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Q. How do I share a Kosher for Passover Kitchen with a Sephardic roommate?

A. The main difference on Passover between Sephardic (Iberian Peninsula and North Africa) and Ashkenasic (from Northern and Eastern Europe) is regarding Kitniyot. Rice, corn and beans are not biblically cons...

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Q. What is a “Seder-within-a-Seder”?

A. The Seder can be a 3-hour experience, sometimes even longer, depending on how its led and run. Some people love it and appreciate it, others maybe not as much. The Seder-within-a-Seder concept allows stu...

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The time a Muslim guy in a hatchback car made my day…

We were exiting Restaurant Depot when I spotted the small silver hatchback car to my left. Remember, this warehouse-type store is only open to those with a business or non-profit account, and most things are...

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Haggadah Tweets

We’ll tweet some of these as we approach Passover @shabboshouse, but the idea is to condense seder insights into concise twitter-like tidbits, each under 140 characters. 

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Power of Parable MLC MyLife Applied Chassidus Essay

  1. The Power of Parable by Rabbi Mendel Rubin, Albany NY

Applied Chassidus should be a given but sadly it is not. Even among avid students of Chassidus, there is often a di...