Posts Tagged: passover
A Seder Supplement for 2020
The seder this year will be observed during the corona storm. When lifting the seder plate at the outset of maggid, we will not say...
Passover Guide for the Perplexed, 2020
1. In 2020, the battle against the coronavirus demonstrates human limitations in the face of greater forces, requiring a deeper sense of humility. 3,600 hundred...
Challenging Our Complacency and Reverence for Leaders on Passover
Pesach was always intended to be a challenge -- to our way of life and our values. Egypt, the most advanced civilization of its time, was...
Pesach Basics: ‘Alef-Bet’ on How to Prep a Seder at Home
JNS.org - The Jewish holiday of Passover -- the celebration of Jewish freedom -- is traditionally spent with family and friends. But with the coronavirus...
American Seders Go Online on a Passover Night Different From All Others
Esther Greenberg loves watching her children and grandchildren gather around the Passover seder table and slurp her matzoh ball soup. "Seeing everybody who is me, everybody...
A Parents’ Guide to This Year’s Nuclear Family Seder
JNS.org - “Even if all of us were wise, all of us understanding, all of us knowing the Torah, we would still be obligated to...
Who Compiled the Pesach Haggadah, and Why?
Although Jews have been retelling the story of the Exodus from Egypt at the Pesach seder for millennia, the Haggadah as we know it was...
Israelis Told to Wear Face Masks in Public, Mark Religious Holidays With Close Family Only
All Israelis should wear face masks while in public as a precaution against the coronavirus, and upcoming Jewish, Muslim and Christian holidays should be marked only...
Israeli Police Set to Step Up Enforcement of Coronavirus Restrictions Over Passover
Israeli police are set to escalate their administration of the ongoing coronavirus lockdown over the upcoming Passover holiday, which begins next week, the news site...
Israeli Rabbis Rule Video Conferencing for Passover Seders Permissible in ‘Emergency Situation’
As the coronavirus crisis continues in Israel, families are facing the prospect of celebrating Passover with relatives and friends absent due to the ongoing lockdown. In...
Corona-Fueled Shopping Frenzy Spells Major Boost for Israel’s Supermarket Chains
CTech - As coronavirus fears grow and the number of people in home quarantine rises, Israelis are descending on supermarkets to stock up their pantries....
University of Maryland Students Reject BDS Following Five-Hour Passover Hearing
Student leaders at the University of Maryland, College Park, rejected a resolution supporting the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel on Wednesday night,...
Why Asking Questions Is Good
The Haggadah that we read on Pesach was a response to the tragic loss of the Temple and Jewish political autonomy some 2,000 years ago....
Passover: When Jews Stepped Into History on Our Terms
JNS.org - In his important book Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History, the historian David Biale noted that the very first ancient Egyptian reference to...
