Throughout its history, the Jewish people have been on the move. Presently, we find ourselves having formed permanent roots in our places of residence, and yet we still have the itch to travel! In particular, many American Jewish families today enjoy spending the holiday of Pesach in a new location–leaving their home for a Pesach ...
When picturing your Pesach vacation, you may think of delicious food and quality time with family. The best way to spend time with loved ones is to take advantage of the exceptional trails outdoors. Arizona is jam-packed with top-tier nature and hiking. Travelers from around the globe come to AZ to bear witness to massive ...
Visit The Arizona Jewish Historical Society There is a long and rich history of the Jewish community in Phoenix, and you can learn all about it at a visit to the Arizona Jewish Historical Society (AZJHS). The museum provides Jewish art and history exhibitions with over 50,000 photographs, documents, and artifacts. During your Pesach vacation, ...
Hello dear readers, The Pesach seders are a time of education and repetition. A lot of the songs have a repetitive element to them, and we see a lot of the same themes get repeated within a seder, from the first seder to the next, and even from one year’s seder to the next. More ...
Hello dear readers, Pesach is fast approaching, so hopefully, by now, you know where you’re going to be spending the springtime holiday. Maybe you’re staying home, in the comfort of your own beds and with your own kitchen and routine. That does sound fun; I’m quite the homebody myself. However, you might also be taking ...
As many of you know, I travel a lot for work. It can be difficult, getting to and from airports, checking into and out of hotels, living out of a suitcase, rough hours, not always eating healthy. But you know what’s much easier? Traveling for pleasure. Ahhhhhhhh! A lot of the actions are similar – ...
There are a lot of rules to keep in mind about Pesach. Rules about how to clean your house, rules about disposing your chametz (or selling your chametz), rules about what food you can eat, and how you can cook it – there’s a lot to remember. I might say that there are so many ...
The letter S is a pretty unassuming letter, as far as letters go. In Scrabble, it is worth only one point, and when placed at the end of the word, the letter S usually changes a noun from singular to plural. But as I was looking at the Dessert section in one of my Passover ...
Hello dear readers, A popular story about the invention of the sandwich involves an English nobleman titled the Earl of Sandwich, after whom the sandwich is obviously named. In the story, the Earl asked for his meat to be brought between two pieces of bread, such that he could eat with one hand and continue ...
Hello dear readers, So, you’ve decided to go away this Pesach! I would say that’s a wise choice. Don’t get me wrong, I love being at home as much as the next person, but Pesach can be super stressful, so I’m all for going away for Pesach. I guess it’s like spring break, except instead ...