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passover
Save the self-pity, choices abound for Passover meals
Jewish Journal
March 26, 2013
For the many who feel overwhelmed by Passover because of the demands of cooking without leaven, a word or two: That should not be an obstacle.
PASSOVER AND SHAVUOT: What’s the Question? What’s the Answer?
Jewish Journal
May 17, 2012
Unlike other Jewish holidays, the Torah does not specify a date for Shavuot; it is celebrated on the 50th day (seven weeks) after Passover. We moderns celebrate Shavuot on the 6th day of the month of Sivan; in ancient times, when the first day of every month was declared only when the new moon was first seen, the holiday could have been celebrated on the 5th, 6th or 7th day of Sivan.
Pesach 5772: Lessons my grandfather taught me
Rabbi Elazar Muskin
April 11, 2012
Every Passover, as I sit with my family at our seder, I inevitably think of my paternal grandfather, after whom I was named. I never met him. He died five years before I was born, and I was born on the anniversary of his burial. But from earliest childhood, I felt that my grandfather was present, teaching me the values that helped shape my life.
Jewish-Japanese seder honors Boyle Heights history
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
April 4, 2012
Tess Friedman passes Ethel Kamiyama a bowl of charoset, and Kimayama spreads a spoonful of the fruit and nut paste onto her shard of matzah. Kamiyama leans over her plate as the small sandwich crumbles at her bite, and nods at Friedman, signaling that she finds this foray into Jewish culture quite tasty.
At Passover, let my people go south
Jewish Journal
April 4, 2012
Passover celebrates the Exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt, their wandering in the desert for 40 years, and their ultimate deliverance to the Promised Land.
How to make perfect matzah balls [VIDEO]
Jewish Journal
April 2, 2012
These quick and easy tips will pay big dividends. This year, make your Matzo Balls deliciously perfect!
Seder can be splendid the second time around
Jewish Journal
March 27, 2012
Rabbi Stuart Rosenblatt, a suburban Washington spiritual leader, jokes that \”The second night of Passover was invented because God knew there would be in-laws.\”
A Pesach plea for prison reform
Jewish Journal
April 13, 2011
Last week, here in Los Angeles, we read with horror of an inmate in a local county jail who was strangled to death in his cell. This inmate had been complaining to a judge that he was being “hassled” by other inmates. Overcrowding and unsanitary conditions have plagued L.A. County’s jails for more than 30 years, along with a culture of violence and fear that includes prisoner-on-prisoner assaults and the use of excessive force by deputies.
Thinking Outside the Matzah Ball Box
Orit Arfa
March 26, 2009
When the Israelites rushed out of Egypt, Pharaoh’s men on their heels, they hurriedly bundled their belongings, food included, to carry as much as they could on their backs and donkeys. Seeking to nourish themselves throughout their desert journey to the Promised Land, they rolled together unleavened bread crumbs, eggs and oil to create a round, nutritious finger food. They heated these in water jugs, along with chicken bone scraps, to preserve them and give them flavor. And that’s how matzah ball soup was born.
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