Abraham
rushed to the tent to Sarah and said, “Hurry!
Take three measures of the finest flour!
Kneed it and make rolls!” Abraham
ran to the cattle to choose a tender and choice calf. (Genesis
18:6,7)
Abraham ran after a calf that ran away from him into a cave that was the burial place of Adam and Eve.
When he came
close to the opening, he found himself standing at the entrance to the Garden
of Eden.
About to
enter the pristine garden, he remembered that his wife and three guests were
waiting for lunch back at the tent.
What should
he do? Should he trade paradise for a
barbeque?
The Bible
tells us that he chose to return to the tent and join his wife in making a meal
for their three guests.
Abraham realized
that paradise is what we create with our spouse at home. Other visions of paradise are either mirages
or lies.
Enjoy
life with the wife you love through all the days of your life. (Ecclesiastes 9:9)
My wife,
Miriam, and I worked together to create paradise in our vegetarian kitchen.
Adam and Eve
had a vegetarian kitchen.
Spirituality
emerged from our collaboration making a potato casserole for our guests.
We bought
potatoes and scallions in Avi’s vegetable store and cottage cheese and grated
yellow cheese in Bella’s grocery.
We baked the
potatoes in the microwave, sliced them into the baking pan and covered them
with the cheeses.
Miriam
washed the scallions, cut them up, and sprinkled them over layers of
cheese-covered potatoes.
After the casserole
was baked, we served it to our guests.
