ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question: What is the “mitzvah” of making challah?
Dr. Beth Ricanati has built her career around bringing wellness and well-being into everyday life through traditional medical clinics, wellness programs, and now as an author and speaker. She obtained her undergraduate degree in art history at the University of Pennsylvania, and her medical degree from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She trained at Columbia Presbyterian in New York City, worked at Columbia’s Center for Women’s Health, and at the Women’s Health Center at the Cleveland Clinic. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine.
After moving to Southern California Beth shifted her focus from not only seeing patients but to writing as well, a transformation that has allowed her to reach a broader audience on the issues of health, wellness, and well-being.
Her goal is to help people explore how we all can manage our stress and live healthier and more meaningful lives, using the ancient ritual of making challah as the example.
Beth’s award-winning first book, Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs, was published in 2018, and today she speaks throughout the US and abroad, and hosts virtual and in-person challah-making workshops for private groups and institutions such as schools, museums, and religious organizations.
This week Beth is speaking with us about the practical and spiritual aspects of making challah, and the book.
