New Rituals for your seder
Every spring the celebration of Pesach enters the homes of Jews around the world.
Double Coconut Chocolate Macaroons
Macaroons - cookies generally made from ground almonds, sugar, and egg whites - are popular for Passover because the recipe doesn’t use flour.
Yom Kippur: A Personal Reflection
by P.J. Schwartz
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah)
Yom Kippur
Haggadot of Pesach
What makes a Passover seder special? Maybe it’s the meal? Or is it the people we dine with? Perhaps it is the ancient songs that we join together in singing.
Passover and the Courage to Change
Earlier this year, I took part in a Shabbat service where women from Temple Sinai wrote personal, modern versions of the traditional prayers.
Passover - Family Rituals
The truth is, I never realized quite how many family rituals exist in my family's seder until last year when, for the first time in 24 years, I was not with them for Passover.
The Power of Pesach
Over 30 years ago, I read an article which reported a statistical study of Jewish observances.
Seeing the World With Pesach Eyes
Reaching My Own Promised Land
When I think about my life
All that I’ve seen and done
I ask myself: Have I achieved
All that I might become…O… yes!…and no…
It is hard to reach all I can be
When oppression’s living within me
O help me now to end this slavery