Rabbi Leonard Cohen: Checking ourselves at Pesach
by Rabbi Leonard Cohen (AJNews) – Each Pesach we observe the mitzvah of “bedikat chametz” – the cleaning out of chametz, i.e., leavened foods, from our…
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Rabbi Guy Tal: Pesach – The holiday of education
By Rabbi Guy Tal (AJNews) – Whenever any holiday arrives, I feel overwhelmed with many ideas and messages about the values and the concepts that…
Rabbi Mark Glickman: The wonders of a crumb
By Rabbi Mark Glickman (AJNews) – It’s a late October evening, just before 7:00 and I’m frustrated. Once again, I can’t find the darn remote….
Rabbi Cantor Russell Jayne: The updated Seder Plate
By Rabbi Cantor Russell Jayne (AJNews) – The traditional Seder plate contains an egg, shank bone, karpas, charoset and maror. Some also make room for…
Rabbi Steven Schwarzman: Why this night is different
By Rabbi Steven Schwarzman (AJNews) – Pesach, Matzah, and Maror – in the Haggadah, Rabban Gamliel teaches that whoever doesn’t say these three things on Passover…