History & Building | Makom

Our Kitchen

How awesome is this place! This is none other than a Beit Elohim!

(Gen . 28:17)

Transforming our building from stone and steel into a makom, a sacred space.

About Our Kitchen

The kitchen is the heart of any home, and it remains true in our spiritual home as well. A simple window into the kitchen from the hallway is a deliberate design choice, affording an openness and transparency to be awake to the life of the community, and to be invited in. The seemingly ordinary act of cooking becomes sacred when shared with friends or when traditions are passed from generation to generation.

Community Commentary

Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World

TBE Table

TBE Table is a member-driven meal production and distribution program located in the TBE kitchen. Our goal is to produce healthy, delicious meals for those facing food insecurity and to build community while working together.

Get Involved

Still Volunteering at Community Servings

Throughout this time of social distancing, I’ve been continuing to volunteer at Community Servings with my mom.

Making Our Table Longer

In the Talmud, the mitzvah of feeding people is called Arukh ha-Shulhan, which means “making our table longer.” When we ensure other people have enough to eat, we are making our own table longer.

Donating My Bar Mitzvah Gifts

There is so much need to feed those in our community who are unable to get food on their own.

Recipes from the TBE Kitchen

A guide to baking challah from TBE member and expert baker Abi Oshins.

A compilation of TBE members’ favorite Passover recipes, passed down from generation to generation to you!

Recipes from our cooking modality in BaDerech, our learning program for students in grades K–5.

TBE Virtual Kitchen

Watch cooking classes taught by our clergy and members of our community.

Reading Our Kitchen

Reflect on the Jewish text that inspired the design of our kitchen and how we live our values here.

Ein kemach, ein Torah

Where there is no flour (nourishment), there is no Torah.

—Pirke Avot 3:17

What does it mean to you that nourishment is needed for Torah?

What does food and cooking evoke for you? How does food deepen your connection to Judaism?

When you are asked in the world to come, “What was your work?” and you answer, “I fed the hungry,” you will be told, “This is the gate of God. Enter into it you who have fed the hungry.”

—Midrash on Psalm 118:17

Why is feeding the hungry an act that brings us closer to God?

Why is food such a central aspect to Jewish life?