Pesach 117 articles

I believe Kosher Fondant is available at KEREKES Restaurant supply, located on 15th Avenue in Boro Park Tel # 718-232-7044. Ask for Pearl. She should be able to help you. As...

Land of My Birth – The bloody War of Independence had ended (in Adar 5709, 1949), one month before the events to be described below. And for the first time, Pesach,...

The Darvick household is knee deep in breaking away. “Do you realize, Mom,” Emma said one day as we drove to school, “that soon you will have two teenagers, and then...

In many communities, especially in Israel, the custom is not to put tefillin on during chol hamoed – the intermediate days of the holidays. The reason we don’t put on tefillin...

At some point in our learning of the various halachot (Jewish laws) my brother and I, both newly observant, realized that the upcoming holiday of Pesach (Passover) might be problematic. The...

The sun shines with the same warmth on the gutters as it does on the palaces, just as it rains with the same force on the prisons as it does on...

In a few nights we will be sitting around our Seder tables drinking copious amounts of wine or grape juice and eating fragile, dry matzos with a smattering of horseradish or...

Shabbat HaGadol and Pessach 5767: A different set up questions Arba Kushi’yot Sheli – My Four Questions and Their Explanations. 1- What is the significance of the strange ceremony of bedikat...

The cycle of violence between the Jews and the Egyptians continues with no end in sight in Egypt . After eight previous plagues have destroyed the Egyptian infrastructure and disrupted the...

Passover desserts are always a challenge, especially those that are made without any matzo products and still taste delicious. Here are some terrific desserts from some of my favorite cookbooks (including...