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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.
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