8/4/06

bronze_ribbons: knife with bronze ribbons (Chagall. Songs.)
I was hunting for an old diary entry on almori earlier today. Didn't find it (I archived-deleted a lot last spring) but the search also turned up an old batch of quotes I'd forgotten posting, including this Tony Kushner observation:


The matzoh is so formidable that no sooner does it make its appearance at the Passover Seder table than we slather it with a ragout of nuts, apples, honey, cinnamon and Shapiro's Kosher Wine ("So thick you can cut it with a knife!")--because the matzoh reminds us: political success, stability, security; the luxury of time and ingredients needed to bake a lasagna, a play, a rounded identity: These things can and most likely will be stripped away, and you will be faced with hard choices.

    from Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness


Speaking of matzoh, the New York Times reports that products with baking soda or baking powder aren't necessarily non-Pasaidic:


Lise Stern, author of "How to Keep Kosher" (Morrow, 2004), said: "Chometz, which means sharp or sour, denotes bread that has a sourness to it caused by fermentation, occurring when liquid is added to any of the five grains mentioned in the Torah. This refers to yeast, not baking powder or baking soda."

Rabbi Soloveichik said: "They're just minerals. What do we care about minerals?"





Finally finished editing and formatting Rev. Gail's stewardship sermon for the church website. This is the one about the Tarot cards drawn on behalf of the church during social hour the week before ...

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