The Kosher Judaism Thread

[BourbonFromHeaven]

BS'D

Shalom Chaverim!

I decided to start a new thread, as sort of a Jewish Hang out/ Question and answers place. Lemme define it better...

Jewish Hangout- There is a small and mostly active Jewish community here on CF, I think it would be nice for us to consolidate a few things here on this thread. I think it would be interesting for some posters to read what kinda chatter we do amoung ourselves and the issues we discuss.

Question and Answers- Just a place for casual questions to be answered, serious discussions on theology and such can have their won threads, but someone wondering why we wear a Kippah, or what such n such word means, etc,etc can be handeled here.

I hope to have some fun here, spread some cheer and clear up anyone's confusions


EDIT: Just as an aside, this thread is for Everbody! For Jewish Fellowship, Jewish-Christian Dialouge, Hindu-Jewish dialouge, Bahai and Jewish celebration of monotheism, etc,etc All are welcome to Shmooze and nosh

 

[e=mv^2]

Can we get some recipies from grandmothers? I mean... let's get to the important stuff first!

 

[BourbonFromHeaven]

Can we get some recipies from grandmothers? I mean... let's get to the important stuff first!

Seriously, no kiddin.

I can hardly cook as is.

 

[Shy21]

Can we get some recipies from grandmothers? I mean... let's get to the important stuff first!

Im not a Grandmother, but I could give you some good recipes that my mother and Grandmother taught me. I love to cook If you really want the recipes PM me and I can give you some.

 

[ander_cool]

Which is older religion?

Hinduism or Judaism!!

 

[BourbonFromHeaven]

One issue I thought was ammusing is our Messianic Christian ( A.k.a Messianic Judaism) brethren's attitude to our presence as of late.

They seemed to express dismay, that Christians of non-messianic nature, come to the Orthodox folk, for questions on biblical hebrew and Jewish Theology, philosphy and history. That was the feeling I got.

Do you think they feel invalidated by us being here? That their fellow christians just see them as another tiny fish, in that big christian pond, and don't consider them "Jewish" enough to ask them questions regarding Judaism?

In all honesty, I have very little sympathy for them. Infact, a dirty little secret needs to be aired, I really did enjoy debating with them on Rabbincal writings that they were so quick to cite, yet could not cite entire passage or discuss entire tractates, becuase they did not have any familiarity of the parent text nor have any accsess to it.

To me, it was clear, they at least didn't like me and few others tromping around ( They did, however, like Talmidah, but then again, who doesn't? )

What vibe did you guys get from them?

 

[BourbonFromHeaven]

Which is older religion?

Hinduism or Judaism!!

Hinduism

 

[arunma]

Im not a Grandmother, but I could give you some good recipes that my mother and Grandmother taught me. I love to cook If you really want the recipes PM me and I can give you some.

Do you know how to make hamentaschen, by any chance?

 

[BourbonFromHeaven]

Im not a Grandmother, but I could give you some good recipes that my mother and Grandmother taught me. I love to cook If you really want the recipes PM me and I can give you some.

What about Latkes?

 

[LienShen]

I do, actually. This is a great (read easy) way to make them;


Easy to Make Hamantaschen (Parve)

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

½ cup sugar

1 ½ tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. Salt

2 eggs

¼ cup oil

1 tsp. Vanilla



1) Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

2) Mix the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder in a bowl. Mix the eggs, vanilla and oil in another bowl.

3) Combine the mixtures in the larger of the two bowls and mix well. Let the dough rest for about 5 minutes.

4) Roll out the dough about 1/3 inch thick, using extra flour to avoid the dough sticking to the board or to hands. Use a plastic cup to make circles about 3-4 inches in diameter.

5) Add a spoonful of your favorite filling in the center of each round. (Solo pie filling works well). Fold up the sides to make a three-cornered pastry. Pinch corners well to avoid spillage of the filling.

6) Place on lightly greased cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

7) Let cool and enjoy.


Easy Latke's:

Ingredients

2 lbs (1 kg) potatoes
2 large eggs
Salt
Oil for frying


1) Peel and finely grate the potatoes.

2) Put them straight into cold water, then drain and squeeze them as dry as you can by pressing them with your hands in a colander. This is to remove the starchy liquid, which could make the latkes soggy.
3) Beat the eggs lightly with salt, add to the potatoes, and stir well.

4) Film the bottom of a frying pan with oil and heat.

5) Take serving-spoonfuls, or as much as 1/4 cup (50 ml), of the mixture and drop into the hot oil. Flatten a little, and lower the heat so that the fritters cook through evenly.

6) When one side is brown, turn over and brown the other. Lift out and serve very hot.

You may add black pepper, chopped parsley, and finely chopped onion to the egg and potato mixture.

 

[arunma]

Thanks, Undeniably. Obviously I don't celebrate Purim, but I have always wanted to try a Haman's pocket.

 

[BourbonFromHeaven]

Thanks, Undeniably. Obviously I don't celebrate Purim, but I have always wanted to try a Haman's pocket.

You've earned one

 

[Shy21]

Do you know how to make hamentaschen, by any chance?

I can make it with apricot and apple. I know the traditional filling are poppy seed and prune, but mine doesnt taste right when I do it with the traditional fillings. Everybody tells me they are gross, but I dont care because I love them the way I do them. But my Grandmother can make them really well with the traditional fillings.

What about Latkes??

Ahhh...I cant make those at all. I have tried like 3 different times and I just cant get it right. My Grandmother can make them....I can call her if you need the recipe.

 

[BourbonFromHeaven]

Ahhh...I cant make those at all. I have tried like 3 different times and I just cant get it right. My Grandmother can make them....I can call her if you need the recipe.

Thats alright. I can hardly make a bowl of cereal, so a recipe does me no good

Thanks anyhow

 

[urnotme]

BS'D

Shalom Chaverim!

I decided to start a new thread, as sort of a Jewish Hang out/ Question and answers place. Lemme define it better...

Jewish Hangout- There is a small and mostly active Jewish community here on CF, I think it would be nice for us to consolidate a few things here on this thread. I think it would be interesting for some posters to read what kinda chatter we do amoung ourselves and the issues we discuss.

Question and Answers- Just a place for casual questions to be answered, serious discussions on theology and such can have their won threads, but someone wondering why we wear a Kippah, or what such n such word means, etc,etc can be handeled here.

I hope to have some fun here, spread some cheer and clear up anyone's confusions


EDIT: Just as an aside, this thread is for Everbody! For Jewish Fellowship, Jewish-Christian Dialouge, Hindu-Jewish dialouge, Bahai and Jewish celebration of monotheism, etc,etc All are welcome to Shmooze and nosh

Do jews believe any part of the new testament?

 

[urnotme]

One issue I thought was ammusing is our Messianic Christian ( A.k.a Messianic Judaism) brethren's attitude to our presence as of late.

They seemed to express dismay, that Christians of non-messianic nature, come to the Orthodox folk, for questions on biblical hebrew and Jewish Theology, philosphy and history. That was the feeling I got.

Do you think they feel invalidated by us being here? That their fellow christians just see them as another tiny fish, in that big christian pond, and don't consider them "Jewish" enough to ask them questions regarding Judaism?

In all honesty, I have very little sympathy for them. Infact, a dirty little secret needs to be aired, I really did enjoy debating with them on Rabbincal writings that they were so quick to cite, yet could not cite entire passage or discuss entire tractates, becuase they did not have any familiarity of the parent text nor have any accsess to it.

To me, it was clear, they at least didn't like me and few others tromping around ( They did, however, like Talmidah, but then again, who doesn't? )

What vibe did you guys get from them?

I enjoy seeing debates between jews and messianic jews because I think they are more likely to know what they are talking about.

 

[Talmidah]

They did, however, like Talmidah, but then again, who doesn't?

 

[BourbonFromHeaven]

Do jews believe any part of the new testament?

Do Jews believe the New Testament is a relevation from God? No

Do Jews believe the New Testament contains any theological truths? No

Do Jews believe the New Testament contains any historcal truths? Yes

 

[indianx]

I like Judaism, it's so similar to Sanatana Dharma in certain aspects and completely different in others.

 

[stillsmallvoice]

Hi all!

Hmm...

Purim...Hanukkah...Passover, most of our holydays can be summed as follows: "They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat."

Hamantaschen...ahhhhhhh! (ssv says, doing his best Homer Simpson imitation)

Here is my Mom's recipe, which I proudly make every year:

4 eggs,
1/2 tsp salt (optional!),
1 tbls of baking powder,
1/4 tsp of turmeric,
1/2 cup oil,
4.5 cups of flour (I use 70% wholewheat flour, a very light grind of wholewheat flour; a heavy grind won't knead very well),
1 cup of natural brown (demarara) sugar, and
1 grated lemon peel.

Mix the salt, baking powder, flour and sugar. Add the oil.

Add the remaining ingredients. Now you have to knead the dough. I always do it by hand & it will take me a good 45 minutes (sometimes more) to get the dough pliable & malleable enough. I usually put the bowl of dough on a high stool & then stand and knead it (so I can get my shoulders into it) while watching TV or a video. Pinch off a small bit of dough & roll it thin on a well-floured board/surface. Take an empty can, a mug, whatever & use it to cut out dough circles. Put a small spoonful of whatever filling you like into the center of the dough circle. Then pinch up the sides to make a triangle, with the filling in the pocket in the middle. Place on a greased cookie sheet & bake at 350 degrees (Fahrenheit) until they look done. Keep pinching off dough & rolling it out & punching circles until the dough is gone. This recipe makes lots of small hamantaschen.

The kneading is a lot of work but as a proud Papa, nothing satisfies me more than to have Da Boyz eat something that I've made/baked and then say, "Daddy, it's good!" One of my least proud moments was in 1997 when I was in the army (annual reserve duty) over Purim and DW had to resort to...to...store-bought hamantaschen !

On our holyday of Tu B'Shevat (http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday8.htm), my own peculiar custom is to bake my famous date-cake-in-a-can. Here's the recipe (which I received from a very good Christian friend of mine):

Take a 500 gram package of pitted dates (you should be able to get this in any large healthfood store, any kosher grocery/supermarket that has imported stuff from Israel, or any Middle Eastern/Arab grocery/supermarket; the time-consuming alternative is to buy lots of dates, pit them & dice them very small until you get 500 grams' worth) & put the contents (cut up into small pieces) into a pyrex bowl. Add 2.25 cups of boiling water & 3 teaspoons of baking soda. Mix well & set aside to cool. Cream 9 tablespoons of butter/margarine, 3 eggs and no more than 1/2-2/3 cups of light brown sugar. Add the cooled date mush to the creamed mixture & then add: 3 cups of wholewheat flour (if you can get wholewheat pastry flour or a lighter grind of wholewheat flour, use them), 1.5 teaspoons of baking powder, 1.5 teaspoons of real vanilla essence (Please! Don't insult either Tu B'Shevat or me by using..."artificially flavored vanilla essence!" ) and 1-1.5 cups of chopped walnuts. Mix well. Now the fun part: Take about 6 regular sized cans (the kind that have peas, peas-and-carrots, green beans, asparagus spears, mushrooms, applesause, peaches, etc. in them; do NOT use cans that had anything pickled in them or cans where the label is embossed right onto the metal of the can; you'll need cans with a paper label that you'll have peeled off; do NOT use very large cans or the dough will not set) & stand each one upright. Fill each can about 2/3 of the way with dough & bake them standing upright in the oven, at whatever temperature you normally bake stuff. When the cans are done, the cake will have risen a bit out of the open can & the exposed part of the cake will be fairly dark. The cake will have separated a bit from the sides of the cans. Take the cans out (using either an oven mitt to grasp them with or pliers) & set them aside to cool. When the cans have cooled to room temperature, take a can opener & open the bottom of the cans. Push the cut can bottom through the can, thus forcing the cake out the open end. Slice & serve neat little disks of cake! Bon appetit!

Do Jews believe the New Testament contains any historcal truths? Yes

I gotta take this one with a bushel of salt. The Gospels' treatment of the Pharisees (ferinstance) is at utter variance with our tradition; see http://tinyurl.com/34a2o.

Be well!

ssv (It's 23:25 here & selichot http://www.jewfaq.org/elul.htm#Selichot are at 05:25.)