Passover

Menorah of spears and the deeper meaning of Hanukkah- opinion

The Maccabees may have lit Hanukkah’s first menorah using spears left by fleeing soldiers, transforming instruments of harm into a beacon of faith.

Maccabee cartoon 521
Or Yesha Meusharim from Machzor Worms (13th c.)

National Library unveils rare 14th century Mishneh Torah manuscript

"The First Thanksgiving, 1621," by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863–1930)

Thanksgiving needs its own Haggadah - opinion

JTA illustration of matzah

Is dining-hall matzah ‘DEI’? The answer isn’t clear to UVA’s pushed-out ex-president


Let them go: Its time to bring the hostages home, for burial and for rehabilitation - opinion

As we eat the matzah and taste the bitter maror, we will carry it all: The pain of the families who wake each day not knowing the fate of their loved ones.

 Exodus - the splitting of the Red Sea.

10 delicious and kosher cakes for Passover 2025

Flourless – the mind-blower, the majestic one, and the undisputed winner.

 Mimi

'No place for such venom' Herzog tells released hostage Liri Albag after online threats

Ahead of Passover, the two called for the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza.

 Former hostage Liri Albag meets with President Isaac Herzog.

Man steals a bus in Rehovot 'to get home for the Seder'

The man was arrested by police for driving recklessly and overturning a bus in a parking lot in central Israel.

 The bus that a resident of Shafir overturned in Rehovot on Saturday April 13, 2025.

How to get through the Passover Seder without consuming too many calories

It may only happen once a year, but for weight watchers, the Seder meal can come at a hefty price of thousands of calories in one evening. So how can you reduce risk of weight gain?

 Table is set for a Passover Seder.

Many wines, in all price ranges, to suit all kinds of tastes

Including an excellent bottle for NIS 40: Worthwhile wine recommendations for Passover 2025.

 Wine recommendations for Passover

Passover 2025: Are we a nation or a family?

If we are a nation that sees itself as a family, let us remember those families that have carried such a heavy burden throughout this war.

 An illustrative image of a Passover Seder plate.

A journey through Seder night: A time machine of Jewish memory - opinion

From ancient Egypt to now: A look at Jewish seder nights through the ages.

 SEDER TABLES are set up with chairs portraying pictures of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, on the eve of Passover, last year in Jerusalem. Now, we arrive in the present: In Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and kibbutzim in the South, families set extra places at the table – not for Elijah, but for the hostage

'Jewish & Israel Trivia': The perfect trivia challenge for the Passover Seder - review

If you haven’t picked up a copy before the Seder, I strongly suggest you grab one as soon as you can. This trivia booklet is bound to sell like hotcakes. 

 ALL-IMPORTANT: Children take part in a practice Seder.

The Passover paradox: Being given freedom from slavery, but also new strict rules

Surely, freedom means the overthrow of rules? Why leave one bondage merely to enter another, even if only a symbolic one?

 'Moses Parting the Red Sea' by Hans Jordaens.