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Biur – Burning
The night before the Passover seder, the home is thoroughly searched for…
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Searching for Chametz
On Passover, Jews are commanded to get rid of all "chametz" (leaven) which…
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Broken Matzah
Whether one is in North America, Europe or Asia, the Passover seder is…
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Who Knows One?
How does one transmit basic theology in a fun manner to tired seder guests?…
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Paschal Lamb – A Unique Commandment
While most Jews have attended a Passover seder, no Jew in the last 1,900…
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Kitniyot and Gebrachts
Ashkenazi or Sephardi? Hungarian, Yekke (German), Lithuanian?At no other…
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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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Time for Freedom?
The sages refer to the holiday of Passover as Zman Chay’roo’tay’noo,…
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The Passover Story in Brief
On Passover, we commemorate the exodus from Egyptian slavery. The following…
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OMG! Passover Is Coming
The intensive physical and emotional preparations for Passover come from…
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