ON YOUR TABLECandles, candlesticks, matches for Yom TovBox or plate of matzah (unleaved bread)Salt water and parsley or celery and vinegarGreen onion with stem – one for each personA traditional seder plate or dinner plateKiddush cup or wine glass with wine or...
Zachor! Memories of my firstHolocaust Memorial Day in Italy January 27, 1945 marks the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp where one million Jews were tortured, starved and murdered.. Sixty years later, in November 2005 the United Nations General Assembly...
Sephardic Traditions at the Passover Seder Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews – What’s the Difference? There is a division within the Jewish community that began thousands of years ago and continues to this day. It is not a division between religious denominations such as...
“Mimouna” Concluding Passover With A Sephardi Festival Mimouna, (pronounced “mee-moh-oo-na” ) is the name given to the little known seder that celebrates the end of the eight days of the Passover festival According to journalist Ophir Toubul (Cafe...
Join Rabbi Barbara for a VIRTUAL How-To Sephardi Tu B’Shevat SederWednesday, February 1, 20231:00 US EST / 7:00 noon Italy (1900 hours)ZOOM link: CLICK HERE We will make our model seder together using Rabbi Barbara’s Haggadah/Guide that is available for you: CLICK...
The Kabbalah and Tu B’Shevat – What our mystics say about The Birthday of the Trees Back in the day when many of us went to Sunday School our teachers explained that the festival of Tu B’Shevat celebrates the birthday or the New Year for the trees. But did you...
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