Shavua Tov! The NEW month of Shevat (Aquarius) begins Monday, read more in this week's newsletter:
https://www.kabbalah4all.com/newsletters/5783/1029.html
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You asked for it...the Sephardic Ladino version of Ein Keloheinu is now on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/JNeSZFUDHiQ
https://youtu.be/JNeSZFUDHiQ
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Ein Keloheinu - Sephardic Ladino Version | אין כאלהינו
This is the Sephardic Ladino version of Ein Keloheinu which is sung during all of our Shacharit services at Kabbalah4All Congregation, an online Sephardic Jewish kehilah.
English Translation - Kabbalah4All Siddur
Sung by Rabbi David Aharon L. Curtis
Copyright…
English Translation - Kabbalah4All Siddur
Sung by Rabbi David Aharon L. Curtis
Copyright…
I wanted to share this with everyone:
Good morning Rabbi,
This is to thank you for all you are doing for us, our Tribe.
The website is awesome!!! Your services often bring tears to my eyes. Through you I am gaining insight to myself, the world and Torah.
I have gained tremendously mentally, physically and I know the financial blessings aren't far off. I am inclined to write my book. In it I shall mention your name, and how I could barely walk even with a walker. But now I go from one end of my apt. To the other end, Go to the bathroom, wash dishes and cook some meals using my walker.
I was literally stuck and couldn't, or could barely walk.
Amazing.
There is so much more to tell but in another time. You will be amazed.
Much love and light to you and your spouse.
God Bless.
If you would like to post this letter on your website or some other place, you have my permission.
Good morning Rabbi,
This is to thank you for all you are doing for us, our Tribe.
The website is awesome!!! Your services often bring tears to my eyes. Through you I am gaining insight to myself, the world and Torah.
I have gained tremendously mentally, physically and I know the financial blessings aren't far off. I am inclined to write my book. In it I shall mention your name, and how I could barely walk even with a walker. But now I go from one end of my apt. To the other end, Go to the bathroom, wash dishes and cook some meals using my walker.
I was literally stuck and couldn't, or could barely walk.
Amazing.
There is so much more to tell but in another time. You will be amazed.
Much love and light to you and your spouse.
God Bless.
If you would like to post this letter on your website or some other place, you have my permission.
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Shavua Tov! Tu BiShvat is one week away, read more in this week's newsletter:
https://www.kabbalah4all.com/newsletters/5783/1107.html
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Adefina Serves 4 to 6
Adefina, adafina, dafina, aní, hamín, caliente, trasnochado. All these names refer to one thing: the quintessential Shabbat dish of the Sephardic Jews of the 15th century. It was commonly known under different names, and this would have been one way Jews were able to deceive Inquisition officials, as this dish would have revealed the makers and eaters as Jewish. All terms refer to the characteristics of the dish: adefina, adafina, dafina mean “buried, hidden.” Aní, hamín, caliente refer to the fact that the dish is “hot.” And trasnochado refers to the fact that it is cooked “overnight.”
Out of respect for the history of this recipe, the method presented here does not contain New World ingredients—like potatoes and sweet potatoes—that are now frequently used by Sephardim to prepare Adefina.
1/2 pound beef brisket, bone in, or lamb neck 2 tablespoons sugar Water (to cover the meat) 1 onion 1/3 cup olive oil 2 bay leaves 1 tablespoon salt 1 whole head garlic 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon turmeric 1 cup dried chickpeas (soaked in water for 24 hours) 6 eggs, left in their shell 10 dates 1 cup Swiss chard, boiled 10 mint leaves
FOR THE FRIED RICE 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 cup rice 1 clove garlic, chopped 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon turmeric 2 saffron strands
Muslin (cooks note: several layers of cheesecloth may substitute for muslin)
Add the meat (bone in) to a large ovenproof pot along with the sugar. Brown for 5 minutes over high heat on the stove. Add water just to cover the meat and bring to a boil; boil for 10 minutes. Skim off and discard the layer of fat that forms over the water.
In the same water, add the whole onion, olive oil, bay leaves, salt, the whole head of garlic, cinnamon, black pepper, nutmeg and turmeric, without overlapping if possible. Next, add the chickpeas, whole eggs in their shells, dates, Swiss chard and mint leaves.
Meanwhile, make the fried rice separately: Take a frying pan and add the olive oil, rice, garlic, salt, turmeric and saffron. Brown for 5 minutes over low to medium heat. Let the rice cool, then place it in the muslin and tie it up. Add the muslin to the pot with the meat.
Add additional water to cover all ingredients. Cover the pot and place it in a 200°-oven in the late afternoon. The adefina will be ready the next day in the late morning.
If desired, you can serve the different ingredients from the pot (rice, eggs, vegetables, broth, meat) in separate dishes.
Notes:
• Many hidden Jews were informed on to Inquisition officials by their servants, who became suspicious on Friday evenings when they were sent out of the house when it was time to prepare Adefina. There were many versions of this dish documented in Inquisition trial records throughout the 15th century. All have some variation of these ingredients and are cooked overnight for Shabbat.
• Andrés Bernáldez (1415 to 1513) mentioned the term “adefina” in relation to the culinary practices of the Jews. In Memoirs of the Reign of the Catholic Monarchs (written in the 15th century), he wrote that Adefina was “a pot-au-feu (puchero) or pot (olla) that the Jews place at nightfall on a stove covering it with embers, for eating on Saturdays.” Various Spanish literary works testify to the preparation and consumption of Adefina between the 14th and 16th centuries.
Adefina, adafina, dafina, aní, hamín, caliente, trasnochado. All these names refer to one thing: the quintessential Shabbat dish of the Sephardic Jews of the 15th century. It was commonly known under different names, and this would have been one way Jews were able to deceive Inquisition officials, as this dish would have revealed the makers and eaters as Jewish. All terms refer to the characteristics of the dish: adefina, adafina, dafina mean “buried, hidden.” Aní, hamín, caliente refer to the fact that the dish is “hot.” And trasnochado refers to the fact that it is cooked “overnight.”
Out of respect for the history of this recipe, the method presented here does not contain New World ingredients—like potatoes and sweet potatoes—that are now frequently used by Sephardim to prepare Adefina.
1/2 pound beef brisket, bone in, or lamb neck 2 tablespoons sugar Water (to cover the meat) 1 onion 1/3 cup olive oil 2 bay leaves 1 tablespoon salt 1 whole head garlic 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon turmeric 1 cup dried chickpeas (soaked in water for 24 hours) 6 eggs, left in their shell 10 dates 1 cup Swiss chard, boiled 10 mint leaves
FOR THE FRIED RICE 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 cup rice 1 clove garlic, chopped 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon turmeric 2 saffron strands
Muslin (cooks note: several layers of cheesecloth may substitute for muslin)
Add the meat (bone in) to a large ovenproof pot along with the sugar. Brown for 5 minutes over high heat on the stove. Add water just to cover the meat and bring to a boil; boil for 10 minutes. Skim off and discard the layer of fat that forms over the water.
In the same water, add the whole onion, olive oil, bay leaves, salt, the whole head of garlic, cinnamon, black pepper, nutmeg and turmeric, without overlapping if possible. Next, add the chickpeas, whole eggs in their shells, dates, Swiss chard and mint leaves.
Meanwhile, make the fried rice separately: Take a frying pan and add the olive oil, rice, garlic, salt, turmeric and saffron. Brown for 5 minutes over low to medium heat. Let the rice cool, then place it in the muslin and tie it up. Add the muslin to the pot with the meat.
Add additional water to cover all ingredients. Cover the pot and place it in a 200°-oven in the late afternoon. The adefina will be ready the next day in the late morning.
If desired, you can serve the different ingredients from the pot (rice, eggs, vegetables, broth, meat) in separate dishes.
Notes:
• Many hidden Jews were informed on to Inquisition officials by their servants, who became suspicious on Friday evenings when they were sent out of the house when it was time to prepare Adefina. There were many versions of this dish documented in Inquisition trial records throughout the 15th century. All have some variation of these ingredients and are cooked overnight for Shabbat.
• Andrés Bernáldez (1415 to 1513) mentioned the term “adefina” in relation to the culinary practices of the Jews. In Memoirs of the Reign of the Catholic Monarchs (written in the 15th century), he wrote that Adefina was “a pot-au-feu (puchero) or pot (olla) that the Jews place at nightfall on a stove covering it with embers, for eating on Saturdays.” Various Spanish literary works testify to the preparation and consumption of Adefina between the 14th and 16th centuries.
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Shavua Tov! Tu BiShvat is on Sunday night, read more in this week's newsletter:
https://www.kabbalah4all.com/newsletters/5783/1114.html
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Shavua Tov! This is the final week of Shovavim, read more in this week's newsletter:
https://www.kabbalah4all.com/newsletters/5783/1121.html
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This weeks portion has an interesting verse: “If he will enter alone, then alone he shall go out, if he is the husband of a woman, then his wife shall go out with him.” The Hebrew word for “alone” is בגפו which literally means “with his body”. If a person spends their life only taking care of physical needs, then they will leave this world with their body and nothing else. However, if “he is the husband of a woman” meaning they spend their life’s energy engaging in mitzvot and doing good deeds, then “his wife will leave with him”. The Talmud teaches that when someone does a mitzvah it walks before them and guides them to the Next World, as it is written: “Your righteousness will walk before you.” (Isaiah 58:8).
An amazing rendition of Lev Tahor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z_8FMaP1yo&ab_channel=%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A3%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A5%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%99
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z_8FMaP1yo&ab_channel=%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A3%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A5%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%99
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יוסף קרדונר - לב טהור
יוסף קרדונר: https://www.confia.co.il/he/YosefKarduner
דיגיטל לאמנים: עירן רסלר https://www.confia.co.il
דיגיטל לאמנים: עירן רסלר https://www.confia.co.il
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We invite you to join our community for Shabbat Shekalim! Kabbalat Shabbat, Friday @ 8 PM EST; Shacharit, Shabbat @ 9 AM EST; Minchah @ 4 PM EST; and Motzaei Shabbat @ 6 PM EST. Go to our website to join us. #shabbatshalom #shabbat #sabbath #judaismo #jewish #Sephardic #jewishlife #kabbalah #synagogue #hashem #esoteric #mystical #judaism #jewishprayer #tefilah #kabbalatshabbat #sefardi #torah #foryou #foryoupage #mystic #beitknesset #tribe #yourtribe #sephardim #shabbatshekalim #mishpatim
The Arizal says that when a person gives tzedakah they bring unity to the Divine Name. How is this accomplished? The outstretched arm is in the form of the Vav ו and the five fingers of the hand giving the money represent the letter Hei ה (which has the numerical value of 5). The small round coin given represents the Yud י and the five fingers of the one receiving the tzedakah represent the final Hei ה. So when one gives tzedakah they unite the Divine Name and according to the verse in this week’s parashah, it is truly “for My Name”. This is the essence of why some of more and some have less in this world. Together the rich and the poor make up the Divine Name יהוה.
Shavua Tov! The NEW month of Adar (Pisces) begins Wednesday, read more in this week's newsletter:
https://www.kabbalah4all.com/newsletters/5783/1128.html
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