Are you ready for Passover? Do you feel the excitement of family and friends gathering at your Seder table? You laugh and sing as you read the Haggadah from Kadesh until Chad Gadya. At the close of the seder, you recite four words: “Next Year In Israel.”   More than ever, those words are resonating throughout the world. Jewish people are making their dreams come true and ...

Passover is the time for celebrating our freedom, but until you sit down to your seder, the atmosphere can be one of anxiety and stress. This year I’ll hosting our immediate and extended family  for the holiday. My parents have already arrived, and my daughter and son are coming from Canada with their family and girlfriend. I can’t wait to give my granddaughter the hugs and kis...

This week women around the world are uniting together in baking challah and performing the  meaningful mitzvah of hafrashat challah - one of the 3 mitzvot specifically given to women. As we add each of the ingredients and kneed the dough which will become our challah for Shabbat, we take this special opportunity to pray to Hashem for all of the blessings we desire for our families, our h...

Growing up in a Moroccan home, I have fond memories of going from house to house on Mimona night celebrating with family and friends. Its an upbeat evening filled with happiness celebrating the end of Pesach, the return of eating chametz and recognizing all the blessings and abundance in life. Over the years, my kids have come to look forward to the fun filled post Pesach celebration. This ...

This article originally appeared in "Joy of Kosher with Jamie Geller" Tu B'Shvat is behind us and now Purim is also in the rearview mirror.  Just over the horizon, Pesach is peeking through - and it will be here before we know it.  Now's the time to start planning for the Pesach Seder. The Seder is the kickoff to the weeklong  holiday of Pesach.  It's...