Parshah • April 2023
Pesach 1 – Making Sense Out of Matza
It’s just a form of bread, isn’t it? Perhaps a little more basic, and rustic, but bread nevertheless? Yet Matza has a spiritual connotation far beyond the symbol of Passover…
Parshah • April 2022
Shevi’I Shel Pesach – When Nature is the True Miracle
On the 7th day of Pesach we read about the splitting of the sea. That event is considered a miracle. But was that a real miracle or is the seemingly…
Parshah • April 2022
Pesach – Your Daily Exodus
The exodus from Egypt was a blueprint for our future exodus from the current enslavement – albeit that ours is a psychological enslavement that creates confusion in the world. The…
Festivals • April 2021
Shevi’i Shel Pesach – Take the Plunge
Miracles are rare. But this Shabbat we celebrate one such historical miracle – when the sea split for the Jewish people. But it took the courageous initiative of one person…
Parshah • April 2021
Pesach – Take the Plunge
Miracles are rare. But this Shabbat we celebrate one such historical miracle – when the sea split for the Jewish people. But it took the courageous initiative of one person…
Parshah • April 2020
Pesach – Nights of the Pesach Table
Of the major Yom Tovim the one that is most memorable for adult and child alike, is Pesach. Even if the Pesach is reduced to a family dinner with token…
Parshah • April 2019
Pesach 2 – Another Four Cups – Play it Again, Sam
Yes, the eighth day of Pesach takes place in Casablanca as well! (For those who don’t get it, Google the heading!). In fact everywhere outside of Israel there is an…
Parshah • April 2018
Last Day Pesach – Just Matza and Wine
The last day Pesach has been celebrated in many places with an extra meal called Seudas Moshiach (Moshiach’s meal). Consisting of Matzah only during the era of the Ba’al Shem…