Our first child, a son, was born right before Chanukah, two months before our first anniversary. It was still shanah rishonah when we took pictures of our beautiful baby boy next to the menorah....

Intermittent fasting, in all its various permutations, has become a fad, but what does it really do? Well, research on intermittent fasting still leaves much to wonder about. There were several studies this past year showing...

After my late father-in-law, Reb Yisroel Yitzchok Cohen, z”l, was liberated from the last of the concentration camps where he was interned during the war, he intrepidly made his way back to his Polish...

Yield: 20–30 minis Crust 2 sticks (1 cup) margarine 1¼ cups sugar 2 eggs 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 4 cups flour 1 pinch salt 1 teaspoon baking powder ⅓ cup orange juice Toppings Vanilla custard Chocolate cream Caramel cream Lemon cream Halva cream Sliced fruit, any Preheat oven to 350°F. Line...

Yield: 12 servings 15 oz. quality baking chocolate 12 waffle cones Shredded coconut or nut brittle, to dip rims 1 lb. strawberries 10–12 oz. blueberries 2 mangoes 4 kiwis 1 pomegranate Sour cream, custard, or other cream, for serving In a double boiler or microwave, melt chocolate...

Yield: 1–2 cups 1 cup organic dried elderberries 3½ cups water ¾ cup raw honey 1 star anise In a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat, cook dried elderberries and water for 1 hour, reducing it by half. Let cool...

Makes 2 rolls ½ cup raw or roasted almonds ¾ cup raw or roasted walnuts ¹⁄ cup shredded coconut 1 cup + 2 tablespoons date paste (look for vacuum-packed date paste) ¼ cup honey 5-7 dried apricots, cubed ¹⁄ cup coconut...

As told to Musia Kaplan Photography by Eli Basri Burning, blazing and blinding, a wildfire is one of nature’s most voracious forces. And yet, it is also a strong agent of rejuvenation. By clearing the dead...

My brother called to inform me that he had put our mother’s house—my childhood home—on the market just three short weeks after she returned her soul to the Borei Olam. The news hit me...

It was Sunday afternoon of Erev Rosh Hashanah, and I had just heard that one of my close friends had lost a baby. It had been a frightening summer—Meron, Stolin, Miami. A friend’s father...