During menopause, women experience hormonal and chemical changes. There is a decrease in a woman's level of estradiol, the principal estrogen of women. Also, some serotonin functioning decreases although it is unknown the extent to which serotonin and norepinephrine activity is affected by menopause.
Chachkies is the yiddish word for trinkets and collectables, AKA dusk collectors that you would find in an old lady's house. Mrs. Silverman had lots of chachkies sitting on her mantle, many of them collected from garage sales and yard sales over the years. by Dannell Buckingham April 15, 2005.
The pure, simple, unadorned word challah means âa loaf of bread.â However, in halachic terms the word challah has a very specific definition, and colloquially it came to mean a certain type of bread thousands of years later. The halachic definition of challah is a reference to Positive Mitzvah #133. It entails separating a section of dough from your kneading and giving it to a kohen. This piece of dough is called âchallah.â Any dough which is made of wheat, barley, spelt, oat or rye is obligated in this mitzvah. The kohen and his family would eat the challah while in a state of ritual purity. The rabbis decided that a home baker should give 1/24th of the dough to the kohen, while a commercial baker has to donate 1/48th of his dough.