Passover is a little late this year. Let me apologize to anyone who expected it to be about the same time as Easter. In the interests of not confusing the children of mixed marriages, we’re running late. We’ve been running late for more than 5700 years and no one noticed until now. Other religions celebrate […]
A Paean to Passover or what matzoh means to me
We know Passover approaches because we just about trip over the big matzoh and chocolate macaroons display near the front door of our local supermarket. It’s a Yiddish word meaning ‘I forgot to use the yeast’. Matzoh is to bread as wallpaper paste is to pate’. They are thin, bread like crackers and […]