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Q. Why the custom to take kids on outings on Chol HaMoed?

A. First of all, they have off from school for the whole week of Passover and Sukkot holidays, and are at home or synagogue for the first two and last two days of the holidays, so this is a great …

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Q. Why the Passover emphasis on root vegetables?

A. Yes, you might have noticed we’re doing a lot of Passover dishes with onions, beets, carrots, sweet potato and especially potato. Potato is the big-time vegetable for Ashkenasic Jews who can’t...

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Q. Oy! My roommate came back from Easter with so much Chametz!

A. So your dorm room is now filled with cakes and pastries and other significant Chametz? Unless you are worried about tantalizing temptation, you should not worry at all about having Chametz 3 feet from yo...

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Q. Do we wear Tefillin at all on Passover or Sukkot?

A. The answer depends on your communal custom.

Everyone agrees that we don’t wear Tefillin on the holiday days of the festival, which are the two days at the beginning and two days at the end (o...

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Q. Hey, Matzah again!?

A. Our 3-year old daughter Esther Miriam asked this question at the Seder. She came home from school with a flip Haggadah, each page featuring children from her class acting out parts of the Seder. She follo...