Aaron`s Blossoming Rod Challah ~ Re-visited!

 

TODAY!

 

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 The next day, Moses entered the Tent of Testimony and behold, Aaron’s staff, from the house of Levi, had sprouted, blossomed, and produced almonds!

^{Numbers 17:8}

 

^{Dear Friends!}

^{Shabbat Shalom!}

^{This is Shayndel, coming in to say Hello and Shabbat Shalom after a long while!!}

^{The funny thing is, this is a draft of a post that I started last year at this time!!}

^{I am amazed to see how `today` on this Shabbat, I have made this very same challah and  that it is so similar to the one on our Shabbat table at this very time of Parsha Korah year!!} 

 

^{I love something about that, and so it made it easy to do a post, I actually kept the post as it was  !!!} 

 

^{And just added the 2 pictures that say SHABBAT SHALOM from `TODAY` and this intro.} 

 

^{How are you? I missed you and hope you are all well! Much love from `TODAY`!!}

^Love,

^Shayndel

 

^{(Post below is drafted one year ago on this same Shabbat of Korach!}  

^{New edits or words I added when re-posting are in Red, just for historical accuracy:).)}

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If you come to my home for Shabbat, on certain Parsha you will find certain things at our Shabbat table!

For example, in Parsha Shelach, we will always try to have Big Grapes!  Because of the big cluster of grapes that the 12  brought back from the Land of Israel when they went to spy the land, we are reminded of the bounty that the LORD provides and the fruitfulness in the Land of Israel.  On Parsha Toldot (oops! I had written Vayigash in the original draft!), be ready for red stew! You-know-why that is! (If you don`t, please see HERE.....)!

Those are just a few examples, and if you come for Parsha Korach, which was last (This) week for us,

You will find a special Challah, Aaron`s blossoming rod challah!

I am beginning to feel more and more the presence of angels in our home when we welcome the Shabbat, and that Heaven is pleased to look down and see the table set in an expression of the word we are reading!!  There are actually in the Bible those whose  job was to set out the bread of the presence weekly in the holy place.  As I return to the blog this week after a long absence, I wonder if that this is one of my callings.  I hadn`t written for a while on the  blog, but was encouraged by a dear blogger friend, so I decided to come back and explore it further, and return here to my challah blog and to share the blessings of Shabbat and invite you to the Table together as we partake of the bread and the vine!!

You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I selected you so that you would go and produce fruit, and your fruit would remain. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in My name.

John 15:16 

 Shabbat Shalom to all! Happy to `see` you again!

Love,❤️

Shayndel

 For how to make the Blossoming Rod Challah, and for more about the story of Aaron`s blossoming rod and parsha Korach, please visit HERE, HERE, and HERE to start!

Please find a prayer sheets to pray for your loved ones corresponding to the parsha HERE Korah, and all parsha HERE on AHAVA Prayer and Movement! Also please sign up for my weekly Parsha newsletter and Prayer sheet, either there or here!

 
 

PS  adding this trailer, hope its timeless!! And that we can keep making this challah year after year on the Shabbat of Parsha Korach, and make all our special challah for everyone at the banquet when Messiah returns to restore all things❤️

Post returned, though still in progress

Thank you friends, I returned the post below, but temporarily removed the Hebrew postcard, To add an   א   !!!!!

The post, "God is Love, and you are a crown of beauty in His hand, Postcards♡"  is back,  with the scriptures added!!

The Hebrew version of the postcard will return shortly!!

I couldn`t leave the post out of commission for too long, as the word that it contains is from the scriptures and I wanted to have the word posted , even if the postcard will be delayed!!  Reminded that the word of God will remain even after the heavens and earth ( and all the material world things ) pass away!!

Meanwhile, I needed to get a new yellow color pencil, you may not believe it but I used the very last of the color pencil to color the postcards, and to make the correction I needed more yellow to fill the heart around `God is Love` in Hebrew!! That may be more blog- behind-the-scenes that you needed to know, but as you are my loyal and wonderful blog friends who hold me accountable for my actions by your loving and caring comments and sharing, I felt to tell you what was happening on this end, probably things only a fellow blogger could understand (I hope!! Lol!!:)!! And if anyone has no idea what I am talking about, no worries!! Enjoy, have some challah, and thank you for visiting!!!

Meanwhile, 
We at Challah and Cherry Blossoms apologize for any inconvenience with my posting and reposting!! and For your viewing pleasure during this inconvenience,  I invite you to watch my new One-minute  `Trailer`!!! at Joanne`s Challah-Cast Channel.

(note :  its a new Trailer!!!,  the feature has already been released!!!

Enjoy!! Love, Shayndel

Aaron’s Blossoming Staff Challah! A Challah-cast!

An intimate moment with Yeshua!! Taste and See that the LORD is good!

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!)

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

Aaron's Blossoming Rod Challah!

Taking a closer look at almonds, in this weeks Parsha!

and behold, Aaron`s staff, from the house of Levi, had sprouted, blossomed, and produced almonds!

---Numbers 17:8

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You will see the blossoms will begin to sprout off of the ends as you make the long strands.

Make almond paste simply by mixing almond powder, sugar, an egg white and vanilla or almond essence.  Not the bitter almond kind though!

Notes on Making the Challah;
The Whole Wheat Challah dough is perfectly elastic and easy to use for the long rods that will make the main challah, as well as easy to fill for the rounds that will be the blossoms!! It sprouts and blossoms as you make it.

The delicious almond paste filling is easy to make.  It goes in the middle of each of the strands.  You can be creative with sprinkling and decorating with almonds.  When making this challah I also looked closely at the almonds, their beautiful texture like wood, and the contrast to the rough outside.

Almond trees are  the first blossoming tree in Israel, in late winter.   There are many almond trees on Mt. Zion.  The almond blossoms are used on the motif for the Menorah in the Holy of Holies, which is made in the shape of an almond tree with bulbous blossoms at various points.  In the scriptures we know that Aaron`s rod and a rod itself represent authority and God`s chosen one.  It speaks of blossoming and a time yet to be revealed.

It will come about that the staff of the man I choose will sprout.   --Numbers 17:5A

Notes on the Flowers! I  like to make connections to the weekly parsha when getting ready for Shabbat, and when  choosing flowers for Shabbat.
This week there was a special on a bunch of roses at the flower shop!  That gave me the inspiration to "act out" the parsha in flowers.  They represent the twelve rods that each tribe had to set before ADONAI and one would blossom.  As you can see the open pink rose represents Aaron's rod that blossomed!

at the flower shop, always so many choices!  Even seeing the roses laid out like this reminded me of the rods that were laid out in the Tent of Meeting.  Only one would blossom!

Almonds, almonds and more almonds,  an amazing breakfast idea for the Shabbat of Parsha Korach, Aaron's Blossoming Rod Challah with Almond butter, Fig shake, and almond milk!

God Bless you and  Shabbat Shaolom.
Have a great week!  Shavu'a Tov!

I will bless ADONAI at all times.
His praise is continually in my mouth.  --Psalm 34:2



For more on how to make Aaron`s Blossoming Rod Challah, see HERE

Aaron`s Blossoming Staff Challah!

And behold, Aaron`s staff, from the house of Levi, had sprouted, blossomed, and produced almonds.

---Numbers 17:8

Aaron.

This week`s Parsha, Parsha Korach, in the book of Numbers, has me thinking about Aaron.
And his staff that flowers with almond blossoms!

As some of you who have been reading my blog know, sometimes I make a challah that expresses something from the weekly Torah Reading.  (the link to the weekly readings is on the sidebar, or you can find it HERE!)  For this week`s Shabbat I wanted to express something about Aaron and his flowering rod.

I started with some fresh almonds, and let what was to happen blossom from there...

Next, to roll a long staff, divided into three strands...

Because the rod of Aaron sprouted Almond Blossoms, it is said that it may have been made from the wood from an Almond tree.  So I wanted there to be almonds inside the `staff`.   Homemade almond paste rolled inside the strands was just the thing!

Once the strands were rolled, the flowers had to `sprout` from the staff, so you see what happens here, is that the flowers come from the `rolled` ends of the staff...

Now for the braid...

 here you can see the the strands have `expanded` ! as  the almond paste filling is rolled into the strands

 BUT look what happened, it got so long that it would be too long for the baking sheet.
So another sweet almond flower bloomed from the end!

 Now there were three flowers!

 And flowers made of almond slivers to decorate the challah!

On the Shabbat table, it truly Blossomed!!

 

Shabbat Shalom!