Category: Passover

Our fortieth anniversary celebrated a marriage that had survived 429 tubes of toothpaste squeezed from the wrong end, three children and three sets of braces, five dogs and four homes, 2,583 arguments and just that many reconciliations, one bout of prostate cancer, one near conversion to Judaism, one near divorce, a few months of perfect hate, and forty years of love. We celebrated our forty years of marriage with a three-week trip to South America.

There is a plague of darkness that has fallen not only on our land but upon the world

Let the redemptive power of water wash over you with this elemental meditation and playlist for Passover. 

Finding joy with conscious tidying

Preparing for Passover is the perfect laboratory for applying Zero Waste principles.

How do we liberate ourselves from all the stuff that holds us back?

The Jewish concept of freedom is not solely about escaping bondage. It’s not freedom “from,” it’s freedom “to.” 

Whoever saves one life, it is as if he has saved the whole world. (Talmud)

For tens of millions of people slavery is not an historic relic. It is the brutal reality of their lives.

A few weeks ago I saw a sponsored Facebook post announcing the publication of the Asufa Haggadah. While I normally tend to ignore sponsored posts, this one stood out, and I dutifully clicked on the link. Within minutes I was entering my order information for this stunningly gorgeous haggadah. I was not alone. The haggadah has been ordered in 42 states and as far away as Japan. It’s perhaps as “hot” (if not hotter than) the New American Haggadah that debuted in 2012.