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Challah Recipe for Kol Rinah Zoom and Bake with Tammy Arnow (makes 2 large or 3-4 medium-sized challot) INGREDIENTS 1 cup lukewarm water, plus ⅓ cup lukewarm water for proofing yeast 1 heaping tablespoon yeast ⅓ cup sugar, plus 1 teaspoon sugar for proofing yeast 4½ cups all-purpose flour or bread flour (you may not need all) 2 eggs, beaten, plus 1 egg for glazing 2 teaspoons salt ¼ cup honey ⅓...Read more...

It is summer, it feels like summer, and that means that Fall and the High Holidays are around the corner! And Sisterhood is in the midst of our annual Honey from the Heart campaign, to send jars of honey to your family and friends. The price is $13 per jar, and there is FREE shipping if ordered by July 7th. Please go to the Kol Rinah website or call the office to send this thoughtful gift for a sweet upcoming 5782. Last month Sisterhood voted...Read more...

While the weather is still teasing us by flip-flopping between winter and spring, it’s exciting to experience the anticipation that comes at this time of year. We’ve just enjoyed the silliness and merriment that accompanied Purim, albeit in an alternative way, but it was fun nonetheless. And as the world awakens for spring, so we are preparing for Pesach with both its new and familiar traditions, conflicting emotions of sorrow and happiness,...Read more...

At this time, we usually look over the past year and comment on the lovely memories of the High Holidays and how we look forward to starting afresh in 5781. We would comment on the beautiful and successful Break the Fast dinner, and Sisterhood’s Supper in the Sukkah. We can just taste the chili and the super-stuffed baked potatoes. But, those programs didn’t happen this year because of COVID. Instead, our High Holidays, although beautifully...Read more...

Dear Kol Rinah members, Just a note from your Sisterhood in this very unknown time, writing just before Pesach, a Pesach like no other we have experienced. Instead of looking forward to being with family and friends, we are isolating and hoping to escape the brunt of the fury of the current COVID-19 pandemic. When The Voice is published, via email, as our life has become dependent on the technology we have developed, we hope that our lives can...Read more...

Happy New Year. Such a different type of observance than our New Year of several months past. The first one brought so many new members and old members together to celebrate and observe the High Holidays together. This one is celebrated in a more celebratory, more individual way. They both have their place in our lives. The secular new year, 2020, that we observe will bring us closer and into our new Maryland Avenue building, a source of...Read more...