CategoryPesach

The story of Manischewitz machine-matzah.

Sometimes, it's difficult for children to get over their hard feelings about their parents. A bit of perspective is in order.

Why can’t we decide on one name for the holiday, Pesach or Chag Hamatzos? And, who was the first to enact a ‘Prohibition’ of alcohol?

How is Passover food different, from all the foods of the year?

Why was Moses left out of the Haggadah? The real reason.

What are the answers to the four questions?

What is better, an angel or a person?

When Shehecheyanu Isn’t Appropriate We all know the shehecheyanu blessing. We sing it at every happy occasion.  The shehecheyanu is recited on every Jewish holiday, except for today – the last day of Pesach.  What most people don’t know is that this blessing is made over a heartfelt joy. That means that any time you feel a real heartfelt joy you can recite the shehecheyanu.  The...

Good Yom Tov!  In the mid-1600s, a high-ranking British government official named Samuel Pepys (pronounced Peeps) kept a diary for about ten years.  The diary, one of the best records of daily from that era, made him famous.  During the time he kept his diary, Samuel Pepys witnessed a plague of animal disease that swept Europe, the great Fire of London, and war between Britain and...

An idea for your Seder.