Lisa's Judaism Blog April 2008 Archive

Thursday is Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2008 (Yom HaShoah in Hebrew), a day that commemorates the martyrs and heroes who died under the Nazis. There is a special ... Read More

I highly recommend Tell Me Another Morning, an autobiographical account of Zdena Berger's years in Nazi concentration camps. Readers accompany Berger as she leaves her home in Prague at age ... Read More

Evidence shows that the children of Holocaust survivors, referred to as the “Second Generation”, can be deeply affected – both negatively and positively -- by the horrific events their parents ... Read More

George McGovern, a former U.S. senator and the 1972 Democratic nominee for president, said he could have bombed the Auschwitz concentration camp when he was an Air Force pilot during ... Read More

Over 50 years after losing his family and almost his own life in Auschwitz, Holocaust Survivor Eliezer (Hauser) Shimoni goes back to visit. View his photos and read his descriptions ... Read More

"Let us remember, let us remember the heroes of Warsaw, the martyrs of Treblinka, the children of Auschwitz. They fought alone, they suffered alone, they lived alone, but they did ... Read More

I believe that everyone should take 3-4 hours to read Elie Wiesel's Night. The book provides an inside, honest look into one of mankind's most inhumane hours, and thus gives ... Read More

What does Jewish Law say about getting married after Passover?

Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin, President of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, writes about the Origin and Development of Some Lesser-Known Pesah Customs.

I hope you are enjoying the holiday! On the first night of Passover, Jews are commanded to tell - in a certain way - the story of the exodus from ... Read More

The Torah instructs a Jew not to eat (or even possess) chametz all seven days of Passover (Exodus 13:3). In addition, even though kitniyot (legumes) cannot technically become chametz, ... Read More

These Passover Rolls have become the staple of my kids' Passover diet. They eat them with eggs, cottage cheese, yellow cheese, cream cheese, jelly, mayonnaise, sandwich meat, hamburgers and hotdogs. ... Read More

The best Passover cakes are the ones that don't taste like Passover cakes. These Passover brownies are easy to make, delicious, and taste almost like regular brownies.

In one succinct page, you can learn all about the Jewish holiday of Passover. Read the why, when, what and how of Passover.

I often feel that Passover cleaning and cooking cuts into the time and energy I usually have for my children. At the same time, I want the holiday to be ... Read More

What is the origin of the afikomen custom?

We are commanded to have no chametz in our possession during Passover. Do we have to burn the closed bag of snitzel in the freezer? No. Our rabbis have made ... Read More

The night before Passover, we search our homes for chametz. My kids love this ritual. Read instructions on how to do bidikat chametz.

My son had to take charoset to school today for his first grade Passover "seder." So I got out my mother's and grandmother's and great-grandmother's and .... charoset recipe. Charoset, ... Read More

The Passover Seder is not a Passover Seder without a Seder Plate in the center of the table. Enjoy these step-by-step instructions on how to prepare the Passover Seder Plate. Photo ... Read More

1,000 rare Passover Haggadahs from all over the world, some dating back to the Middle Ages, are now freely available and fully searchable online. The Chabad-Lubavitch Library in Brooklyn lent ... Read More

Dr. Jonathan Mirvis, International Director of the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School, writes about the message of Passover. Dr. Mirvis explains how Passover, which marks the birth of the Jewish people, ... Read More

It's Passover, which means your kids are hungry all day long. Something about the matzo just seems to make them more hungry. This collection of Web sites offers all the ... Read More

It is written in the Torah that during the week of Passover, "neither chametz (the result of grain that ferments) nor se'or (highly fermented sourdough that is used to make ... Read More

This year the Passover Seder will take place at the end of Shabbat, on Saturday night. Bruce James outlines how a Saturday night Seder differs from other Seders.

Erev Pesach this year falls on Shabbat. Rabbi Professor David Golinkin, President of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, explains how one should prepare for the Shabbat meals ... Read More

Rabbi Professor David Golinkin, President of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, writes: There is no question that the Seder, which is celebrated on the first night of ... Read More

Where are you for Seder this year? Sounds like a simple enough question. But didn't they always tell us not to judge a Haggadah by its cover? This page explores ... Read More

Make your Seder fun and meaningful this year with these helpful resources, including inspiring Haggadah insights, family activities, gourmet recipes, and the user-friendly "Passover How-To Guide."

Read the story of Passover, of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.

In their hurry to leave Egypt, the Israelites did not have time to wait for their bread to rise. Thus, matzah, unleavened bread whose dough has not been allowed to ... Read More