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Passover will be unlike anything that most of us have ever experienced before. This is what it looks like in my kitchen, so far. I am cleaning, but not with my usual zeal. I have a fair amount of kosher L’Pesach products, but this year I will be forgiving, and will use substitutions, within reason. […]
Recently my sister asked me if I ever think about our mother. I was more than slightly surprised by the question, but Anita explained that I don’t often bring her up in our conversations. She’s right, I don’t speak of her very much, but still she is never far from my thoughts, especially around the […]
‘ Letters would arrive from France, Poland, and Israel, my father carefully removing the stamps before tossing the envelopes. Once in a while, no more than once or twice a year, a package would arrive as well. It was always the same, a cardboard box wrapped in brown paper tied with a rope. It was […]
Having a chef come to your home with the intention of helping you cook can be an intimidating experience. I knew for several weeks that newlyweds from our synagogue had accepted an invitation to join us for Shabbat and were planning to come early and help prepare the meal. Michael (the chef) and I were […]
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