One Minute Insight: Why Is There An Egg On The Seder Plate?
Why is the egg on our seder plate a sign of “incomplete” freedom? Director of Photography: Elliot Gabor http://eliecreative.com Produced by Seth Feldman Production Assistant: Danny Moallem
One Minute Insight: Why Do Some Prefer Lettuce For Their Bitter Herbs?
Why do some people prefer to use romaine lettuce for bitter herbs (maror) in their Seder plates ? Director of Photography: Elliot Gabor http://eliecreative.com Produced by Seth Feldman Production Assistant: Danny Moallem
Why Do We Spin A Grogger From Below And A Dreidel From Above?
Did you ever consider that both Purim and Chanukah contain toys which spin? But why does one spin from below while the other spins from above?
Who’s a Better Female Role Model, Queen Esther or Disney Princesses?
Did you ever consider that Queen Esther is a much better female role model for our kids than the Disney princesses we give them from the youngest age?
Grasping for Comfort: Faigy Mayer, Stabbings & Firebombing
These last two weeks which began with Faigy Mayer’s suicide, continued with the stabbings (and murder of a sixteen year old girl, Shira Banki) at the Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, and ended with the firebombing and murder of a Palestinian toddler, Ali Dawabsha (possibly by extreme religious Zionists, though no one has been charged with the […]
Who Will Live And Who Will Die? A Troubling High Holiday Prayer
Every Rosh Hashana we say the prayer Unsaneh Tokef : “On Rosh Hashanah we’ll be inscribed and on Yom Kippur we’ll be sealed – how many will pass from the earth and how many will be created; who will live and who will die; who will die at his predestined time and who before his time; […]
