The holiday of Passover begins at sundown tomorrow (Wednesday).  It’s a holiday full of interesting traditions and is rich with historical significance. There are some of you who might want to know a bit more about the holiday — and for you I present this video. The song’s title comes from the humorous precis of [...]

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My dear friends: The Jewish holiday of Passover is nearly upon us — a time for reflection of our historical journey from slavery to freedom as well as of our perpetual journeys towards free will and free choice for ourselves and other inhabitants of our world.  The traditional Passover Seder, a symposium which retells the [...]

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We’re drawing to the end of the Passover holiday which, according to many, ends this evening. (That in itself is a long story: the holiday is prescribed Biblically for seven days, and many traditional Jews not currently residing in Israel keep it for one extra day “just to be sure.” (That’s over-simplifying it, I know.) [...]

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Just a few odds-and-ends: * Passover begins at sundown! Inasmuch as the dietary restrictions of the holiday can be quite taxing, this remains my favorite Jewish holiday because of the Seder. The educational component through the Seder is what I like to consider an archaic example of a multimedia experience — where one gets to [...]

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I need to finalize our plans for the Passover Seders in April. This year, like most other years, I’m hoping that we’ll trek on up to my brother’s place in New Jersey. He’s a rabbi at a synagogue up there which holds a community-wide Seder which we’ve been a part of for several years. And [...]

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