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Ron: Replacing page with ' {{blog}} {{bheader|June 12th|Devar/5769/Shelach}} You can help feed the hungry in Israel! Hi again! Until next week,<...'

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You can help [[tsedaka|feed the hungry]] in Israel!

Hi again!

''Shavuot'' followed by shabbat was very restful. The weather wasn't too hot, and the food -- the food! -- was wonderful. We had guests over for one meal, and it was overall just a fine ''yom-tov''. I hope yours was as well!

There is a synagogue in the final stages of construction just a few houses away from us. Because of its proximity, I will probably be going there most of the time. When I mentioned that to two separate people over shabbat/yom-tov -- one of them an "important" person, I got the response, "you would pray there? It's a ''sephardi'' shul!". To which my response was, "prayer is prayer", and it makes little difference to me any more where I pray as long as there is a ''minyan'' of kosher Jews. I find this "Ashekanzi superiority complex" very disturbing, but I've grown used to it. I only wish I understood its source.

This week there was a [http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4103134 country-wide defense exercise], simulating simultaneous attacks on Israel from several fronts as well as country-wide terrorist attacks. As part of the exercise, we were supposed to go to our "shelter room". We don't have a "shelter room", since our house was built before they became mandatory. But each neighborhood has a bomb-shelter -- the only problem being we had no idea where ours was! Fortunately, our neighbors did know -- and we found out the shelter is at the end of the building. We hope and pray that we won't have to use it, but it's good to know that there's one available if needed. If more of the Islamic world were like [http://www.hudsonny.org/2009/05/islam-today-1.php Khaled Abu Toameh] we wouldn't have to conduct such drills.

You might think that we had enough food over the Shavuot holiday and shabbat immediately afterwards -- and you would be right! Nevertheless, I tried my hand at making [http://ronware.org/Pictures/Shawarma/index.html lamb shawarma]. It was a whole production, as you can see from the pictures... but definitely worth it! Today I recycled leftover lamb into a kind of {{wiki|bulgogi}} side-dish for shabbat.

Just FYI: {{hebs|חמי עין גדי}} does ''not'' mean "Ein Gedi hotties". Sarah came up with that helpful translation this week. What it means is "[http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/1,7340,L-2625397,00.html Ein Gedi hot-springs]" -- much less likely to get you in trouble. But given the hot weather right now, I don't know why one would want to soak in hot-springs.

Anyway, I've still got some prep-work to do before shabbat, so...

Until next week,<br>
Shabbat shalom!

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 This week I attended the first in a series of "diabetes workshops" held by my ''kupat cholim''.  Even though I don't have diabetes, I have two parents who had it (my father z"l had it, and my mother is treating it).  So I'm at high risk for developing it, and need to try to hold it off as long as possible.  I've been on anti-diabetes medications for about ten years already, as a preventative measure.  Anyway, this time they called from the "kupah" and invited me to join their workshop.  Interesting group of people.  One fellow came in already complaining about everything; he didn't even stay for the opening of the class.  Among the words of wisdom I culled from the presenters is that ''Hilbe'' {{hebs|חילבה}} ({{wiki|fenugreek}}) is a natural anti-diabetic (and anti-triglyceride etc).  So even though I don't really like the taste, I'm going to start incorporating it in my meals on a regular basis and see if that helps control my blood chemistry more.  It can't hurt, anyway.
-For this shabbat I got whole ''[http://www.dagim.org.il/Index.asp?ArticleID=78&CategoryID=93 buri]'' ({{wiki2|Mullet_(fish)|mullet}}), which I seasoned lightly with salt, pepper, olive oil and ''{{wiki|za'atar}}''.  Baked at 200C for 30 minutes and let cool, then de-boned and sprinkled with lemon juice.  I also made some caper mayonnaise to go with it, should anyone feel like it (I like {{wiki|capers}}!).
+For this shabbat I made [[Recipes/Buri|buri]].  Delicious!
 Well, it's time to clean the house for shabbat, so...

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 This week I attended the first in a series of "diabetes workshops" held by my ''kupat cholim''.  Even though I don't have diabetes, I have two parents who had it (my father z"l had it, and my mother is treating it).  So I'm at high risk for developing it, and need to try to hold it off as long as possible.  I've been on anti-diabetes medications for about ten years already, as a preventative measure.  Anyway, this time they called from the "kupah" and invited me to join their workshop.  Interesting group of people.  One fellow came in already complaining about everything; he didn't even stay for the opening of the class.  Among the words of wisdom I culled from the presenters is that ''Hilbe'' {{hebs|חילבה}} ({{wiki|fenugreek}}) is a natural anti-diabetic (and anti-triglyceride etc).  So even though I don't really like the taste, I'm going to start incorporating it in my meals on a regular basis and see if that helps control my blood chemistry more.  It can't hurt, anyway.
-For this shabbat I got whole ''[http://www.dagim.org.il/Index.asp?ArticleID=78&CategoryID=93 buri]'' ({{wiki2|Mullet_(fish)|mullet}}), which I seasoned lightly with salt, pepper, olive oil and ''{{wiki|za'atar}}''.  Baked at 200C for 30 minutes and let cool, then de-boned and sprinkled with lemon juice.  I also made some caper mayonnaise to go with it, should anyone feel like it (I like capers!).
+For this shabbat I got whole ''[http://www.dagim.org.il/Index.asp?ArticleID=78&CategoryID=93 buri]'' ({{wiki2|Mullet_(fish)|mullet}}), which I seasoned lightly with salt, pepper, olive oil and ''{{wiki|za'atar}}''.  Baked at 200C for 30 minutes and let cool, then de-boned and sprinkled with lemon juice.  I also made some caper mayonnaise to go with it, should anyone feel like it (I like {{wiki|capers}}!).
 Well, it's time to clean the house for shabbat, so...

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 This week I attended the first in a series of "diabetes workshops" held by my ''kupat cholim''.  Even though I don't have diabetes, I have two parents who had it (my father z"l had it, and my mother is treating it).  So I'm at high risk for developing it, and need to try to hold it off as long as possible.  I've been on anti-diabetes medications for about ten years already, as a preventative measure.  Anyway, this time they called from the "kupah" and invited me to join their workshop.  Interesting group of people.  One fellow came in already complaining about everything; he didn't even stay for the opening of the class.  Among the words of wisdom I culled from the presenters is that ''Hilbe'' {{hebs|חילבה}} ({{wiki|fenugreek}}) is a natural anti-diabetic (and anti-triglyceride etc).  So even though I don't really like the taste, I'm going to start incorporating it in my meals on a regular basis and see if that helps control my blood chemistry more.  It can't hurt, anyway.
-For this shabbat I got whole ''[http://www.dagim.org.il/Index.asp?ArticleID=78&CategoryID=93 buri]'' ( {{wiki2|Mullet_(fish)|mullet}}), which I seasoned lightly with salt, pepper, olive oil and ''{{wiki|za'atar}}''.  Baked at 200C for 30 minutes and let cool, then de-boned and sprinkled with lemon juice.  I also made some caper mayonnaise to go with it, should anyone feel like it (I like capers!).
+For this shabbat I got whole ''[http://www.dagim.org.il/Index.asp?ArticleID=78&CategoryID=93 buri]'' ({{wiki2|Mullet_(fish)|mullet}}), which I seasoned lightly with salt, pepper, olive oil and ''{{wiki|za'atar}}''.  Baked at 200C for 30 minutes and let cool, then de-boned and sprinkled with lemon juice.  I also made some caper mayonnaise to go with it, should anyone feel like it (I like capers!).
 Well, it's time to clean the house for shabbat, so...

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 Last shabbat I tried out the new synagogue down the street, for ''ma`ariv'' (evening services). As I mentioned last week, it's a "sephardi" place -- actually, it seems more Moroccan than anything else.  Anyway, it was nice; but in the morning I decided I would rather walk twenty minutes and have air-conditioning and a shorter service, than walk only one minute and have no air-conditioning and a longer service.  As we came home, the people in the local synagogue were still in the middle of services - so that's at least 40 minutes longer than the place I normally go.  Not that I mind so much, but the Temanim finish even earlier than either -- although they also start earlier.
-This week I attended the first in a series of "diabetes workshops" held by my ''kupat cholim''.  Even though I don't have diabetes, I have two parents who had it (my father z"l had it, and my mother is treating it).  So I'm at high risk for developing it, and need to try to hold it off as long as possible.  I've been on anti-diabetes medications for about ten years already, as a preventative measure.  Anyway, this time they called from the "kupah" and invited me to join this workshop.  Interesting group of people.  One fellow came in already complaining about everything; he didn't even stay for the opening of the class.  Among the words of wisdom I culled from the presenters is that ''Hilbe'' {{hebs|חילבה}} ({{wiki|fenugreek}}) is a good anti-diabetic (and anti-triglycerides etc).  So even though I don't really like the taste, I'm going to start incorporating it in my meals on a regular basis and see if that helps control my blood chemistry more.  It can't hurt, anyway.
+This week I attended the first in a series of "diabetes workshops" held by my ''kupat cholim''.  Even though I don't have diabetes, I have two parents who had it (my father z"l had it, and my mother is treating it).  So I'm at high risk for developing it, and need to try to hold it off as long as possible.  I've been on anti-diabetes medications for about ten years already, as a preventative measure.  Anyway, this time they called from the "kupah" and invited me to join their workshop.  Interesting group of people.  One fellow came in already complaining about everything; he didn't even stay for the opening of the class.  Among the words of wisdom I culled from the presenters is that ''Hilbe'' {{hebs|חילבה}} ({{wiki|fenugreek}}) is a natural anti-diabetic (and anti-triglyceride etc).  So even though I don't really like the taste, I'm going to start incorporating it in my meals on a regular basis and see if that helps control my blood chemistry more.  It can't hurt, anyway.
 Until next week,<br>
 Shabbat shalom!
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