Kantor's Corner

So recently I received an email from a fellow by the name of Jordan Kantor. He asked me to get the word out about his new blog, which was started over a year ago, to the עולם. He has recently added Matt Beezy as and author of his blog. Now us here at ProjectRecharge give approbation's to a very select group of blogs, as can be seen by the links on the side of our blog. We will continue to follow this blog for some time and see where it goes before we give it our official stamp by placing a link on the side bar. But as the request of a fellow Jew, and as a participant in many ProjectRecharge events, it's only right to comply with the man's request... 

So check it out @ Kantor's Corner.

הכנה לט''ו בשבט

Although there are few leaves on the trees here in , חוץ לארץ, is the day that marks the beginning of a "New Year for Trees." This is the season in which the earliest-blooming trees in the emerge from their winter sleep and begin a new fruit-bearing cycle.Legally, the "New Year for Trees" relates to the various amounts that are separated from produce grown in ארץ ישראל. These amounts differ from year to year in the 7 year שמיטה cycle.

We mark the day of ט''ו בשבט by eating fruit, particularly from the from the שבע מינים: grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and dates. On this day we have to keep in mind that ''כי אדם עץ השדה'' and reflect on the lessons we can learn from trees, which is parallel to man.

For a guide in one of the ways to have a ט''ו בשבט סדר, CLICK HERE.

Chef Cheese Choker

As most of the חברה has already witnessed, the Cheese Choker makes a mean Sweet Chili Chicken. It was decided over שבת that we would like to spread the recipe for all Jews to make specially for שבת. It's כאלו a chulent...

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Ingredients:

Chicken Cutlets

Bottle of Sweet Chili Sauce

Bread Crumbs

Directions:

Pre heat oven to 375°. Coat all the chicken cutlets in the sweet chili sauce and then coat with the bread crumbs. Use as much sauce and bread crumbs as needed to coat all the chicken. Place in the oven for about 15 minutes. After 15 minutes take out of oven and flip over the chicken to the other side and cook for another 10 minutes. Take out of the oven. Eat and enjoy...

Variations:

The Cheese Choker has used various different sauces including honey, BBQ, chili sauce. Also a different coating have been used in the past including crushed pretzels and corn flake crumbs. Use your imagination...

Ed. Note: We would like to thank the Pianko brothers and guests (including ShiaZ) and Jon Weitzman and the Albert brothers for joining us this שבת and for helping us make a מנין.

פרשת המן

יום שלישי, לפרשת בשלח, סגולה לפרנסה מרבי מנחם מנדל מרימינוב, להגיד את פרשת המן שניים מקרא ואחד תרגום
Yerushalmi: One who recites Parshas Hamon every day is assured that his food will not be lacking.

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י' שבט

Sixty years ago today, on the 10th of Shevat, upon the passing of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory, leadership of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement passed on to his illustious son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory. In the decades that followed, the Rebbe revolutionized, inspired, educated, guided the post-holocaust transformation of the Jewish people that continues to this day and touched people around the world through his positive vision and revolutionary ideas.

This day, so relevant to every Jew in our generation, is surely a day for reflection, learning, prayer, positive resolutions and acts of loving-kindness.  

Time to Get Re-Recharged...

Mazel Tov Garth!

Ed. Note: Shgoyach to Rav Judah for the מקור.

Gone Fishing...

Looking for Simcha in All the Right Places

Today, ATZ"F had the privilege of being in attendance at the Reishit Yom Iyun, and recorded this שיעור from Rav Elie Marcus שליט''א which is כדי to listen to as it deals with this weeks פרשה and our everyday life here in גלות.

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Rav Elie Marcus - Looking for שמחה in All the Right Places:

שמחה and Its Relationship to a Proper Work Ethic

CLICK HERE to download audio to iTunes (or any other media player).