Geek-Matria 10

leon — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:00:25 +0000

Continuing my Geek-matria theme I took a few moments to convert today’s date from binary into a number, and then to find out the words that had that numeric value according to Gematria. (With appreciation to Bill Heidrick for his work on this site) Today (01-11-2011) date equates to 31. The Hebrew words that have [...]

Geek-Matria 9

leon — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:00:12 +0000

Continuing my Geek-matria theme I took a few moments to convert today’s date from binary into a number, and then to find out the words that had that numeric value according to Gematria. (With appreciation to Bill Heidrick for his work on this site) Today (01-10-11) date equates to 27. The Hebrew words that have [...]

Shabbat Beshalach (Ex. 13:17-17:16)

leon — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:00:55 +0000

EVERYTHING happens in this portion – Pharaoh changes his heart (or does God change it for him?), the Israelites depart without taking time for the bread to rise, the get to the Red Sea, the waters part, Miriam sings the Song of the Sea (or the Song of Miriam, depending on your perspective), God travels [...]

Not Exodus, Just Migration

leon — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:06:46 +0000

As I mentioned as part of my year-end wrapup, there are a few changes I wanted to see happen as we move into 2011. One of them was a site update, which I’ve just completed. Most of the changes are going to be seamless – you keep clicking and I’ll keep being here. More importantly, [...]

The P’shat and D’var of Challah

leon — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:00:34 +0000

One Friday afternoon my wife and I were discussing some things I had learned at Torah study when I mentioned the concepts of p’shat (the plain text or simple story), and d’var (text extended with meaning and background, layered with insight that might be opinion but should make the portion more accessible to the reader). [...]

Shabbat Bo (Ex. 10:1-13:16)

leon — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 13:00:33 +0000

This week, rather than quickly summarizing the portion I decided to keep you in the dark about the food assignment. Limited only by your research ability, creativity and the category of food assigned, please bring a food which is “dark”. Not sure what this Torah portion is about? You can find a brief summary in [...]

Geek-Matria 8 (New Year’s edition)

leon — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:00:14 +0000

Happy New Year! Continuing my Geek-matria theme for 2011, I took a few moments to convert today’s date from binary into a number, and then to find out the words that had that numeric value according to Gematria. (With appreciation to Bill Heidrick for his work on this site) Today (01-01-11) date equates to 23. [...]

The Year in Review – Part 2

leon — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:00:52 +0000

Continuing from yesterday’s post, I want to take what I’ve learned and look ahead to 2011. Questions For You I want to reiterate the questions I put forward yesterday: What would you like to see on EdibleTorah (or GoingKosher, for that matter) in the coming year? What needs to change? What do you want to [...]

The Year in Review – Part 1

leon — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:00:36 +0000

For some, the “year-in-review” post is a way to milk old content without a whole lot of effort. However, my role model Chris Guillebeau has shown me that one of the values in looking back is in helping figure out the best way to proceed. So here is my look back at 2010, in the [...]