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My family was different. All of us ATTENDED school in a Jewish neighborh0od six miles away. My first girlfriends were Jewish and I came to fall in love with Jewish culture.

Things were really exciting FOR US during the High Holy Days; among WHICH Yom Kippur was the most sacred of all.

My father was considered the best kosher chef on Long Island. He trained all of his children, his brothers, as well as his brother-in-law how to cook. As his youngest child, at eight-years old, I was the last to stand by his side, watching and learning as he prepared, egg barley, kreplach, derma (kiska ), kasha varnishes, matzo balls, and more Classic Jewish delights.

MATZO (flatbread)Although a basic staple of the Passover season, today matzo is enjoyed throughout the year.DURING, THE TENTH DAY OF THE MONTH OF TISHREI (SEPTEMBER OCTOBER), JEWS REPENT AND SEEK ATONEMENT FOR THEIR SINS. YOM KIPPUR IS THE CULMINATION OF WHAT ARE CALLED THE DAYS OF AWE. DURING THE HIGH HOLY DAYS OF THE HEBREW CALENDAR, THIS SOLEMN PERIOD BEGINS WITH ROSH HASHANAH AND ENDS WITH THIS HOLIDAY KNOWN AS THE MOST SACRED OF ALL. DURING THESE TEN DAYS JEWS SEEK FORGIVENESS FOR THEIR SINS AND PRAY THAT GOD WILL INSCRIBE THEIR NAME IN THE BOOK OF LIFE FOR YET ANOTHER YEAR.

Shofar (rams horn)CALLTOPRAYER

Rosh Hashanah

Synagogue (House of Prayer) YOM KIPPUR BECAME A SPECIAL TIME ECONOMICALLY FOR MY ENTIRE FAMILY. FATHER EMPLOYED EVERYONE HE COULD, AS THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT WAS TURNED INTO AN ASSEMBLY LINE FOR TEN DAYS. WE ALL WORKED HARD TO HELP HIM COOK AND PACKAGE POUNDS OF KASHA, DERMA, AND EGG BARLEY. DOZENS OF KREPLACH AND GALLONS OF MATZO BALL SOUP HAD TO BE PREPARED. ALTHOUGH ON ANY GIVEN SUNDAY, MOTHER DRAGGED US ALL TO THE EPISCOPALIAN CHURCH WHERE SHE WORSHIPED, ALL OF US IT SEEMED WERE MORE JEWISH THAN CHRISTIAN.

MATZO BALL SOUP

DERMA (KISHKA)WITHBEEF GRAVY

Potato Lakes with apple sauce

Yom Kippur

The unique cuisine that I discovered during this holiday Helped make Jewish culture and theology that MUCH more appealing to me, and I began to observe the holiday as well.

If A PERSONS GOOD DEEDS OUTWEIGH THEIR SINFUL ONES THEIR NAME WILL BE INSCRIBED IN THE BOOK OF LIFE FOR YET ANOTHER YEAR.I BECAME THE ONLY ONE IN MY FAMILY TO GAIN A DEGREE AND PERUSE A CULINARY CAREER. I LEFT NEW YORK AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE REST OF MY FAMILY HAS MOVED ON TO OTHER CAREERS, HOWEVER, EACH YEAR I CONTINUE TO REVERE THE HIGH HOLY DAYS OF THE HEBREWCALENDAR.

THE Classic Jewish kosher Food THAT I LEARNED TO PREPAREDuring Yom Kippur was the first soul food that I knew. Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11 - 2. Romance (Larghetto)Frdric ChopinChopin - Complete Edition (CD 1 - Piano Concertos), track 02/062009Classical755135.25eng - Track 2