Ladies Cheesecake Evening

​Wednesday 5th June 7pm, please book here

Ladies cheesecake evening at the Rabbi's house, make and try different types of cheesecake, and a talk on the meaning of Shavuot led by Rebbetzen Chaia Brackman

​Shavuot, like most Jewish holidays, has a food component. On Shavuot we celebrate dairy foods. It is a vegetarian holiday for kosher Jews, because the laws of kashrut forbid mixing milk products with meat. There could be a number of reasons for the association of dairy with Shavuot. There is a verse in the Song of Solomon (4:11) which says that the Torah is like “milk and honey under your tongue,” which might indicate a connection between the Torah-centric holiday and dairy foods. Some also believe that because the Israelites had not yet received the kosher laws, they had prepared foods on the first Shavuot that did not follow kashrut. When they received the Torah, they read the new laws of kashrut and realized their meat dishes were not kosher, in accordance with God’s will– so they opted to eat dairy dishes only. The Hebrew word chalav (milk) has a numerical value of 40, which corresponds with the number of days Moses spent on Mount Sinai receiving the Torah. Still others say that Shavuot occurs during the fertile spring period, when animal mothers produce lots of fresh milk.

Whatever the reason, a dairy holiday is a fantastic excuse to make CHEESECAKE!

By Tori Avey

Join us for Shavuot services followed by cheesecake on
Sunday 9th June
Morning Service 9:45am
Monday 10th June
Morning Service 9:45am​