Please join us for our next meeting!
December 11, 2011
At the home of Hunter Friedland.
This week we will be making candles, body scrub and cookies that we will sell at the Neshama Center Chanukah party to make money for the group.
We will also have a “secret snowman” gift exchange between the girls!
Please bring a coat or toy to donate to charity.
Call Noga at 970-618-4944 or River at 970-319-8889 for directions or for more information.
From Martha Stewart
Note: If you decide to use store-bought applesauce, choose one with a chunky texture.
Join Neshama Center in lighting the first candle of Chanukah!
Tuesday, December 20th
5:30 PM at The Sky Hotel in Aspen
Menorah Lighting, Storytelling, Air Brush Tattoos, Drum Circle, Live Music
and Much More Fun For The Whole Family!
Suggested Donation $15 adults $10 kids
Reservations are recommended. Please call 925-9568.
Early Bird Thanksgiving Meal
“Aspen TREE” (Together Regenerating the Environment through Education), a local nonprofit focused on inspiring sustainability from a positive perspective (particularly around a healthy food shed) is hosting their fourth Annual Early Bird Community Meal on Tuesday, November 22nd in the Aspen High School Commons starting at 5pm.
The Early Bird Meal is a thanksgiving style community feast featuring 100% locally grown and organic ingredients! Aspen TREE welcomes anyone to attend for free!
All ingredients are either raised / grown by the organization or purchased from local farmers at market value to support our local farmers.
Last year, nearly 700 folks attended the meal and were served by 100 volunteers! The event was completely waste-free, and everything was composted. Seated guests were served an array of gourmet dishes, from heirloom turkeys, roasted vegetables, savory soups, and sweet deserts.
Besides the meal, Aspen T.R.E.E operates a sustainable demonstration site at Cozy Point Ranch runs several adult and youth ecological education series (including several summer day camps and college internships), and helps locals build edible gardens and compost systems, as well as chicken coops and fruit orchards!
For more information about the meal or Aspen T.R.E.E, contact Eden Vardy at (970) 379-2323. To volunteer contact Noga Vardy at (970) 618-4944
A yummy twist on the classic challah recipe! This Pumpin Challah bread is the perfect addition to your Shabbat table this fall.
Ingredients:
1 package yeast (7g)
2/3 cup warm water
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
3 3/4 cups unbleached flour
1/3 cups sugar
1/2 cup pureed pumpkin
1/4 cup canola oil
1 egg (+1 egg for glaze)
1 1/2 teaspoon saltSprinkle yeast into a small bowl and pour the warm water on it. Let stand for 10 minutes, then stir to dissolve.
Mix flour, cinnamon, and cardamom in a large bowl. Make a well in the center and pour in yeast/water mixture. Using a wooden spoon, incorporate some of the flour into the water–just enough to form a soft paste. (Don’t try to completely incorporate–there should be quite a bit of dry flour left at this point.) Cover bowl with a towel and leave until frothy and risen, about 20 minutes.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the sugar, pumpkin, oil, egg, and salt. Add to the risen flour mixture and combine thoroughly. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5-10 minutes until the dough is pliable. (If it’s too wet, keep adding flour in small amounts.)
Let dough rest 2-3 minutes. Meanwhile, lightly oil the bowl, put the dough in it and re-cover with the towel. Let dough rise in a warm place until it has tripled in size, 2-3 hours. Punch down dough, knead it a bit more, and cut it into two equal pieces. Cut each of the two pieces into three equal pieces (You should have 6 total pieces at this point). Roll each piece into a straight rope. Braid three ropes together and repeat so that you end up with two braided loaves.
Sprinkle baking sheets with a little cornmeal, or line them with parchment paper. Place loaves on the sheets, cover, and let rise until doubled in size, about 40 minutes. Glaze loaves with extra beaten egg. Bake at 350F for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
Last month, The Aspen Girl’s Youth Group had so much fun with group leaders Noga, River and Sophie! Check out the photos of the girls about town on a scavenger hunt.
Our next meeting is going to be on Sunday November 13 from 4-6 pm. The meeting will be at the Dance Progressions Studio in the ABC. This day will be spent teaching the girls the importance in taking care of yourself and building self esteem. We will have a few very special guests teaching the girls about nutrition/health, massages and feeling comfortable in their bodies, meditation/relaxation/stress control, and external health. We hope your daughter will be able to make it! Click here for directions http://www.danceprogressions.net/
You can reach Noga at 970-618-4944 or River at 970-319-8889 with questions or comments!
Hebrew School, September 2011
There are three calls of the shofar: Ta-ke-ah, Tru-ah, and Shvorim, plus Ta-ke-ah Gedolah The Long Ta-ke-ah.
Ta-ke-ah is a regular blast starting at middle range and finishing up.
Shvorim is three quick blasts: whip, whip, whip. The length of all three should be equal to one Ta-ke-ah.
Tru-ah is a long undulating wailing with there being two main traditions as to this form; the first tradition is that they are nine separate short blasts in quick sequence, the second tradition that it is one blast of nine undulations. The Rabbis say that this call is supposed to sound like the crying of Sisera’s mother as mentioned in the Book of Judges.
Ta-ke-ah Gedolah, or the Long Ta-ke-ah, is a ta-ke-yah blast held as long as the blower can hold it. It is used at the end of the series of calls.
Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! is a values-based, experiential and transdenominational Jewish program
for pre-teen and teenage girls in grades 6-12 that strengthens
self-esteem and Jewish identity.
Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! is the first Jewish program to pro-actively address two well-documented trends:
Our program starts Sunday, September 11! Please have your girls join Noga Vardy, River Morgan and Sophia Ben-Hamoo from 4-5:00 (pre Bat-Mitzvah) and 5-6:30pm (post Bat-Mitzvah) at the community center above taster’s pizza for a meet ‘n greet and create your own pizza party and to receive more information on the program!
While your daughter is in the community room upstairs, Dalia, Itzhak and Hunter will be downstairs available to answer any questions and to provide you with any more information. Have the girls bring friends! Hope to see you then and enjoy the rest of your summer.
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High Holiday Services at The Little Nell Rosh Hashanah Eve September 28, 6 pm (Dinner at Montagna will follow. Call 920-4600 for Reservations) Morning Service September 29, 10 am Kol Nidre October 7, 7 pm Yom Kippur Morning October 8, 10 am (Yizkor service to follow) Neilah Closing Service October 8, 6pm (Followed by Break-Fast Buffet)
Please call Dalia at 925-9568 for more information. Chag Sameach! |
Soak the raisins in the rum. Boil the noodles in lightly salted wter until well done.
Beat the eggs lightly with the sugar. Add the walnuts and the raisins together with the rum and the lemon o rorange zest. Drain the noodles and stir them in.
Peel, core, and chop the apples and mix with the lemon juice, then add to the egg and noodle mixture. Mix very well and pour into a loaf pan lined with wax paper brused with oil. Alternatively, pour into an oiled baking dish and cover with foil. Bake in a 350 degree oven for aobut 50 minutes, or until lightly browned on top.
