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Category: pesach
My first days of pesach were awesome
My nose was filled with sweet cologne as two men sat in back of me, I could smell them as soon as the door to sanctuary swung open, before they proceeded to sit down and insult my nose with their…
Why is it so hard to find kosher for passover matza?
I was trying to find kosher for passover matzah last year in Denver and all of the grocery stores were out, this year I was mountain biking in Santa Cruz the Sunday before Pesach so I decided I would visit…
Rules for New Yorkers visiting Miami for pesach
By Zalmy Fny Silver I am not a fan of writing words in caps – but I didn’t feel like editing the whole thing… 1- You CAN, I repeat, CAN make a FREAKING RIGHT TURN ON RED!! The only place…
Selling your chometz seems like such a sham
I sold my chometz last year on erev pesach, via an online form from Chabad, I think it’s BS but it sure made me feel like I still had all of my energy bars, trail mix and granola to look…
Pesach video Favorites from You Tube
There are many Passover videos on You Tube – here is a sampling: G-dCast makes some of the most fun Jewish educational videos – their Passover video is awesome, if only they reenact the songs from 613 Torah Avenue.
World Record Fastest Matzah Eating
Jeremy Moses of MyJewishLearning just took it upon himself to break the world record for matzah eating. (Disclaimer: before he tried, there was no world record for matzah eating.)
What type of Pesach (Passover) Seder do you have?
I have never done a post on the different types of Pesach seders, because it’s not really something that can be done conclusively, stereotyping different Jews is much easier. Everyone’s seder is different, bt I will try and formulate some…
Some Sephardim claim kitniyot laws are racist
Sephardic groups are claiming that kitniyot is a racist custom, after several big Sephardic rabbis concurred with Ashkenazic sources that there is no halachic basis to kitniyot and that it is merely a tradition started to separate the two groups…
2010 Facebook Haggadah
The creator of last years brilliantly done Facebook Haggadah asked me to post his brand new updated version. Click the link for the new and improved 2010 Facebook Haggadah. Click here for the 2009 facebook haggadah.
Let Pesach madness begin
One of the reasons I love Pesach so much, besides for the hours of repeated divrei torah, constipation and uncle moishy carnivals are the absurd items that seem to come out every year. From kosher paper towels to kosher toilet…
Kosher for Passover shoes and gasmasks
I asked Y-Love to do this little promotion for his product because I thought was hilarious. Talk about taking thinks to the extreme.
Gebrokts crisis: some say snorting matzo is the best way
Once again I am amazed by what comes out of the Charedi world, the latest is a gebrokts scare. Apparently Rabbonim are saying that matzo could become leavened in your mouth and even though many Charedim dry their mouths with…
Rebel Ashkenazim begin to eat Kitniyot on pesach
I found this article on the Forward about rebel modern orthodox ashkenazim in Israel who have begun to shun the age old restriction on Kitniyot and I want in, I have always thought Kitniyot to be a load of hagwash…
Why my first seder was so funny
My first nights seder was hilarious but only because me and my two friends are sickos and every time there was some sort of drug or sex reference we went a bit nuts. There were two specific moments that if…
When did you end your seder?
If there was one aspect of Pesach I could pick that I find entertaining its the bragging and discussing of seder times. The first day of Pesach shuls across the world are buzzing withe same exact conversation, what time did…
Best pesach photo I could find
Hat Tip – Lady Light
One of the funniest Pesach videos ever
Pesach is the time to show off how frum you are
Since I was coming to Santa Fe, New Mexico for shabbos I asked the people who hooked me up with the people I stayed by if they needed anything from Dallas. I knew that New Mexico didn’t have kosher stores…
Do you get the Pesach seder blues?
I know that Pesach is one of those holidays that many people just love to hate. The cleaning, the constipation and the long drawn out meal which consists of hours of telling the same old divrei torah and stories year…
Facebook Haggadah
Judging by how many emails I received to write about the Facebook Haggadah I assume that almost everyone has sen it. If you have not seen the Facebook Haggadah you are in for a treat, its not that funny, but…
Pesach Cleaning getting you down
Rabbis in Brooklyn finally make a good ban
Vos Iz Neias is reporting that 30 leading Rabbis in Brooklyn have signed a religious ban on price gouging for Pesach items. Sounds like socialism to me, but I won’t point any fingers because I like it, well really it…
Why do women swoon for Oh Nuts?
Several months ago, my friend from Monsey asked me if I was doing anything for the weekend, I was already in Albany and told him he was welcome to come up for the shabbos if he wanted. As stated in…