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Tag: Passover
Recovery and the Four Cups
For many of us, freedom is choosing four cups of grape juice: Look at the four cups on Passover through the lens of addiction recovery.
Rabbi Kerry Chaplin
April 16, 2024
Holidays
Passover
A Seat For Those Who Can’t Come Home
This year, as we prepare the seder, we encourage an extra setting at your table—an empty chair for our family still in captivity in Gaza.
Rabbinical Assembly
April 15, 2024
October 7th and Israel-Hamas War
Passover
Embracing Kitniyot on Passover
This essay advocates for Ashkenazi Jews to embrace kitniyot on Passover, to enhance dietary diversity and align with modern interpretations.
Eric M. Leiderman
April 15, 2024
Holidays
How to observe Passover
Pesaj en la Sinagoga
Hay servicios vespertinos y matutinos en Pesaj, como en todos los festivales, con algunos cambios litúrgicos.
Masorti Olami
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The Rabbi Reuven Hammer Institute for Masorti Jewish Learning
April 11, 2024
Holidays
How to observe Passover
Pessah à la synagogue
Il y a des offices du soir et du matin à Pessah, comme pour toutes les fêtes, avec quelques changements liturgiques.
Masorti Olami
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The Rabbi Reuven Hammer Institute for Masorti Jewish Learning
April 11, 2024
Holidays
How to observe Passover
Reparations: The Difficulty and Bravery of Asking
Look at reparations and the difficulty and bravery of asking, through the lens of slavery in Egypt, slavery in America, and the Holocaust.
Rabbi-Cantor Michael McCloskey
April 5, 2024
Holidays
Passover
How I Dip Maror in Charoset
Wrapping and dipping maror in charoset at Seder can be part of a family tradition. Explore this one to add more to your own Seder ...
Hazzan Sara Geffen Geller
April 5, 2024
Holidays
Passover
B’khol Dor Vador—In Every Generation
What does "b'khol dor vador—in every generation" mean in light of the events of October 7? How does this connect us to Passover?
Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal
March 27, 2024
Holidays
Passover
Why Couldn’t Moses Enter the Promised Land?
Current events help us understand why Moses couldn't enter the Promised Land and remind us the importance of innocent lives.
Rav Shai Cherry
March 27, 2024
Holidays
Passover
How a Show Like “Succession” Illuminates the Four Children
How can a show like "Succession" illuminate the Seder? Compare the Four Children of our haggadah with the four Roy children.
Rabbi Adam J. Rosenbaum
March 27, 2024
Holidays
Passover
Back to Our Roots
Learn about the Wicked Child of the Four Children by going back to our roots and looking at the meaning of the Hebrew word itself.
Rabbi Adir Yolkut
March 27, 2024
Holidays
Passover
The Living Room Seder
Hosting a living room Seder can allow us to experience a Seder closer to the way that the rabbis thought of it.
Melissa Werbow
March 27, 2024
Holidays
Passover
Dip Your Karpas in Salt Water and Honey?
Dipping Karpas into salt water at the Passover Seder has a mysterious history that invites us to create new dipping and meaning opportunities!
Rabbi Jeremy Markiz
March 27, 2024
Holidays
How to observe Passover
On Passover, We Are All Jews-By-Choice
On Passover, we are all Jews-by-Choice when we choose to remember what it is that brings us together for the holiday.
Andi Kahclamat
March 27, 2024
Conversion
Holidays
The Magic of Bedikat Hametz
Use this guide to bring the magic of bedikat hametz to your children. It can be a fun ritual with your kids, of any age.
Rabbi Julie Schwarzwald
March 27, 2024
Holidays
How to observe Passover
Slavery, Social Justice, and Family History
Reflecting on a "Pilgrimage to the South" on a Movement social justice trip as a Black Jew and how it has changed who I am.
Rabbi Heather Miller
March 27, 2024
Holidays
Passover
All Who Are Hungry and In Need, Come Celebrate Pesach
Through the seder, we learn the importance of hospitality and inviting all who are hungry and in need, to come celebrate Pesach.
Rabbi Daniel J. Isaak
March 27, 2024
Holidays
How to observe Passover
The Seder as a Lived Experience
We use the Seder as a lived experience by reenacting the exodus, not just recounting it. Therefore, we can all connect to Passover.
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman
March 27, 2024
Holidays
Passover
Embracing Change: A Call to Rethink the Passover Seder Plate
How and why can you create a plant-based seder plate? We embrace change during Passover, especially in rethinking the seder plate.
Rabbi Jonathan Bernhard, Executive Director - Jewish Initiative for Animals
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Kayla Kaplan, M.S.
March 13, 2024
Holidays
Passover
Fury and Fermentation
Learn about fury and fermentation, the concept that our anger could be spiritual hametz during Pesach and all year-round.
Rabbi Dan Ornstein
March 13, 2024
Every Day
Holidays
Engaging Kids of All Ages in the Passover Seder
Engaging kids of all ages in the Passover seder can feel daunting. Here are my top five tips for engaging everyone at the seder.
Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal
March 13, 2024
Holidays
Passover
Pesah and Continued Kashrut Slavery: A Conceptual Reflection
A conceptual reflection of Pesah and Kashrut can bring more meaning to how we follow the halakhah of food on Pesah.
Rabbi Aaron Alexander
March 12, 2024
Holidays
Passover
How to Incorporate Kitniyot into Your Passover
Though the Conservative Movement has allowed eating kitniyot on Passover, many still do not. How can we incorporate kitniyot this year?
Nathalie Ross
February 29, 2024
Every Day
Food
The Passover Preparation Checklist
We know that preparing for Passover can feel like a daunting task. With this handy checklist, you will be ready for Passover in no time!
Exploring Judaism
February 28, 2024
Holidays
Passover
Passover Reader 5784: Not A Haggadah
Exploring Judaism's 2024 (5784) Passover Reader, Not A Haggadah, includes essays to inspire a meaningful Passover.
Exploring Judaism
February 25, 2024
Holidays
How to observe Passover
Charlton Heston Speaking
We can learn about leadership from Moses, as well as from Charlton Heston speaking, as he plays Moses in the Ten Commandments movie.
David Harrison
January 31, 2024
Holidays
Learning
The Weird and Wacky World of Kosher for Passover
The weird and wacky world of keeping Kosher for Passover is confusing and overwhelming, especially when you're new to it. Start here!
Rabbi Sydni Adler Rubinstein
December 26, 2023
Holidays
How to observe Passover
This is the Bread of Affliction
This is the bread of affliction: Matzah adorns our Seder plates and nourishes our souls, as well—this food is fulfilling.
Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman
December 26, 2023
Food
Holidays
Shemini Atzeret, Demystified
What is Shemini Atzeret and how is it connected to Sukkot? "Shemini Atzeret, Demystified" explains all of that and more.
Jacki Honig
September 28, 2023
Holidays
Shemini Atzeret
Remembering Our Loved Ones Before Us
When our loved ones die, who remembers those they remembered? Here's a way to remember all of those that came before us.
Rabbi Miriam T. Spitzer
September 21, 2023
Death and Dying
Family
Bringing Juneteenth onto the Bimah
Bringing Juneteenth into synagogues signifies that Black Jews are not a footnote in the Jewish story but core parts of our communities.
Rabbi Heather Miller
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Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson
June 12, 2023
Holidays
Juneteenth (US)
How to Kasher Kitchen Appliances
Offering guidelines on the various requirements to Kasher different kitchen appliances, both large and small.
Rabbi Paul S. Drazen z"l
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The Observant Life (Book)
April 24, 2023
Every Day
Guidelines for a Kosher Kitchen
The 49-Day Omer Challenge
Exploring the mitzvah of counting the omer as a practice of (good) habit formation-- a 49 day omer challenge.
Emily Jaeger
April 11, 2023
Holidays
Omer Intentions
Yachatz: Brokenness and Wholeness
One explanation offered by the Sages for Yachatz in the seder is that it helps promote making the world less broken, if not completely whole.
Rabbi Dr. J.B. Sacks
April 3, 2023
Holidays
Passover
Climate Disruption and Passover
Let’s do more than remember our refugee origin story and include how climate change and disruption are leading to new refugees.
Yaira Robinson
April 3, 2023
Climate and Environment
Climate change
Mujaddara on Passover
How my family created and passed down cultural traditions, and how the Conservative Teshuvah on Kitniyot impacts our life outside the academy.
Emily Jaeger
March 19, 2023
Food
Halakhah
Why Is Diversity Important at the Passover Seder?
This is why I think my family's tradition of inviting a non-Jew each year to the Passover seder is important.
Emily Jaeger
March 19, 2023
Holidays
How to observe Passover
When Can a Passover Seder Start Early? Other Festivals?
When is the earliest time that we can begin observing Jewish festivals, on first or second day of Yom Tov, in particular, the Passover seder?
Exploring Judaism
March 19, 2023
CJLS
Halakhah
A Guide To Hosting Your First Passover Seder
It can be daunting to prepare for your first seder. We've put together a collection of great posts that will help you get started.
Exploring Judaism
February 20, 2023
Holidays
Passover
What are the Special Sabbaths Before Purim and Passover?
A series of special Shabbatot with special Torah readings precede Purim and Passover.
Rabbi Alan Lucas
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The Observant Life (Book)
February 5, 2023
Observing Purim
Passover
When is the Jewish New Year?
There are four New Years, each with its own purpose. That said, the counting of the new year begins with Rosh Hashanah, in the seventh ...
The Observant Life (Book)
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Rabbi Alan Lucas
August 21, 2022
Elul
High Holidays
The Important Thing That Keeps our Family “Doing Jewish”
The most important thing to teach the next generation is how to make a seder, including what comes before the festival candles are even lit.
Atty Garfinkel-Berry
April 13, 2022
Food
Passover
The Concluding Days of Passover
What do we do in synagogue on Passover? What Torah readings and haftarot do we read? We outline that for you here.
Rabbi Alan Lucas
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The Observant Life (Book)
April 13, 2022
How to observe Passover
Passover
Passover Torah Readings: An Explainer
Though Pesach is thought of as the quintessential home-based holiday, the Torah is read on each of the mornings of Pesach in the synagogue.
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman
April 13, 2022
Intermediate Days of Passover
Passover
Passover in the Synagogue
What do we do in synagogue on Passover? What Torah readings and haftarot do we read? We outline that for you here.
Rabbi Alan Lucas
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The Observant Life (Book)
April 13, 2022
How to observe Passover
Passover
When the COVID Plague Threatens Your Seder (Again)
Here are 10 tips on how to make Pesah meaningful and kosher (enough) even when the plague of COVID continues to threaten our celebrations.
Rabbi Ilana C. Garber
April 13, 2022
Passover
Passover Reflections
The Four Children and Racial Justice
We approach the Haggadah at a time of profound racial reckoning in our country. How might the four children help us relate to racial justice?
Rabbi Amy Eilberg
April 6, 2022
Passover
Passover Reflections
Biur and S’mores: Have Fun As You Get Rid of Hametz
There is lots to do to get ready for Passover. We may ask, where am I going to have Seder? How long or short will ...
Rabbi Andrea Merow
April 6, 2022
Passover
Preparing for Passover
Mah Nishtanah: How Is This Moment Different?
Mah Nishtanah: How is This Moment Different by Rabbi Rachel Ain is a reflection on her recent trip to Ukraine in 2022.
Rabbi Rachel Ain
April 6, 2022
Passover
Passover Reflections
The Sunflower on Our Seder Table
The Sunflower on Our Seder Table by Rabbi Ilana Garber on behalf of the people in Ukraine in 2022.
Rabbi Ilana C. Garber
April 6, 2022
Passover
Passover Prayer
All Who Are Hungry: A Prayer for Action, A Prayer for Ukraine
All Who Are Hungry: A Prayer for Action, A Prayer for Ukraine by Rabbi Mark Greenspan on behalf of the people in Ukraine in 2022.
Rabbi Mark Greenspan
April 6, 2022
Passover
Passover Prayer
How to Make a Seder for Everyone
The key to hosting a successful seder for everyone is to articulate a bold purpose in gathering and map the journey.
Rabbi Lauren Henderson
April 5, 2022
Passover
Preparing for Passover
Dedication for First Cup of Wine
Dedication for the First Cup of Wine at the Passover Seder by Rabbi Martin S. Cohen on behalf of the people in Ukraine in 2022.
Rabbi Martin S. Cohen
April 5, 2022
Passover
Passover Prayer
Leveraging Anger for Change this Passover
While anger and frustration can lead to stress and dissatisfaction, mindful approaches to our anger can move our lives out of complacency.
Rabbi Dahlia Bernstein
April 3, 2022
Passover
Passover Reflections
Passover: An Invitation to Get Free
Spiritually preparing for Passover not an intellectual exercise. It’s a spiritual invitation to ask ourselves: am I willing to get free?
Rabbi Kerry Chaplin
April 3, 2022
Passover
Preparing for Passover
How to Make your Zoom Seder not Suck
Hosting a Zoom seder is not just putting a webcam on your seder plate. These tips will ensure your guests won’t succumb to Zoom fatigue.
Eric M. Leiderman
April 3, 2022
How to observe Passover
Passover
Hosting a Seder for People New to Judaism or the Seder
The Seder is a potpourri of powerful rituals, wise rabbinic aphorisms, and opportunities to elevate the mundanities of eating into holiness.
Rabbi Adir Yolkut
April 3, 2022
How to observe Passover
Passover
Ask the Questions and Dig Deeper
Combining lessons from the Mishnah and Human Resources, we realize that asking questions is the path to greater understanding.
Chaim H. Respes
April 3, 2022
Passover
Passover Reflections
What are Kitniyot and when can I eat it?
In the early medieval period, it became customary for Ashkenazi Jews to not eat a category of foods called kitniyot. What are they?
Exploring Judaism
March 31, 2022
CJLS
Halakhah
The Four Questions and Living with Mental Illness
We have the opportunity to help teens create long-lasting positive connections to the very traditions they are appropriately questioning.
Risa Finkelstein Sugarman
March 31, 2022
Health
Illness
Spiritually Cleaning the Hametz Within Our Souls
With all of this physically taxing work, it can be easy to miss the spiritual preparation for this celebration of our collective redemption.
Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz
March 31, 2022
Passover
Preparing for Passover
Tips for Passover with Toddlers
After all of the preparation, all that’s left to do is celebrate the holiday. How do you do that with your young children?
Sarah Pila-Leiderman
March 31, 2022
Passover
Passover with Children
7 Tips for Hosting Your First Passover Seder
If this is your first-time hosting a Passover Seder, here are seven tips to make it a memorable and meaningful experience!
Rabbi Adam Greenwald
March 30, 2022
How to observe Passover
Passover
Bringing Teens to the Seder Table
We have the opportunity to help teens create long-lasting positive connections to the very traditions they are appropriately questioning.
Rabbi Janet Ozur Bass
March 29, 2022
Passover
Passover with Children
How to Kasher Your Kitchen: A Simplified Guide
This is a simplified guide on how to kasher (make kosher) various items in your kitchen, especially for Passover.
Rabbi Jeremy Markiz
March 17, 2022
Guidelines for a Kosher Kitchen
Holidays