Once again this week, we begin with a farewell and a “change of shifts”:
After good, enjoyable years of working together, Ido, the extraordinary baker of Ish Shel Lechem bakery, is (partially) leaving us. Although we will no longer be able to offer you loaves of bread fresh from his bakery’s ovens, you can still order delicious crackers, granola, “After” cookies and spelt sticks.
We’re pleased to report that Chubeza will not remain orphaned of a bakery…We hereby welcome Eyal Tamir, an accomplished baker and neighbor from Moshav Taoz, also known as “Ishlechem” (“Breadman”)…For over 15 years, Eyal has been treading the floured, leavened path, producing an amazing variety of delectable sourdough breads and rolls in his small bakery in Taoz. He is guided by the beacons of excellent quality, maintaining a professional, high-level operation uncompromised in all respects – from the raw materials through the process of creating and working, to the sale to the customer; simplicity and wholeness, dictating baking with no artificial ingredients, enhancers, leavening agents, color additives and other unhealthy components, and modesty and honesty¸ which translate to plain and simple high-quality, healthy, delicious bread.
This week, the Chubeza Order System will include Ishlechem’s loaves of bread and assortments of rolls. From next week, you can order products from the bakery as well.
May we all enjoy invigorating new beginnings!
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CHUBEZA DELIVERY SCHEDULES DURING THE HOLIDAYS:
This week:
*(except for those who were sent an SMS or email message)
- Deliveries as usual – Monday, September 11 and Wednesday, September 13
For the week between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur:
- Monday deliveries will be moved to Tuesday, September 19
- Wednesday deliveries as usual on September 20
For the week between Yom Kippur and Sukkot:
- Monday deliveries will be moved to Tuesday, September 26
- Wednesday deliveries as usual on September 27
*Due to the scheduling constraints of our deliverymen (who are making all holiday deliveries in fewer days of the week), we must make certain Delivery Day changes for some of you, even within these dates. This coming Thursday, we will send each of you a text message and an email with full details of your specific Chubeza delivery schedule. If you have not received the messages or something is not clear, talk to us! [0546535980]
Over the week of CHOL HAMOED SUKKOT, there will be no packing and no deliveries.
INSTEAD OF COMING TO YOU, WE ARE DELIGHTED TO INVITE YOU TO COME TO CHUBEZA’S OPEN DAY FESTIVITIES IN THE FIELD, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1ST DURING THE AFTERNOON.
After Simchat Torah, it’s back to Routine!
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In honor of the upcoming New Year, we invite you to add to your boxes the extraordinary Israeli-grown products produced by Chubeza’s very special cottage-industry associates, including: bread and baked goods, sprouts, mushrooms, olive oil, za’tar, olives, tehina, almond and nut spreads, honey, silan (date honey), almonds, dates, humus, quinoa, natural juices, alcoholic ciders, stoneground flours, handmade raw chocolate, special tea infusions, and more…..Plus, of course, the very distinctive Shana BaGina calendars and diaries for the year 5784!
All these amazing products are available via the Chubeza Order System. Give your family and friends – and yourself – a special New Years treat today!
WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY, HEALTHY NEW YEAR!
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Every year the grass grows green
The sun comes up, the rain falls cold
Every year the earth renews
The squills go white, the citrus gold
Each year people are born to this earth
To love and resentment, sadness and mirth,
And someone who wishes that this year too
Is a time of pure happiness and rebirth.
– Leah Goldberg
(English: A. Raz)
A New Year now stands at the threshold, awaiting its grand entry.
In Jewish tradition, there are, in fact, four new years: (Nissan, Elul, Tishrei and Shvat) with each ‘new year’ serving a different aim: The month of Tishrei is our very own Rosh Hashana – for the farmers growing vegetables in the fields.
The perfect logic of this timing is something we actually can feel. Our bodies, which sweltered over the long, exhausting summer days, and now (there are days which) are softening and cooling down a bit, basking in the lower temperatures. Sunset, which today comes earlier, shortens the hours of sunlight in the field. The summer crops have nearly ended, and the fall plantings have already entered the field, awaiting the first showers to give the signal: indeed, the sky is changing before the farmers’ eyes.
And with this change, despite the challenges, also comes hope – May this year be blessed with rain and abundance, health and comfort, growth and revitalization.
These hopes are tangibly expressed in the blessings and symbols of the holiday. The Talmudic sage Abaye, who ably headed the Rosh Hashana Culinary Division, brought the symbolic dishes for the Talmudic table. In Tractate Krittut 6, 1: “Said Abaye: Now that you have mentioned that the siman has significance, every Rosh Hashanah, one should eat a pumpkin, lubia, leeks, beet greens and dates.”
The Rosh Hashana eve Simanim express the seasonal versatility that the holiday table offers, bringing together guests of all varieties: from the leafy greens (Swiss chard), the legumes (lubia beans), the princess of onions (leek) and the gourds. Plus, of course, the pomegranate and dates, apples, honey and fish – all showcasing the bounty that this blessed land naturally provides each season.
And as we sit round the festive table and think about the past year (what we resolve to discontinue) and look forward to the new year (and what we hope it will bring), the seasonal meal suggests we linger in the present, eat something that is in fact here and now, being harvested in our fields as we speak. And together with what was and what will be, to experience that which is presently on the tip of our tongues and taste buds, crunching in our mouths, as we lick our lips in pleasure, remembering that amidst the challenge, hardship and concern, we are surrounded by so much growth, abundance and goodness.
In keeping with the timeless Chubeza tradition – each year we attempt to fill your boxes with all the simanim available in our field, and join their wishes for a good and blessed year!
Alon, Bat-Ami, Dror, Orin and the entire Chubeza team
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WHAT’S IN THIS WEEK’S BOXES?
Monday: Leeks, lettuce, parsley/coriander/basil, eggplants (regular/baladi or Japanese finger eggplants), okra/long Thai lubia beans/short Iraqi lubia, potatoes, sweet potatoes, popcorn, tomatoes, cucumbers, slice of pumpkin/butternut squash.
Large box, in addition: Swiss chard, red bell peppers, onions/cherry tomatoes.
FRUIT BOXES: Pears, mangos, bananas/ avacadoes, pomegranites. Large box: Larger quantities of all of the above, plus apples.
Wednesday: Leeks, lettuce, eggplants (regular/baladi or Japanese finger eggplants), okra/long Thai lubia beans, potatoes/red bell peppers, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, slice of pumpkin, Swiss chard, cherry tomatoes/butternut squash.
Large box, in addition: Parsley/coriander/basil, popcorn, onions.
FRUIT BOXES: Pears, bananas/ avacadoes, pomegranites, apples. Large box: Larger quantities of all of the above, plus mangos.