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A Fail-Proof Round Challah Recipe for Rosh Hashanah
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rebekah Lowin Shomorony (@rebekahlowin) Here it is—my favorite round challah recipe for Rosh Hashanah! If you’ve visited this page in years past or follow me on Instagram, you might notice that…
My Go-To Challah Recipe
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rebekah Lowin Shomorony (@rebekahlowin) Without further ado (after years of ado), here it is: my mostly traditional, mostly fail-proof, classic challah recipe. This miiight just be my most asked-about tutorial—and seeing…
Pumpkin Spice Black and White Cookies
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rebekah Lowin (@rebekahlowin) Pumpkin spice black-and-whites! Or, the best way to make your whole kitchen smell like a Nora Ephron movie. Admittedly, I’m a little late posting these. As in, it’s…
Pumpkin Challah Rolls
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rebekah Lowin (@rebekahlowin) First things first, I’m not gonna lie to you; this recipe *will* take you several hours. You *will* get way too invested, and you *will* lose some of…
Mezuzah Cookies
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rebekah Lowin Shomorony (@rebekahlowin) Little mezuzah cookies! Which I toted along to my brother and sister-in-law’s beautiful new home last week. Maybe not as useful as bread and salt. But certainly…
DIY Garland Challah Topper for Rosh Hashanah
Here’s my latest 5781 goal: Make challah toppers a thing. Because I’m more than a little bit in love with how this one turned out. ISN’T IT SO FUN!? It is. It’s so fun. I need to get out more….
Star of David Cupcake Toppers
I’ll save you a little time today: These starry toppers can be made by piping melted chocolate onto a piece of parchment paper, waiting for it to set, and then peeling off the final designs. That’s it! That’s the whole…
Honey Dipper Place Cards for Rosh Hashanah
Back today with a super quick, super easy idea for sprucing up your Rosh Hashanah table setting: Add honey dipper place cards! These beauties involve just three materials—the honey dippers themselves, which i found on Amazon here, the banner-shaped card…
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Hi! I’m Rebekah—editor by day, blogger by night, mom by always. And this, as you may have gathered, is my blog! Here, I share whimsical Jewish holiday ideas, original DIY projects, sophisticated table decorations, and traditional-with-a-twist recipes. I started posting on this site (and my corresponding Instagram) in 2019, and though it’s fair to say that the main focus remains “crafty things,” it’s since evolved into a wider reflection of all of the beautiful parts of life that I think are worth sharing and celebrating: snapshots of walks in Central Park, just-right playlists, musings on life, and every other moment of meaning or . . .
breaking the fast . . . !
Nutella Babka with Chopped Hazelnuts
I received a message on Instagram earlier this week asking if I had a chocolate babka recipe tucked away somewhere, and I realized with a *start* that I’d never posted this tutorial from eons ago—a sweet, soft, flaky, shiny, ultra-moist nutella babka dotted with hazelnut chunks. This is a…
