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And behold, Aaron`s staff, from the house of Levi, had sprouted, blossomed, and produced almonds!
Numbers 17:8
You`ll find the story of Aaron`s blossoming rod in the Book of Numbers chapter 17 verse 8. The blossoming rod of Aaron has intrigued me for the blossoms and the life and the supernatural qualities that God reveals of Himself as He reveals the staff of Aaron blossoming, and shows that is only God alone who chooses.
Once I started making challah and celebrating and observing the Shabbat a few years ago, there were certain Parsha (Torah portions) that inspired me to make a special Challah to pertain to that portion. The first time I made the `Aaron`s Blossoming Rod Challah` was 3 years ago, the challah `came to life` in my spirit and I have been making it ever since , a once a year special challah at the Shabbat of this Parsha, Parsha Korah!!
It has become a celebration here at Challah and Cherry blossoms to make the Aaron`s Blossoming Staff Challah, and remember the blossoming of Aaron`s staff as well as learn new things in each reading. May we draw nearer to the LORD through His living Word!!
When the parsha came around this year I was excited to make it again, and this time will share how to make it on a Challah-cast `tutorial` of how to make an Aaron`s Blossoming Rod Challah!!
Thank you for being along on the Torah and Challah journey with me over these years, I am thankful for this `space` and for you to share the challah and the journey with!!!
For the first time ever here on Challah and Cherry Blossoms! Enjoy!! (note* part 1 below, and link to part 2 after that!)
Once I started making challah and celebrating and observing the Shabbat a few years ago, there were certain Parsha (Torah portions) that inspired me to make a special Challah to pertain to that portion. The first time I made the `Aaron`s Blossoming Rod Challah` was 3 years ago, the challah `came to life` in my spirit and I have been making it ever since , a once a year special challah at the Shabbat of this Parsha, Parsha Korah!!
It has become a celebration here at Challah and Cherry blossoms to make the Aaron`s Blossoming Staff Challah, and remember the blossoming of Aaron`s staff as well as learn new things in each reading. May we draw nearer to the LORD through His living Word!!
When the parsha came around this year I was excited to make it again, and this time will share how to make it on a Challah-cast `tutorial` of how to make an Aaron`s Blossoming Rod Challah!!
Thank you for being along on the Torah and Challah journey with me over these years, I am thankful for this `space` and for you to share the challah and the journey with!!!
For the first time ever here on Challah and Cherry Blossoms! Enjoy!! (note* part 1 below, and link to part 2 after that!)
Part 2:
Oh how I love your Torah!
Psalm 119:97
If you would like to read where we find the Blossoming Rod of Aaron, as well as the rebellion of Korach which is much of the parsha and related to the staff incident, the readings for Parsha Korah are here:
Numbers 16:1 ~18:32
1Samuel 11:14~12:22
2Timothy 2:14~25
I love reading on the Torah cycle and engaging with the Holy Spirit to bring parts of what we read to life through the Challah or through drawing or dancing or other creative ways!!
How does the Word come alive for you? How can we bring the word of God into our lives and invite others to hunger for the Word of God ?
For related posts on the Aaron`s Blossoming rod challah as well as a tutorial on the blog of how to make it, please see the previous years posts for Parsha Korach Here , Here, and Here!
For the list of where we are each week in the Torah readings for this 2019~2020 year 5780, please click HERE, as well as you can always find it on the sidebar at the right, it is there under *Pages*!
Blessings and Love!
Shayndel
I enjoy reading about the parsha and seeing how you incorporate it into shabbat and your observance of special times in the seasons over the year. I know I have read these scriptures before but had never paid attention to the blossoming staff. I will be reading in the book of Numbers soon and so will be sure to notice it this time. The almond challah looks wonderful and tasty :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Joyful! This parsha has so much in it, there are the rebellions and the plague and Aaron and Moses stepping in to intercede and through that God stopped the plague. There is so much that God speaks to us, no matter how many times I read it there is always something new and relevent to the day we are reading it now. Blessings to you in your reading, and in your week, thank you for always your encouragements!!♡
DeleteI am certain I've read the verses about Aaron's rod sprouting almonds, but somehow I find myself surprised that it sprouted almonds. ๐ Miraculous! Do almond branches that are cut ever do this naturally? Bizarre!
ReplyDeleteI had to smile at the Quaker Oats.
I wonder if I can find that radish sugar here. I think I may have heard of it before. How do you spell it?
And a question... Can you read Japanese? It looks so elaborate!
Thank you Sandi for all that you point out! Yes, almonds have a lot of other meaning as well in the scriptures, and another meaning is *watch*, in the Hebrew, so there is a lot of significance to the blossoming staff and the almonds, beyond what I can tell you as I don`t know!!! Please chime in if anyone has insights! I love finding out more about it and how it reveals GOD who is in command of all that He created and how He supernaturally `accelerated` His laws of nature can be seen in this too, something another study friend pointed out to me this time around, there is so much to learn!! Let us encourage one another. Praise God!!
DeleteGlad the Quaker Oats brought a smile to ya!!
THe sugar is called Tensai To(u) phonetically, in Japanese it would be ใฆใใใ็ณ。 Its possible they would have it at a Japanese specialty supermarket in the US, but I am really not sure. There might be something similar in health food stores in the US!!? About reading Japanese, on a basic everyday level!! Elaborate is a good word !! and there are 3 writing systems and 1000`s of characters in just one of them!!
I just googled Radish Sugar Tensai and your blog came up! Actually, not google. I use duck duck go.
DeleteAre they daikon radishes?
DeleteWow about the duck duck go search leading you here:))!! Thanks Sandi!!
DeleteFrom what I understood it is from Daikon Radishes, though now I searched a little too and it looks like its `beet sugar` from a kind of beet!!! Let me know if you discover anything else!! Thank you for looking to the `root` of the ingredients:)) (daikon radish and beet anyway all `root ` vegetables!!) xoxo ♡ ☺︎！
I'm deeply impressed! For every 'parsha'(portion, section) in the Thora you make a challah! Great!
ReplyDeleteThank you Duta!! I must say I don`t actually have one for every parsha, but love to make them and be inspired by the week`s readings!! Stay tuned!! Blessed by your reading and watching and encouraging!!! xoxo
DeleteHello Shayndel,
ReplyDeleteI must go back and reread that portion of scripture. Your challah looks beautiful and I am sure tastes wonderful as well..a gift to the senses of sight and taste! I love how you incorporate so much teaching and worship into the simple act of baking bread.
Hello Gloriade!! Thank you for visiting and your kind words, so glad that you were blessed by the `teaching` and your way of putting it as incorporating worship blessed me as well!! may everything in our lives be an act of worship to the LORD!!! May the mighty Name of Jesus, Yeshua our Messiah, be glorified and through the simple things may He be magnified!! xoxo♡
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