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Mom’s Choice is Optimistic

Raizy and I were driving along the Van Wyck in NYC when we saw this green lettering on the back panel of a white box truck. “Mom’s Choice is Optimistic”. It took some driving closer up to the side … Read the rest

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Mama Seeton’s Whistle

This wonderful 2015 picture book by Jerry Spinelli and superbly illustrated by LeUyen Pham is a beautiful story of family, parenting, growth and aging. It follows the Seeton kids Skippy, Sheldon, Stewart, and Sophie from early childhood through adulthood, from … Read the rest

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Warp & Woof (Weft)

Most students had little/no idea what these words mean (they sound non-sensical Seussian, don’t they?), but they were all wearing it! Nowadays, with our remove from how things are actually made, these terms are better known to those involved with … Read the rest

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Mercer Mayer & Fears in the Attic, Closet and Under the Bed

Mercer Mayer is a popular children’s book author and illustrator. Some of you may be familiar with his “Little Critter” beginner reader series. Our kids loved his nighttime/bedtime classic book titled “There’s an Alligator Under My Bed.”

More recently, thanks … Read the rest

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to Extract a People from within a People!

As we completed a 3-day “first-days” of Passover 5786/2026 we heard the news of the US Military’s dramatic extraction and incredible rescue of a downed F-15 pilot within Iran. This was a major covert operation, involving planes and helicopters, intelligence … Read the rest

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Anywhere and Everywhere… and You Can Do It!

by Elliott Weintraub ’17

I’ve celebrated and been active with Chabad in many places, my hometown in Westchester, near my current home in Raleigh with the UNC Chabad and Chabad YJP, and of course, during my college years in Albany, … Read the rest

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Let’s Start from the Beginning…

How far should one go back in telling the Exodus story at the Passover Seder Night?

Our Pesach Haggadah goes back to Terach the idolatrous father of Abraham, and to the deceitful Lavan the father-in-law of Jacob, – both long … Read the rest

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Two Sides of Matzah & the Fudge Graham Cookie & Milk Ratio

Back in 1985-6, I was a student in Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn. I studied there for middle-school. In November 1985 I began wearing Tefillin in preparation for my January 1986 Bar-Mitzvah. In that school once you began … Read the rest

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10 Things to Know About the 4 Cups

The Four Cups are a familiar and central Passover Seder observance (which college students need little prodding for). Here’s ten things to know about the Pesach Seder’s Four Cups, in no particular order.

(I see Chabad.org’s extensive Passover website has … Read the rest

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Top Ten Reasons to Eat Matzah on the Seder Night

Here’s our top ten, and aside for #1, in no particular order:

(1) IT’S A MITZVAH, A BIBLICAL MITZVAH!
This mitzvah has a specific window, on the Seder nights, after dark before midnight. It’s a mitzvah we get to chew … Read the rest

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