Parshas Lech Lecha

Here is a link to a summary about Parshas Lech Lecha:

http://www.torah.org/learning/parsha/summary/lechlecha.html

We are going to focus on the promise that Hashem made to Avraham that his children would be as many as the stars and sand - just like you can't cound the stars, or the grains of sand, Bnei Yisroel will not be able to be counted.  This was said before Avraham had any children so this was a significant promise.

We will be making star-shaped cookies and covering them with colored sugar, to signify the stars and sand.

Parshas Noach

For Parshas Noach, we are going the obvious route of rainbows! we made rainbow cupcakes and got mini cupcakes with rainbow sprinkles....this is a deviation from our normal Parshas Noach treat of a Marble ("mabul") cake but I was outvoted on this one.

Pictures to follow!

Rainbow cupcakes. Take your favorite cupcake recipe (or buy a yellow cake mix). Divide the batter into six equal parts. Add a different food coloring to each part of the batter (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple). Line your muffin tin. Add one teaspoon of each color into each section. Kids love to play with the colors and help adding each color to the cupcake to build the perfect rainbow cupcake!

Parshas Bereishis

Bereishis is the first parsha in the Torah.  It includes the seven days of creation, along with Adam and Chava.  There are so many different parsha treats that can be used this week, such as anything star shaped (for the fourth day of creation) jelly fish (fifth day of creation) animal crackers (sixth day) etc.  But we are going to use the old standby "beraishis cookies"  aka black-and white cookies to symbolize the first day of creation, when dark and light were separated:

Black and white cookies recipe:

(adapted from the Spice and Spirit cookbook (the "purple cookbook"))

• 2/3 cup oil
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour

White Frosting

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• ¼ tsp vanilla
• 2 TBSP hot water
• 1 TBSP oil
• A drop or two of lemon juice

Chocolate Frosting

• ½ tsp vanilla
• 4 TBSP cocoa
• 4 TBSP oil
• 4 TBSP hot water (or more)
• 2 cups powdered sugar

Directions

Beat oil and sugar. Add vanilla and eggs. Add flour.

Form into balls and place on a baking-paper-lined cookie sheet. Leave room for spreading. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes (or less, if you’re making mini cookies), and let cool.

Meanwhile, combine the white frosting ingredients in one bowl and the chocolate frosting ingredients in a second bowl.

When cookies have cooled, flip them over. Frost the flat side – one half with the white frosting and one half with the chocolate frosting.