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Sacrifice in Samaria – Samaritans

Zeev H. Ehrlich

The paschal lambs are bleating on the road to Nablus. The community elders are decked out in white and the final preparations for the sacrifice on Mt. Gerizim are nearing completion. Is this what the...

ArticlesIssue 10 | April 2012Jewish CommunitiesLand of IsraelPesachPost-1948

The Unspoken Taboo – Next Year in Jerusalem

Jonathan D. Sarna

What prompted a century of American Jews to omit the phrase “Next year in Jerusalem” at the conclusion of their Seder? The aspirations and declarations replacing it speak volumes about American Jewish loyalties, priorities, and...

19th centuryAmericaArticlesIssue 64 | March 2023Jewish CommunitiesPesach

Watchdog of Israel

Chana Shacham-Rosby

Back to the article Waiting for Elijah – Elijah in the Haggadah The connection between Elijah and canines begins in the Talmud: “Our rabbis taught: When dogs howl, [it’s a sign that] the Angel of...

EuropeIssue 64 | March 2023Medieval PeriodPesach

Waiting for Elijah – Elijah in the Haggadah

Chana Shacham-Rosby

When the Pesach Seder took shape almost two thousand years ago, it made no mention of Elijah the prophet. How did the biblical zealot find his way into the haggadah? Medieval Ashkenazic traditions may hold...

ArticlesEuropeIssue 64 | March 2023Medieval PeriodPesach

Divinely Plagued

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Seldom can any individual distill the defining events of his sojourn in this world into a single sentence. Yet sometimes a few words from a familiar, seminal text can evoke just such a sense of...

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Don’t Skip the Sacrifice!

שרה ג´ו בן צבי

Nothing Like a Mitzva Sitting down at the Seder table today, reciting the Haggada, and recalling the paschal sacrifice it describes, do we ever give a thought to the people who still celebrate Pesach as...

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Matza – More Than Just Crumbs

שרה ג´ו בן צבי

Making and Baking Eager to leave Pharaoh’s bondage, the Hebrew slaves freed from Egypt approximately 3,300 years ago baked the dough they had hastily kneaded before it had time to rise. That act gave the...

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Pesach

Sacrifice in Samaria – Samaritans

The Unspoken Taboo – Next Year in Jerusalem

Watchdog of Israel

Waiting for Elijah – Elijah in the Haggadah

Divinely Plagued

Don’t Skip the Sacrifice!

Matza – More Than Just Crumbs

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Sacrifice in Samaria – Samaritans

The Unspoken Taboo – Next Year in Jerusalem

Watchdog of Israel

Waiting for Elijah – Elijah in the Haggadah

Divinely Plagued

Don’t Skip the Sacrifice!

Matza – More Than Just Crumbs

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