04/08/2015
In Your Own
The Psalms of Hallel can be recited in whatever language one is most…
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04/07/2015
Chag Ha’matzot
The name of the holiday “Passover,” is an allusion to God’s passing over…
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04/07/2015
Cuisine for Passover
Research creative recipes to serve through the rest of the week of…
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04/06/2015
Chol Hamoed
Most holidays in Western society last for a single day, which is often…
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04/06/2015
A Special Week
Do something each day this week to make it special for Chol Hamoed.
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04/03/2015
Setting the Seder Table
Before beginning the Seder, it is important to make certain that…
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04/03/2015
Can You Count to 49?
There is a commandment (Leviticus 23:15) to count the 49 days that…
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04/03/2015
Happy Passover
NJOP and Jewish Treats wishes you a happy and kosher Passover.
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04/02/2015
Four Cups of Wine
Like almost all festival meals, the Passover seder begins with Kiddush, the…
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04/02/2015
Fast of the Firstborns
There has always been a lot of pressure on firstborn children, as they were…
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04/02/2015
Wine
Shop the kosher wine section of your local liquor store for something new…
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04/01/2015
Biur – Burning
The night before the Passover seder, the home is thoroughly searched for…
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04/01/2015
Searching for Chametz
On Passover, Jews are commanded to get rid of all "chametz" (leaven) which…
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03/31/2015
Broken Matzah
Whether one is in North America, Europe or Asia, the Passover seder is…
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03/31/2015
Who Knows One?
How does one transmit basic theology in a fun manner to tired seder guests?…
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03/31/2015
Traditions
Ask your older relatives what customs they remember from Passover seders…
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03/30/2015
The Development of the Haggadah
On Passover night we are commanded "v'hee'ga'd'ta" and you shall…
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03/30/2015
A Holiday for Kids
Why is this night different from all other nights? Ask the kids! Or better…
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03/30/2015
New for the Seder
Invest in a new Haggadah to gain further insights into the Passover seder.
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03/29/2015
Paschal Lamb – A Unique Commandment
While most Jews have attended a Passover seder, no Jew in the last 1,900…
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03/29/2015
Kitniyot and Gebrachts
Ashkenazi or Sephardi? Hungarian, Yekke (German), Lithuanian?At no other…
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03/29/2015
Shankbone
Arrange to purchase a shankbone for the seder from you local kosher…
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03/27/2015
The Great Shabbat
The Shabbat immediately preceding Passover is known as Shabbat…
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03/26/2015
One Goat…and a Host of Other Things
Most American children know the play song There was an Old Lady Who…
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03/26/2015
Bring It In
Begin purchasing matzah and other kosher-for-Passover foods.
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03/25/2015
Time for Freedom?
The sages refer to the holiday of Passover as Zman Chay’roo’tay’noo,…
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03/24/2015
The Passover Story in Brief
On Passover, we commemorate the exodus from Egyptian slavery. The following…
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