Why on this night t we only neat freshly baked matzoh? Brooklyn, NY – It is common, particularly amongst the Chassidim, to use Matzos that were baked on Erev Pesach after Midday. The Tur (458) quotes earlier Gaonim as saying that one only fulfills his obligation of Matzoh with Matzoh that was [...]
Archive for March, 2013
March 25th, 2013 - 8:08 am § in Misc.
Passover Without Coke
New York – Coca-Cola: No ‘Kosher For Passover’ Coke In Calif. New York – Coca-Cola may be missing from Passover feasts for the second year in a row in California. The Coca-Cola Co. said Thursday it once again… Read More »[...]
March 24th, 2013 - 9:45 am § in Uncategorized
Tolstoy’s Rules
from Gretchen Rubin, Get up early (five o’clock) Go to bed early (nine to ten o’clock) Eat little and avoid sweets Try to do everything by yourself Have a goal for your whole life, a goal for one section of your life, a goal for a shorter period and a goal for the year; a […][...]
March 24th, 2013 - 9:04 am § in Misc.
Sunday Revelations: A recipe for matzos .. start with the blood of a child.
Saudi cleric Salman Al-Odeh, a well-known scholar revered by millions globally, explains Pesach to his millions of followers : Read the translation by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). “I read once about a doctor who was working in a laboratory. This doctor lived with a Jewish fami[...]
HUMOR: Don’t Eat Cows Fed on Chametz
In Israel, milk and eggs are kosher for Passover only when produced by livestock that is chametz-free. A dairy farmer explains how the holiday alters his routine. By Vox Tablet | Apr 15, 2011 7:00 AM Cows grazing on kosher-for-Passover feed in Ma’aleh Hahamisha, outside of Jerusalem. Dan[...]
Sunday Revelations: Paschal Lampoon
Forget Purim. Passover has a rich comedic tradition all its own, with parodies of the haggadah mocking everything from rabbis and the rich to Mussolini and Hitler. By Eddy Portnoy | Apr 14, 2011 7:00 AM The Hitler Haggadah from Moment, 1934.Courtesy Eddy Portnoy. ….. Some of these spoofs funct[...]
PESACH: Filmmaker shines lens on Jewish African tribes
Filmmaker shines lens on Jewish African tribes from Jerusalem Post Hebrew homework in Mbale east of Uganda’s capital Photo: REUTERS/Patrick Olum PRETORIA, South Africa – Filmmaker Laurence Gavron is on a journey to document lost Jewish tribes in Africa. “I am interested in Jewish peopl[...]
March 23rd, 2013 - 1:19 pm § in Misc.
Slur of the Day
Skip /Skippy (Aus) a person of Anglo-Australian decent, alluding to the name of a kangaroo in a once-popular Australian television show for children.[169][...]
March 23rd, 2013 - 12:47 pm § in Misc.
Georgia, Georgia … next state to turn blue?
Michelle Nunn, Jason Carter hope to rechart the course of Georgia politics[...]