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According to global estimates, nearly 9 million people die annually from hunger and hunger-related causes. That’s roughly ...
Yom Ha’ … It was the last morning of Pesach, I was sitting at the table with my grandchildren, spreading butter on matzah, ...
As a result, some artists decided it would be fun to insert a scene of a rabbit hunt into the Haggadah, showing hunters chasing a rabbit into a net. How did Jews interpret that scene? The hunters ...
While many are familiar with the basic elements of the Haggadah – the ancient text that guides the Seder – there are a few interesting details that often go unnoticed. Here are some intriguing tidbits ...
Below are excerpts from Rabbi Aryeh A. Frimer’s book, chock-full of insights aimed at providing ample food for thought and discussion at the Seder.
When my mother was dying of the breast cancer that had spread to her brain, she lost functionality in ways I didn’t expect.
Inside the charred southern wing of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence were the burnt remnants of a Haggadah — and a mystery. Printed on one surviving page was Hatikvah ...
Since 85% of the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust spoke Yiddish, including their language in a Holocaust ...
That’s how the Haggadah came to be. The code words "Yetziat Mitzrayim” (leaving Egypt) were selected as the trigger phrase. To Jews sitting around the Seder table in the Diaspora, it meant ...
Rabbi David Geffen is seen holding his copy of The American Heritage Haggadah, which he wrote. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) Sitting in the National Library in Jerusalem 35 years ago ...
Released hostage Agam Berger spoke about her time in captivity and told about the Passover Haggadah she received during their time in captivity, from her friend Liri Albag. In an interview with ...
For over 50 years, he has gathered hundreds of illustrated Haggadah texts, amassing what he says may be the largest collection outside of a museum. A Haggadah, meaning “telling,” is a fundamental ...