Q: On the first night of Passover, Jews all over the world gather with family for a festive “seder,” a word that means “order.” What are the 14 parts of […]
Shabbat and Holidays
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Q: What, exactly, are the six foods placed on the Passover Seder plate? A: Read the poem to find out! On Fifteenth Date, What Is On This Plate? One evening […]
Q: What type of wheat can be used for flour to make Matzah that is kosher for Passover? A: While kosher supervision of Passover flour used for “regular” matzah begins […]
When we say the blessing of hamotzi on the night of Pesach, we are accustomed to take a fragment of matzoh, together with the complete ones. Our Sages (Pesachim 115a-b) […]
Few things recall memories of Seder night like the words “Maxwell House”. And that’s probably exactly what their marketing team was aiming for, back in 1923, when they started giving out […]
“But how will we talk to them?” my daughter Rivka asked me, when I told her and our other children that we would be having an elderly Russian couple and […]
I’m up to the kitchen, And everywhere I look, It seems I’m uncovering, More and more gook. I’m climbing inside cupboards, Scrubbing every crack, Just please don’t ask, What I […]
As we are approaching the month of Nissan, the Yom Tov of Pesach, or Passover, is right around the corner. Our sages understood that in no uncertain terms can one […]
In the busy 2020 pre-Yom Tov rush, amid Covid concerns and dashed Pesach plans, the master chefs at Oorah and TheZone join together to bring you an epic evening of […]
The Shabbos preceding Purim is known as “Shabbos Zachor” because of the special Torah portion we read on that day. Parshas Zachor details the battle against Amalek during the reign […]
