Seder
Checklist: Setting the Seder Table
Before launching into your seder, make sure you have everything you'll need.
How To Choose a Passover Haggadah
Questions to consider when buying the book for your seder.
Passover and Questions for All
As Passover draws to a close this weekend, I’m thinking about two things: a pizza binge on Friday night and ...
Jewish Ritual and “The Checklist Manifesto”
Jewish ritual is complicated. Take the most recent ritual we just celebrated, the seder. It has 14 steps, each of which is to ...
Freedom From and Freedom To
Tonight marks the beginning of Passover. Jews ask over the world will gather to celebrate zman cheirutenu, the season of ...
Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights?
This year, I will be spending most of Pesach (Passover) in a small town in southwestern Missouri. I will be ...
The Passover Egg: Symbol of a Weeping Earth
Coming out of Egypt, the Children of Israel crossed the Sea of Reeds (also known as the Red Sea) walking ...
Why Passover Is About A Lot More Than Good Food
What is the essence of Passover? On the one hand, it seems obvious: Passover is about gathering together with loved ...
Passover, Then and Now
Pesach (Passover) is my favorite holiday. I enjoy reading about the journey from slavery to freedom and the journey of ...