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The Jews may have wandered through the desert for 40 years after escaping slavery, but that’s not where the term “wandering Jew” originates. In fact, it’s...
Celebrating Passover, I’ve been reminded of a very odd feature of the biblical story. Jews read the books of Moses not just as history but as...
One could find fewer more appropriate metaphors for the story of the Jewish people than that of a long and rigorous marathon in which the baton...
I wrote before Purim about the masks that we wear. Not just the COVID-19 ones, but the permanent ones that hide our true selves. And I...
If you thought that the Pesach seder experience was universal and uniform, think again. While many of us may be used to a standard routine, communities...
It’s no coincidence, our sages say, that much of the story of the exodus revolves around water. Jewish babies are cast into the river Nile, and...
As South African Jewry gather around the seder table to commemorate the exodus from Egypt this Saturday night, it will also be a poignant reminder of...
Pesach is a time of miracles, matzah, and memories. It’s also a time for families to come together, and the seder is one of the most-observed...
Don’t you dare open the pot while they are boiling; use a kochleffel (traditional cooking spoon) and a bit of this and a bit of that;...
“And you shall inscribe them upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gates in order that your days may increase and the days of...
It isn’t easy to imagine what the Jews went through in getting out of Egypt and wandering the desert for 40 years, but the Chevrah Kadisha...
Pesach is such an interesting Yomtov. While the basic observances are pretty much universal, everybody seems to have their own unique way of celebrating.
