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Camping, Hiking

Lag B’Omer: The Perfect Wilderness Holiday

Let’s face it, most of the fun parts of the Lag B’Omer holiday are rooted in the aggagic stories concerning the origin of Kabbalah. If, like me, Kabbalah plays little …...

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Wilderness Parsha

Retired and Elderly in the Outdoors

Parsha Kedoshim, Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27 To focus on one line from this week’s parsha, which contains “The Holiness Code,” may seem kind of odd. As we’ve...

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Camping, Hiking, International Travel

The Israel National Trail

In honor of Yom Ha’Atzma’ut this week, The Kosher Backpacker is proud to present an overview guide and listing of resources to the Israel National Trail, or שביל...

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News

Mourning and the Wilderness

We touch on hitbotedut in our book, with the semi-famous lines of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, and the fantastic communion with the Divine that’s available in the wilderness. But what...

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Camping, Hiking, Travel

Our Guide to a Wilderness Passover

We cover some of this in our book, The Kosher Backpacker, but as Pesach starts Friday night, there may be Jewish thru-hikers out there, or people availing themselves of spring …...

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Trail Recipes

Vegetarian Matzah Brei

Ingredients 4 or 2 pieces matzah 1/2 or 1/4 cup water 4 or 2 eggs Salt and pepper to taste 2 or 1 tbsp butter 2 or 1 tbsp KforP …...

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Wilderness Parsha

Alienation

Just like last week’s parsha, Metzora isn’t one of my favorites (I prefer talking donkeys, truth be told). There’s so much meat for the spiritual in this reading,...

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Hiking, News, Travel

Antisemitism on the Trail

WARNING: Some unsettling content ahead. Just as an FYI, there’s no context that makes what happens in this video “okay.”  The mayor of Damascus, in the wake of the...

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