Monthly Archives: April 2009

Sho’a Nightmares

In April of 1997 I wrote (as an aside) to a forum of col­leagues: I think every teenage Jew­ish child ought to have a week of Sho’a relat­ed night­mares. If we can reen­act the Exo­dus and liv­ing in Sukkot, why not the Sho’a? Only … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Why Wine?

[cross post­ed at the Jew and the Car­rot]. At Pesach we drink a lot of wine. Why is it called the sym­bol of our joy? In an arid envi­ron­ment, wine can be seen a method of preser­va­tion. If you do not live or … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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