One of the most meaningful things you can do to celebrate the Jews' hasty exodus from Egypt is to remove all leavened food products from your property. Spend the weeks leading up to Passover emptying your pantry of all bread, cereal, pasta, crackers and cookies. Take the ban on bread to...
“We can’t celebrate our freedom because we don’t have this freedom. Our brothers and sisters and mothers and fathers are still in captivity, and we need to release them,” Gat said. Advertisement On Monday, Jews around the world will begin celebrating the ...
On Monday, Jews around the world will begin celebrating the weeklong Passover holiday, recounting the biblical story of their exodus from Egypt after hundreds of years of slavery. But for many Israelis, it’s hard to fathom a celebration of freedom when friends and family are not free. The ...
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In the Passover spirit of making the most of the time and resources you have under difficult circumstances — the holiday's main edible symbol, a cracker-like bread called matzah, stands for exactly this — some Jews are turning to another object of necessity to celebrate the holiday this ye...
In New Testament times, the Christian church celebrated Easter when the Jews observed Passover. By the middle of the second century, Easter was celebrated on the Sunday after Passover. The Council of Nicaea decided in 325 A.D. that all churches should celebrate it together on a Sunday. The...
Passover is also a time for families, and when it falls during the week, as it does this year, it is a time off during a work week to celebrate love. This year, while the order of the service and the order of the mean remain the same, the faces at my table will be different....
In New Testament times, the Christian church celebrated Easter when the Jews observed Passover. By the middle of the second century, Easter was celebrated on the Sunday after Passover. The Council of Nicaea decided in 325 A.D. that all churches should celebrate it together on a Sunday. The...