Posted by in judaism Every year at Passover the great debate rages: to eat kitniyot or not. Kitniyot are a classification of food that Jews of Ashkenazi descent (European) do not eat and Sephardic Jews (Mediterranean) do eat them. For example, Ashkenazi Jews would not eat rice on Passover and yet, Jews from Morroco, Spain, or Turkey would absolutely…Read more »
Posted by in glbt, judaism, politics, tikkun olam Read my latest blog post on Reform Judaism’s blog. http://www.reformjudaism.org/blog/2013/03/24/marriage-equality-and-passover-degradation-praise Happy Passover and Chag Sameach
Posted by in Uncategorized Here is an article that appeared in the Beverly Press about Passover. It is about the link between Passover and women and in particular my comments about Women’s Reproductive Rights. Happy Passover
Posted by in Uncategorized Wishing all a wonderful Pesach. I hope the journey from slavery toward freedom brings you hope and renewal. For some people in our world today they are slaves. They “belong” to another human being. Slavery exists in 21st century sadly. Passover comes to remind us that if one person is not free then we…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Yesterday was Rosh Chodesh Nissan and Shabbat HaChodesh. That means Passover is just two week’s away! The food displays have been appearing for some while already. But now it is time to get serious about your Passover prep. Where will you have seder? If you haven’t ever thought about hosting one perhaps this is the…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Today is the last day of Pesach. The Torah tells us to celebrate Passover for seven days. Reform Jews and all Israeli Jews will observe the Biblical number of days. Yet every year there are questions about the “correct” number of days to observe Passover. Conservative and Orthodox Jews outside of Israel add an…Read more »
Posted by in Torah Commentary Passover Rabbi Denise L. Eger This week we celebrate the amazing festival of Passover! The special Torah reading for this week’s Shabbat is Ex 33:12-34:26. Each day of the festival there are special readings from Exodus and Leviticus and Numbers that focus on Passover, the paschal offering and the observance of Passover in the Bible…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Happy Passover one and all. I hope your Seder was joyful and yummy too. Tonight many will celebrate a second seder but what makes tonight so different is the counting of the omer. It begins on the second night of Passover and culminates 50 days later in our next festival of Shavuot. Each night (or…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Passover is a week a way. And it is time to get those favorite family recipes down and start the cleaning, planning and preparing! One of the things I always loved about Passover is the creativity it takes in the kitchen. I do have to admit since I embraced a low carb life a couple…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized It’s Easter morning. My Christian friends are observing their most holy day of the year celebrating Jesus’ resurrection. For Jews this was never a good time of year. Historically the charge of Christ-killer surfaced during the days and weeks leading up to Easter day. Passion plays filled with anti-Semitism performed at this season and priests’…Read more »
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