If You Were a Kitchen Utensil, What Would You Be?
The rabbis of Pirkei Avot bring us four kinds of students, and the Mishnah goes on to compare each one to a different kitchen utensil.
7 Seder Traditions from Around the World
One host strives to keep the seder lively and engaging for everyone – and broaden participants’ understanding of what it means to join in the storytelling.
A Passover Family Activity: Which of the Four Children Are You?
A Guide to Eating on Passover
Passover is a Great Time to Talk With Teens About Israel
Passover Reflection
Homemade Handkerchief Matzah Cover for Passover
Teaching Children About Passover: Why is This Night Different?
Make Your Own Miriam's Cup
From Blasphemy to Blasphemous: An Instructive Transition
In Parashat Emor, the Torah reports that a man born of mixed Israelite-Egyptian descent “blasphemed the Name [of God],” was placed on trial, and was stoned to death. A law was then enacted that anyone, Jewish or gentile, who blasphemes the name of God shall be put to death. Over time, in communities throughout the world, laws against blasphemy were put in place to address curses leveled at God as well as perceived slights against some religions.