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Shabbat/Holidays

PASSOVER

Healthy Passover Pleasures

Most traditional Pesach recipes are high in calories, carbohydrates and fat, but are low in fiber.

PASSOVER

Pesach Dieters, Take Note: You Can Have Your Potato—and Eat It, Too!

Q: Potatoes, potatoes and more potatoes … with all these carbs, it’s no wonder I gain a pound for every…

PASSOVER

Gluten Free Healthy Passover Pleasures

Do you feel a sense of panic when trying to plan your menu for the Sedarim? Do you struggle to…

HEALTH

Avoiding the Pesach Pounds

I’ve heard it said that Jewish history can be summed up like this: Someone tried to destroy us,

JEWISH LAW

What’s the Truth about . . . Mishloach Manot?

Misconception: The two foods sent on Purim for mishloach manot must be from two different categories of blessings. Fact: This…

POETRY

Purim with Dr. Seuss

I will not come before the king I will not come for anything! Would you, could you in a coach?…

PURIM

Chocolate Heaven for Purim

As my kids get older, their interest in what to wear for Purim has taken a decidedly odd turn.

HISTORY

What’s the Truth about . . . Mordechai and Esther Being Related?

Misconception: Mordechai and Esther, the Purim heroes, were uncle and niece.1 Fact: According to Megillat Esther, Mordechai and Esther were…

KASHRUT

Hard Truths about Hard Liquor

Drinking is very much a part of Orthodox Jewish life. At a shul kiddush, a wedding or a Bar Mitzvah,…

CHANUKAH

Chanukah’s Coming: Ta’am to Make the Latkes

I’ve never met a latke I didn’t like. Chanukah is still one of my favorite holidays, and to me, hot,…

CHANUKAH

Thinking Like a Jew: Reflections on Chanukah

The light of the Chanukah flames testifies to a force that transcends nature, and that force is the power implicit…

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