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What is Counting the Omer? How can I participate?
I've been hearing a lot about 'Counting the Omer' lately. What does this mean and how can I participate? “Counting the Omer (Sefirat haOmer)”...
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Judaism & Spirituality
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Download our Free Guide to Engaging Kids and Adults Together At Your Seder
Passover is a holiday that should be custom-made for families. The major rituals are performed at home, around the dinner table. The story underlying the...
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Kids & Parenting
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Leaving Egypt Behind - Embracing Sacred Metaphor at Passover
When my grandfather retired from his congregation, he became a “cruise ship” rabbi and he traveled the world with my grandmother. My first year of...
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Allergy-Free, Contemporary Hamentashen
Here it is…the allerg- free, awesome, delicious, contemporary-flavored hamentshen recipe. You asked for it and I delivered. I decided to go a little funky on...
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Food
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20s30s Purim Parties: Here's Where to Celebrate
Lots of people associate Purim as a kids’ holiday. Why? The story of Purim is not exactly kid-friendly. It begins with an orphan, Esther, who...
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20s & 30s
Share the love: Homemade Chocolate Bark for Shalach Manos Baskets
Semi-sweet chocolate with shredded coconut and nutmeg Shalach Manos literally translates to "sending of portions" and is a gift of at least two...
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Food
Group Hamentashen Baking; The more the doughier
Astute readers may recall last year's posts about baking 300 hamentashen for the Workmen's Circle Gragger/Noisemaker! Annual Radical Purim Party. (This year's Gragger is...
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Beware the "New Hasmoneans" - Rabbi Riskin on "Price Tag Rioters"
As we celebrate the final night of Chanukah, I'd like to share with you an important article by my friend and teacher, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin....
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Israel & Overseas
What are the 12 Days of Christmas, Anyway?
After learning about Advent, now I get to blog about the big kahuna: Christmas. I wanted to know how different Christian churches celebrate the holiday....
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December Decisions
December is a tricky month for many interfaith couples and their families. It evokes nostalgic childhood memories and family traditions that are deeply rooted; so...
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