Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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Israel News WATCH: Prayer Notes Removed From Western Wall For Passover
The Western Wall got a makeover this week when a cleaning crew removed thousands of tiny prayer notes from the cracks between the stones ahead of the Passover holiday. The cleaning occurs twice of year, after which the notes are gathered into sacks and buried on the Mount of Olives cemetery, an ancient Jewish burial…
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Community Ask the Rebbetzin: How Do I Enjoy My Boring Family Passover Seder?
Dear Rebbetzin, I want this night to be different from all other nights. I’ve been going back “home” to my family’s Passover Seder (parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins) for the past two decades, since becoming an adult. But there’s something stifling about being in that environment for this ritual — something that feels rote and…
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Recipes Matzo Ball Throwdown! Sinkers Vs. Floaters
Let’s talk matzo balls. At my family’s Seders, my mother passed judgement on the always delicious dumplings by dubbing them either floaters or sinkers. Floaters were light and fluffy, while sinkers were heavy and dense. You would think by these descriptions that a designation of sinker would be a bad thing, but in fact, I…
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Recipes 8 Awe-Inspiring Matzo Ball Soup Recipes
Whether you favor floaters or sinkers, matzo balls will always be a central component of the Passover Seder. From gumbo to borscht, from jalepeño-infused to Italian-inspired, these matzo ball soup recipes from the Forward’s archive are so good, so creative and such fun, you may want to make them all year-round. The Recipes Michelle Honig…
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Yiddish World WATCH: Matzo brei like Bubbe (or Zayde) used to make
Some have it sweet but this one is savory!
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Fast Forward WATCH: Passover Rube Goldberg Machine Animates The 10 Plagues
Students at the Technion in Haifa created this inventive Rube Goldberg machine to celebrate Passover. The complicated, winding device uses a domino effect to illustrate the 10 plagues, even utilizing a wheel made of matzo. The 2015 project was created by students of the Faculties of Mechanical Engineering and Architecture and Town Planning. Check it…
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Opinion The Rabbi Refused To Do What?
The year was 1968, and I was senior at Hewlett High School, on Long Island. I was a jock, Liz Adams was a cheerleader, and it seemed like a perfect match. We liked the same music and we made each other laugh, so it was only natural that we go out. On a date. Maybe…
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Opinion This Passover, Remember The Past But Fight For The Future
At my Seder growing up, there would come a moment when everyone would share a memory from leaving Egypt. “I didn’t want to leave my friends,” my older cousin would say. “I was afraid I left the fire burning in the house,” my mom, known for checking our stove before leaving for a trip, joked…
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