(New York Jewish Week) — Every Passover for the last 75 years, Helena Weinstock Weinrauch, a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor, has worn a vibrant blue hand-knit sweater to the first seder, which she hosts in her Upper West Side apartment building.
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Rhonda Albom, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published March 23, 2022
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Let’s face it, matzo is not the most exciting of foods. That is, until now. Imagine that crispy cracker dipped and covered in gooey caramel and rich chocolate. What do you think? Does chocolate toffee...
RABBI CARNIE SHALOM ROSE
• Published March 23, 2022
“Now Aaron’s sons Nadav and Avihu each took his fire pan, put fire in it, laid incense on it, and offered before God alien fire, which had not been enjoined upon them. And fire issued forth from God and consumed them. Thus, they died at the instance...
Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
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I love it when people taste my pareve desserts and say, “Wow—this is pareve!?”
It’s the same rule with Passover dishes and desserts. Which is why I am on a...
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Before the Holocaust, Dnipro, a city in eastern Ukraine on the Dnieper River, had a rich Jewish...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 18, 2022
This past Hanukkah I agreed to do this.
Those are my Hannukah pajamas, and as a non-pajama-wearing guy, I'm now in love with my matching Hanukkah pajamas. So, I guess you could say, I'm all in on whatever comes next.
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Turbulent times demand that we take action.
Parashat Tzav follows Purim by one day, both of which “demand action.”
In the Megillah, Haman reveals his diabolical plan to exterminate the Jews of Persia, and Mordechai instructs Esther to immediately...
These Passover Pancake Noodles are Better Than Matzah Balls
Last April, as the pandemic raged in my area, I opened my front door to my dear friend Natalie, who literally threw at me from a distance a plastic sandwich bag containing her family’s cherished...
Bill Motchan, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published March 14, 2022
When we checked in on Righteous Road last September, the distiller had just added two new spirits to its lineup. There’s the original Righteous Seven liqueur, its more intense barrel reserve, and The Fifth Cup, the brand’s kosher for Passover craft...
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If Purim and St. Patrick’s Day, which both fall on March 17 this year, have one thing in common,...
With this week's Torah portion the third book of the Torah, Vayikra ("[God] called [to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting]..."), is read. Vayikra is also called Torat Cohanim in Hebrew, which corresponds to the name most commonly known, "Leviticus."...
The late Rabbi Bernard Lipnick kept a plaque on his desk that read, “No One of us is smarter than All of us.”
In this week’s Torah reading we hear about the final stages in the construction of the portable sanctuary known as the Mishkan or the...
