Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. Today is the 7th and last day of the Passover week in Israel. Last Friday our town's Chabad rabbi and rebbitzin arranged a big co...

. Nice neighbors invited me to their long and bountiful seder table last night. No noodles in the chicken soup; that's forbidde...

. Look what a wonderful gift I received yesterday on the Eve of Passover! And expensive too! Every box is sealed with a sticker be...

. Now that the big important Jewish and Christian holidays are wrapping up, we can blog instead about those silly unofficial national da...

. Goodbye bread. . Hello matza. . Pesach begins this evening. No bread for us, or any food with leavening, for the seven days of Passove...

. "Kosher for Passover" Nutella (all the way from Italy) spread on "kosher lePesach" matsot (made right here in Jerusa...

. Some of the kids of my moshav got together today to learn and teach how to make matzot. Matza is the unleavened bread that we will eat i...

Pesach (Passover) is the holiday when families sit together at their table and before, during, and after the meal read the Hagaddah, the bo...

Why, you ask, do we Jews have to eat matzot and not eat bread on Passover? Because . . . well, God said so! Verses 14-20 of Exodus 12 ar...

Enjoy it while you can. From this Friday until the end of next week (most) Jews will not be tasting any bread at all. Instead, during the wh...