“I confess I do not believe in time. I like to fold my magic carpet, after use, in such a way as to superimpose one part of the pattern upon another. Let visitors trip. And the highest enjoyment of timelessness―in a landscape selected at random―is when I stand among rare butterflies and their food plants.- nabokov
Thursday, November 14, 2019
challah bread: copied exactly form https://www.recipegirl.com/sweet-challah-bread/
SWEET CHALLAH BREAD
yield: 1 LARGE LOAF OR 2 SMALLER LOAVES
PREP TIME:35 MINUTES + RISING TIMES
COOK TIME:INGREDIENTS:
- One .25-ounce envelope active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons granulated white sugar
- 1 1/2 cups warm water (110 to 115 degrees F), divided
- 5 cups all-purpose flour, divided
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 large Eggland's Best eggs, beaten
- 2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup granulated white sugar
- 1 large Eggland's Best egg yolk, slightly beaten
- 2 tablespoons poppy seeds, optional
DIRECTIONS:
- In a small bowl, combine the yeast, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 1/4 cup warm water in a small bowl. Let stand for 5 minutes until the yeast is foamy.
- Sift 4 1/2 cups flour and salt into a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the center of the dough and drop in the eggs, oil, remaining 1 1/4 cups water, 1/2 cup sugar and yeast mixture. Work the liquids into the dough mixture with your hands.
- Turn the dough onto a floured board (or silicone mat), and knead until smooth and elastic- 5 to 8 minutes. Place in a mixing bowl and brush the top with additional oil. Cover loosely with a clean dishtowel and let sit in a warm place to rise for one hour.
- Punch down the dough, cover and let it rise again until it has doubled in bulk. Turn the dough out onto the floured board. Divide the dough into 3 equal parts to make one large loaf, or six equal parts to make two smaller loaves.
- Flour your hands, then roll each piece of dough into a rope so that they are all of equal length. Braid and place loaves on greased cookie sheet. Cover and let rise until double in size.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Brush the bread with egg yolk and sprinkle with poppy seeds (if desired). Bake 38 to 45 minutes, or until golden brown.
TIPS:
- Leftover challah bread makes great French toast!
SOURCE: RecipeGirl.com
Thank you to Miranda Couse of CookieDoughAndOvenMitt.com for shooting the photos for this post!
tobit chapter 4
A Father’s Instruction.1That same day Tobit remembered the money he had deposited in trust with Gabael at Rages in Media.2He thought to himself, “Now that I have asked for death, why should I not call my son Tobiah and let him know about this money before I die?”3So he called his son Tobiah; and when he came, he said to him:* “Son, when I die, give me a decent burial. Honor your mother, and do not abandon her as long as she lives. Do whatever pleases her, and do not grieve her spirit in any way.a4Remember, son, how she went through many dangers for you while you were in her womb. When she dies, bury her in the same grave with me.
5“Through all your days, son, keep the Lord in mind, and do not seek to sin or to transgress the commandments. Perform righteous deeds all the days of your life, and do not tread the paths of wickedness.6b For those who act with fidelity, all who practice righteousness, will prosper in their affairs.*
7“Give alms from your possessions. Do not turn your face away from any of the poor, so that God’s face will not be turned away from you.c8Give in proportion to what you own. If you have great wealth, give alms out of your abundance; if you have but little, do not be afraid to give alms even of that little.9You will be storing up a goodly treasure for yourself against the day of adversity.d10For almsgiving delivers from death and keeps one from entering into Darkness.11Almsgiving is a worthy offering in the sight of the Most High for all who practice it.e
12“Be on your guard, son, against every kind of fornication, and above all, marry a woman of your own ancestral family. Do not marry a foreign woman, one who is not of your father’s tribe, because we are descendants of the prophets, who were the first to speak the truth. Noah prophesied first, then Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our ancestors from the beginning of time. Son, remember that all of them took wives from among their own kindred and were blessed in their children, and that their posterity would inherit the land.f13Therefore, son, love your kindred. Do not act arrogantly toward any of them, the sons and daughters of your people, by refusing to take a wife for yourself from among them. For in arrogance there is ruin and great instability. In idleness there is loss and dire poverty, for idleness is the mother of famine.
14“Do not keep with you overnight the wages of those who have worked for you, but pay them at once. If you serve God thus, you will receive your reward. Be on your guard, son, in everything you do; be wise in all that you say and discipline yourself in all your conduct.g15Do to no one what you yourself hate. Do not drink wine till you become drunk or let drunkenness accompany you on your way.h
16i “Give to the hungry some of your food, and to the naked some of your clothing. Whatever you have left over, give away as alms; and do not let your eye begrudge the alms that you give.17j Pour out your wine and your bread on the grave of the righteous, but do not share them with sinners.*
18“Seek counsel from every wise person, and do not think lightly of any useful advice.19k At all times bless the Lord, your God, and ask him that all your paths may be straight and all your endeavors and plans may prosper. For no other nation possesses good counsel, but it is the Lord who gives all good things. Whomever the Lord chooses to raise is raised; and whomever the Lord chooses to cast down is cast down to the recesses of Hades. So now, son, keep in mind these my commandments, and never let them be erased from your heart.
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
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