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Passover: Eat Differently, Clean House, Give Birth, Become an Ally
The holiday of Passover is upon us, beginning tomorrow night. The week-long festival marks the onset of spring and the story of the Exodus, the Torah story of the Israelites’ liberation from Egyptian slavery. The story is an important theological anchor for Judaism: the journey from redemption to freedom is a paradigm we refer to…
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Ready or Not, Here We Go
This time of year reminds me of one of the biggest arguments Yohanna and I have had as a couple, because it was about Passover. In 1996, we were spending our first Passover together. She had brought to my apartment a jar of pesto, and I resisted using it because it wasn’t labeled Kosher for…
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