2006-01-31 17:45
The Haggadah quotes from Mekhilta Ex. 14:31.:In Egypt it says of them, "The magicians said to Pharaoh `This is the finger of G-d.' (Shemot 8:15) At the sea it says, "Israel saw the great han… Read More
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2006-01-26 16:43
Ok, I've been a bit lax in posting as of late, but parashat Shemot is here and I'm ready to go:"The Egyptians treated us badly," as it is said: Come, let us deal wisely them lest they multip… Read More
2006-01-05 18:38
Today I came across a braille Haggadah and was reminded of the following joke:A blind man is given a piece of matzah. He runs his fingers across it and exclaims: "Who wrote this nonsense!" Read More
2006-01-04 15:47
Another delightful Pesach recipe here Read More
2005-12-29 14:56
Lamedzayin relates the baraita of the four sons to the whole Slifkin debacle and the nature of critical inquiry within Judaism. Required reading.Hirhurim has a post on the nature of darkness… Read More
2005-12-27 18:29
I am way too satiated with homemade sufganiyot to be overly cynical about Hanukah. Hag sameah to all!Now here's a bit on Barukh ha-Makom which precedes the baraita of the Four Sons in the H… Read More
2005-12-23 21:39
Ok, just a little more pessimism and I promise I'll be cheery by the time Hanukkah actually rolls around. Here are two more areas in which Pesach is superior to Hanukkah: Our attitudes to o… Read More
2005-12-21 19:48
There is an apocrophal tale told about Beethoven that he had a servant wake him in the morning by playing an unresolved progression of chords on the piano. It bugged Beethoven so much that… Read More
2005-12-20 18:13
Ok, I'll ignore the non-existant war on Christmas being waged elsewhere and focus on what's really important: Why I don't like Hanukah and why Pesach is far superior. We'll take this point b… Read More
2005-12-20 13:50
The Tosefta (Hagigah 1:2) says that a child who is old enough to eat a ke-zayit (measure of an egg) of roasted meat is obligated in the korban.James Frazer thought that the korban Pesach was… Read More
2005-12-15 03:16
Well, the Saintly Woman no longer likes that appellation, so as a last hurrah for that nickname I thought I would reveal the origin of the name and how it relates (as all things do) to Pesah… Read More
2005-12-12 01:20
This song first appears in a 1590 Prague Hagadah published by the family of Gershom Cohen . Had gadya is generally thought to have been originally written in Judeo-German (the precursor to Y… Read More
2005-12-08 17:55
This is the 1st in a series of posts suggested by my Dad called "Pesah recipes you'd eat all year long". Please share your favorites! Not only do we forget year to year what to do at the se… Read More
2005-12-08 02:16
R. Yitschak Berkowitz of Aish Hatorah (I'm not a big fan of Aish, but I like R. Berkowitz) suggests drinking water throughout the seder. This way you won't have to say a berakhah aharonah… Read More
2005-12-07 05:55
Just a few things on seder night Kidush: In Yemenite & Djerban families, Kiddush is preceded by Tehilim 116:13, 117:1 and 23. The Yemenite custom is to wash and dry the cup each time it… Read More
2005-12-05 03:29
I like the Ba'al ha-Turim. For those of you not in the know, Jacob ben Asher (1270-1340) grew up in Germany and moved to Toledo, Spain in his 30's where he would live the rest of his life. I… Read More
2005-12-05 02:01
Mobius @ Jewschool starts up some talk by calling the following scene from (last?) Pesach a pogrom. Frankly, I have no idea what's going on here. A little context would help out a lot.Occasi… Read More
2005-12-02 19:39
From my local Habad newsletter:"Tefillin Bank: Every Jew a Pair to Call His Own"The Pesah connection? Well, it reminds me of a joke that involves the reason we eat eggs at the seder and Nahs… Read More
2005-12-02 18:57
Rabbi Michael Unger deals with the question I had raised earlier about Bilhah and Zilpah Read More
2005-12-02 18:27
New post at Jewschool on the subject Read More
2005-11-30 18:36
The prayer of Nishmat (or Nishmas) is recited Seder night as well as, of course, Shabat and festivals during Shakharit. The gemara in Pesahim tells us to recite Birkat ha-shir after Halel w… Read More
2005-11-30 17:46
Before continuing, read my first post on the subject. The only other Talmudic incident involving this same group of Rabbis is the famous “oven of Aknai” story.Let's review that s… Read More
2005-11-28 17:03
Pretty old, it seems. Not as old as the Bible, but older than the Mishnah. Before we get any further, let's keep in mind that we are dealing with the bulk of the Hagadah, mostly Magid and th… Read More
2005-11-25 17:30
Like everyone else who blogs, I'm interested in what brings people to my little corner of the web. People who find my blog via search engines tend to be interested in 3 things.1) Streimel… Read More
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