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Tu B’shvat Recipe

Tu B’shvat cake recipe (my 16 year old daughter’s) Preheat oven to medium to high temperature Prepare- 2 cups whole wheat organic flour (Itamar’s is the best!) 1 cup brown sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts are great) Mix that up In a separate bowl- 1 cup oil 1 cup sweet red wine (or cherry brandy mixed with water) 6 eggs In a frying pan with a little water and maple syrup- 2 cups of- raisins, dried figs, apricots, dates and prunes Saute this concoction for about 15 minutes and add it to the wet ingredients My daughter says it’s good to separate the eggs and fluff up the whites but I wouldn’t patchker with it so. Place all of the above ingredients into a greased pan into a slow hot oven for 30 minutes.

Leah Goldsmith

More Wisdom From the Hills

Succoth Decoration

Preparing an unusual and beautiful decoration for the Sukkah

Items needed

1 or 2 medium sized balloons
Elmer’s glue and a plastic cup
Different colored thread and yarns
Sewing needle
Patience

How to make it

Blow up your balloons to the size you want.

Fill up the cup with 1/3 glue.

Thread the needle with the color of your choice of thread and punch a hole through the cup of the glue with your needle and thread. Pull through and your needle will become saturated with glue. You can do this many times with different colored and textured threads. All of these are wound around the balloon until the area of the balloon cannot be seen because of it being covered in threads. Place the covered balloon for drying until the balloon shrinks and then gently pull the shrunken balloon out of a crevice. Tie a thread at the top of your new lampshade for the Sukkah! Don’t place a candle or light inside because of a fire hazard.

Chag Sameach!

Merav Goldsmith, Itamar