FREEDOM IN CHAINS
I don’t know about you, but I love Pesach. It’s a time for family, stories, soft matzah (for us Sephardim) and of course, time off school/work. The overriding theme about the holiday of Pesach is the notion of freedom, liberation…
7th Day of Pesah: Institutional Innovations
The last day of Pesah ends with a yom which introduces a concept that isn’t expressed in the opening days of the festival. We recognise the 7th day as the day that G-d split the sea for us and we…
FREEDOM IN CHAINS
I don’t know about you, but I love Pesach. It’s a time for family, stories, soft matzah (for us Sephardim) and of course, time off school/work. The overriding theme about the holiday of Pesach is the notion of freedom, liberation…
7th Day of Pesah: Institutional Innovations
The last day of Pesah ends with a yom which introduces a concept that isn’t expressed in the opening days of the festival. We recognise the 7th day as the day that G-d split the sea for us and we…
Passover Tells Us: Teach Your Children Well
As one nation after another in Africa and the Middle East engages in a fight for freedom, Passover, which begins this week, still has much to teach us about the nature of that fight. The Jewish festival of freedom is…