April 2014

Southern Seders on the Passover Pilgrimage

Right now, Rabbi Matt Dreffin and Rabbi Marshal Klaven are in the midst of the Passover Pilgrimage, journeying to communities ...

Shalom, At Passover And Always

We had another post for today, which we will share later, but in light of yesterday’s tragic shootings at two ...

From Our Table to Yours: Rainbows & Matzah

After the fun we had with Rainbow Hamantaschen, it seemed like the gauntlet had been thrown. At the Keshet office we ...

How Much is Dayenu? $35

It was at his older brother’s bar mitzvah that 9-year-old Josh Levy gave the answer to a question we all ...

A Dog at the Seder

As a child, the great Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas noticed that dogs appear in Torah at a crucial moment. On ...

Revealing Passover

We come together for Passover to celebrate our ongoing liberation from slavery. During the seder we will speak at length ...

Pesah— Hag HaHinukh: The Holiday of Education

Jewish tradition has four names for the Passover Holiday—Hag HaAviv (the Spring Festival), Hag HaMatsot (the Holiday of Unleavened Bread), ...

The Things I Miss About Israel

I made aliyah in 1999 at the age of 25 and lived in Jerusalem for a year, and then for two years ...

Make Passover Cooking a Family Affair

Following the release of my newest cookbook,  Let My Children Cook! A Passover Cookbook for Kids , people often ask ...

Shab-bark Shalom, Y’all!

For over 20 years at my home synagogue, Temple Sinai of New Orleans, Rabbi Edward Cohn has presided over a ...

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