04/20/2022
Who doesn't love a CRUNCH with thier lunch?? 🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒
This past Sunday, we had a pickling workshop with our friend Dylan, who showed us the delicious basics!
When we decided to put this workshop on, we asked ourselves what is it about pickles that is so Jewish? I started to do some research. Besides the obvious, that a nomadic people of ancient times had to be clever about keeping produce handy and making it last, why has the pickle held us so tightly?
In my readings I came upon a story about two Rabbis arguing about whether to salt brine a pickle or to use vinegar if one were pickling on Shabbat. The argument being centered around which method constitutes "work." That struck me immediately! What makes pickles so Jewish is our ability to argue about them! Debate and questioning is at the center of Judaism!
Whether it's spicy, sweet, or crunchy kosher dill, there is room for all kinds of pickles! Just like us, we can all hold our differences and we can debate about them. We can hold them all in equal value, as different as they are.
