Second Chances
Today is my favorite Jewish kinda-sorta-holiday. It’s Pesach Sheni — second Passover. The Biblical situation where it arises is extraordinary. …
Category Archives: Passover
Counting the Days of the Journey
“Might within loving kindness.” It is day two of the daily Omer count between Passover and Shavuot. Each day for …
A Radical New Interpretation of Miriam’s Name
It’s almost Passover and I’ve been thinking about the human protagonists; Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. Three siblings. Each with special …
Hug a Tree
I cannot begin to express at this moment how much I love being Jewish. I just learned that in the …
Passover 2025
It is almost Passover. A holiday that commemorates freedom and self determination.  Although this is the third Passover since …
The Assumptions We Make (about each other)
Earlier this year, I wrote about an existential feeling of loneliness as a Jew in America. I ruffled a lot …
Facing the Unknown With Kindness
This week, as our Zoom Seders become happy memories, we will stay in our homes to help “flatten the curve” …
Lighting the Fire Within
A member of my congregation sent me this beautiful passage by Rabbi Yisrael of Chortkov, a Hasidic rebbe who lived …
Passover Haiku
Back by popular demand…. From the brilliant mind behind “The Torah in Haiku” http://www.thetorahinhaiku.com/ Feel free to add your own! …
Remembering Warsaw this Passover
In 1943, the first day of Passover fell on a Monday. It was April 19. This year, the first day …
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