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Passover 5764 - April 5, 2004

Matzah After Midnight

First you had faith. Then you grew up. Then you discovered truths you always knew you knew but which your knowledge obscured. That's why we have pre-midnight matzah and post midnight matzah
Story
Barrels of Beer on the Riverbank

One year, someone in Likova came up with a novel idea: what if they all refused to buy the Jew's vodka before Passover? In that case he would have to get rid of it... and they could have it all!
Nineteen Flavors of Freedom

Brittle as matzah, sensual as wine; salty as sweat, bitter as tears, sweet as memory, sublime as the infinitude of the soul... an anthology of nineteen Passover insights, essays, stories and recollections
Passover Seder: Step-by-Step
Each of the Seder’s 15 phases has not just a body, but a soul as well—a simple meaning as well as a deep lesson towards higher consciousness . . .
Current
A Fifth Son

At the seder we discuss the "Four Sons": the Wise Son, the Wicked Son, the Simple Son, and the Son Who Doesn't Know How To Ask. Modern society has produced a fifth son...
The Silent Cup

When opening the door for Elijah, the children gather round to watch the quivering liquid ripple, hoping to detect some sign of its sampling by the visiting prophet. But surely there's more meaning to this cup than a child's imagination
The Rebbe
Parshah
Tzav in a Nutshell
The fire on the altar must remain burning at all times. Moses instructs Aaron and his sons (the priests) which parts of which sacrifices they are to eat, and which must be burned entirely. The priests spend seven days inside the Tabernacle, during which time they are initiated into their service.
Summary of the Passover Torah Readings
Out of Egypt... the Paschal Lamb... to see and to be seen... appointments in time... leaven and matzah... the Song at the Sea... a Messianic prophecy... a synopsis of the Torah readings for the first, intermediate and closing days of Passover
[G-d's promise to Abraham] has stood by our fathers and us. For not just [Pharaoh] alone has risen against us to destroy us, but in every generation they rise against us to destroy us; and the Holy One, blessed be He, saves us from their hand
— Passover Haggadah
Print Magazine

Due to the limitations of your reality, some of your best friends can enter only incognito.

In fact, the really big ones sometimes sneak in disguised as ugly monsters and vicious enemies. Otherwise, the guards at the gate would never permit them entry.

These are the events optimists call “blessings in disguise.”

Here’...