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Passover, A Time to Feel the Breeze All Over
I get frustrated with the Jewish world pretty much every day, but I have never in my life thought, “You ...
Who Knows Thirteen? (Answer Must Be In Ladino)
It is well established that my family is as dorky as it gets when it comes to languages and linguistics, ...
Zero Down, Forty-Nine To Go
I got a confession. Every year, it takes me approximately two days to forget to count the Omer. And that’s ...
Haggadah Word Cloud
I went over to Open Source Haggadah (an awesome resource for creating your own Haggadah) and grabbed the basic Haggadah ...
How To: Make Your Own Omer Counter
Counting the Omer is a pretty random mitzvah for those of us who wouldn’t otherwise count down the days to ...
Hametz Party
During Passover, there’s a custom to not even mention the word “bread.” This might just be a Hasidic custom, one ...
To My Bitter Herb
My dad’s name is Herb. Well Herbert to be accurate. But you can call him Herb.These leads to the same ...
Haftarah for Shabbat Rosh Chodesh
The New Moon is a symbol of the feminine, and a time when all creatures will come together to praise God.
Breaking News: Mitzvah Tank Parade Loud But Boring
Here at MJL we were working hard all morning until we were just interrupted by some loud Jewish music and ...
A Mystical Choice, A Mystical Haggadah
The one thing I’m never last-minute about is having a haggadah. With countless different versions available — last year, when ...