Rabbi Guy Tal: The Holiday of Liberty
by Rabbi Guy Tal (Edmonton) – The commandment most vital on the Night of the Seder is the narration of the Haggadah: “And you shall…
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Rabbi Ilana Krygier Lapides: Hungering for peace
By Rabbi Ilana Krygier Lapides (Calgary) – My father, of blessed memory, used to quote a curse, “May you live in interesting times.” I think…
CIJA: Let our People Go
by Judy Zelikovitz (CIJA) – Passover is a story of survival and courage. At the heart of it, over these 2,000 years, our tenacity as…
Rabbi Russell Jayne: Applying the Passover symbols to modern times
By Rabbi Russell Jayne (Calgary) – The Seder plate, an emblematic fixture of the Seder meal, carries with it profound significance in the observance of…
Edmonton’s Empty Shabbat Table raises awareness of the hostages
By Jenna Vetsch (AJNews) – October 7 – what was once an unremarkable day – is now a terrible stain in history marked by the…