Tag: Pessach

The National Library of Israel has uncovered a rare handwritten Passover Haggadah published in the 1880s containing a Judeo-Persian poem dedicated to Lady Judith Montefiore (1784-1862), highlighting the far-reaching influence of the Montefiore family...

And yet we are not fully at rest. I write these words to the soundtrack of freedom’s price: fighter jets overhead, air-raid sirens, ambulances racing past. These are not abstract sounds of war. They...

Why are these Passover seders different from all others? Some Orthodox Jews are opting to personalize their Passover liturgy and accessorize it with everything from Klingon, the “Star Trek” language and superheroes to “Seinfeld” and...

purim's done, nissan's here, pesach comes, pivot. time to prep, schedule cleaning, wipe down the shelves, pull out the dishes. crack open the guides, check the haggadot, draw up the guest list. busy, busy, busy plan, shop, clean rush, prep, clean. tradition dictates we study the text a bit before; it...

Passover has been described as the “Independence Day of the Jewish People”—the day of our national liberation. It is possible to describe the exodus from Egypt as the moment Jewish peoplehood was founded. The fact...

For many, Passover planning begins the day they sift through bags of Purim goodies. Then faced with the inevitable panic, especially this year, when seder falls on a Saturday night, they have to get organized. Israelis...

The holiday of Pesach (Passover), the most widely observed and celebrated Jewish holiday in America and the world, is approaching fast. This holiday is special for so many reasons, in part by the fact...

For the first time since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, some 100 Diaspora Jewish families will celebrate the Jewish festival of redemption in the heart of what was once the ghetto. Seventy-six years ago German troops...

Ahead of the holiday of Passover, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is sponsoring gift coupons of $139.12 for 8,500 Israeli lone soldiers and soldiers from low-income families, all of which add up...

If you’ve never heard an Arab calling out alter zachen (“old things”) in Yiddish, then you’ve never experienced pre-Passover preparations in Jerusalem. It’s part of the clean-up mania that grips the city in the run-up to...