Shabbat

appetizers, Fish, Shabbat, Shavuot

Chraimi Gefilta Fish

  I happen to have two favorite fish dishes; one is Moroccan salmon (also known as “Chraimi”). Chraimi is a traditional Moroccan recipe in which one cooks salmon in a flavored tomato sauce. My other favorite fish dish is my grandmother’s gefilta fish. My late grandmother (Bubby) used to make […]

Fish, Salads, Shabbat, Shavuot

Seudat Shlisheet and my favorite salads

The question has been raised: why do many people call the third meal of Shabbat “Shalosh Seudos” — which really means “three meals” in Hebrew, rather than “Seudat Shilishit” – which means the third meal and would be more fitting. Rabbi Yeshaya Siff, of the Young Israel of Manhattan, once […]