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Pesach: No Longer Must It Be Eight Matzah-Laden Days

By:

Ethel Hofman, Jewish Exponent Feature

For home cooks, the eight days of Passover have always constituted a challenge. The basic rule has been that any product that is fermented or can cause fermentation may not be eaten. That includes five grains: wheat, rye, barley, oats and spelt. However, Sephardic tradition has always allowed rice to be used. Growing up in Scotland in the 1960s, as...

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'Let All Who Are Hungry Come and Eat': Do We Really Mean It?

By:

Josh Feigelson

Of all the words we utter at the Pesach seder, the word k'ilu (it's translated as two words, "as if") rings most important. The word is found in Rabban Gamliel's Mishnaic declaration: "In every generation, every person is obligated to see himself or herself as if he or she personally went out of Egypt." "As if." This phrase signals the...

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There Is Great Meaning in the Flame

TZAV, Leviticus 6:1-8:36

By:

Rabbi Adam Zeff

This week's Torah reading discusses details of the sacrificial service, the ancient Israelites' way of connecting with God. Although these passages may be of historical interest, the specifics of the animals, meal offerings and oil libations may leave readers cold. What do they have to do with our lives so many centuries later, when our worship is so very different?...