Pesach is a wonderful time of the year! The time when we get to recall how God took us out of Egypt with a “mighty hand and an outstretched arm!” It is this time of year when we are required to...
When we said “Next year in Jerusalem” at last year's seder, I don't think any of us ever meant it as much as we did that night. Did any of us dream we would still be in lock down for a second Pesach...
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Create a family Haggadah
Challenge your family to create a family haggadah this year. There are many sites to do this with but my two favourites are haggadot.com (best for ages 10+) and ...
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Behold (I just like that word) one of my favorite passages in the Haggadah:
It happened that R. Eliezer, R. Yehoshua, R. Elazar ben Azarya, R. Akiva, and R. Tarfon were reclining [at a seder] in...
10 reasons to download Pesach apps for your kids before Pesach
I parked outside work, gathered my belongings and looked around, making sure I had everything; as I prepared to lock it, I had a sudden thought. I looked down at the seats and I realised we had hit a...
The Passover Seder is perhaps the most cherished and kept of all Jewish traditions, maybe even outranking the solemn fast of Yom Kippur in the list of Jewish observances. The reason for this is that...