In Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Keanu Reeves’ real co-star was time machine. In the most epic of movies, famous historical figures were taken from the past and transported to San Dimas, California. There, they participated in the most outstanding high school history project ever. Assuming you had a time machine for Passover, which historicalContinue reading “Bill & Ted’s Most Excellent Seder”
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The Politics of Breaking Bread: A Second Chronicles’ Ten Commandments’ Moment
Is it possible both religion and politics can be discussed at dinner? Can there be such a thing as “breaking bread” diplomacy? King Hezekiah, in the Second Book of Chronicles, masterfully engineered such a meal. This meal, for the purposes of this blog, amounts to a Ten Commandments’ moment. While it is intimately related toContinue reading “The Politics of Breaking Bread: A Second Chronicles’ Ten Commandments’ Moment”
Bo: The Legacy Project
The people of the exile brought the pesach-offering on the fourteenth day of the first month. Ezra 6:10 In the throes of the Exodus, the Torah Portion Bo commands the Children of Israel to celebrate Passover. Not only was this meal to be of the moment, it was to be something for the future. BoContinue reading “Bo: The Legacy Project”
The Past Should Be History: Miketz
“There shall be one instruction for the citizen and for the alien who resides among you.” Exodus 12:49 Modern sensibilities are a barrier towards education. Loaded with troubling passages, The Torah makes a perfect target for contemporary erasers and white washers. Problematic events, offensive words and horrifying circumstances serve as pedagogical tools. Those representing moralityContinue reading “The Past Should Be History: Miketz”
Matzoh Pizza Controversies 2024 Edition
As Matzoh Pizza season rapidly approaches, Matzoh Pizza Artistry awakes from its slumber. Burnt edges and soggy centers are the annual plague that can destroy this delicious delicacy. To keep the treat special for the Passover holiday, I don’t eat it during the year and save it for the week when it is most needed.Continue reading “Matzoh Pizza Controversies 2024 Edition”
Order?
You’re Out of Order Al Pacino With the current Middle East conflict spilling out of the region to produce disparate opinion, my task of conducting the 2024 Passover Seder, has emerged as a moment akin to walking blindfolded through a minefield. The freedom and deliverance holiday of Passover demands that something be said about theContinue reading “Order?”
A Second Book of Kings Ten Commandments’ Moment: How Josiah Saved Passover
History’s greatest biblical scroll discovery was not the Dead Sea Scrolls found in Qumran. Rather, Hilkiah’s scroll discovery in the Temple during King Josiah’s reign was both the most important and impactful. While the Dead Sea Scrolls provided to the world a glimpse of Second Temple Judaism and revealed the Hebrew Bible’s textual transmission integrity,Continue reading “A Second Book of Kings Ten Commandments’ Moment: How Josiah Saved Passover”
If You Are Asking Why? A Ten Commandments’ Tale
Emancipate yourselves from mental slaveryNone but ourselves can free our minds bob marley redemption song in the passover tradition of the four sons, that each ask questions. some people attending a seder may be thinking, “what is this to me?” the struggles of others, for many, are remote. modern slavery accounts are distant; they areContinue reading “If You Are Asking Why? A Ten Commandments’ Tale”
Shut Up, Let’s Eat: Passover 2023: A Ten Commandments’ Tale
holiday family gatherings often have moments of political fodder or social commentary. eruptions of political discourse can be as unappetizing as atomic “marror” aka bitter herbs. in the spirit of “shut up, let’s eat” philosophy of avoiding diatribes that will never result in consensus and dampen festivities, i make this post as to what topicsContinue reading “Shut Up, Let’s Eat: Passover 2023: A Ten Commandments’ Tale”
Identity Role Play Welcome: A Ten Commandments’ Tale
this is the bread of affliction that our ancestors ate in the land of egypt. whoever is hungry, come eat with us! whoever is needy, come join our seder! this year we’re here; next year in the land of israel! this year we’re slaves; next year we will be free. haggadah recently, fictitious identity storiesContinue reading “Identity Role Play Welcome: A Ten Commandments’ Tale”
The Ten Commandments Project 