Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir often said: “The Jew is like the dough from which matzo is to be baked. As long as one works it and kneads it, it is fine. But if it is left alone unattended, it becomes forbidden chometz.”
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Rabbi Brice Ginsburg
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4/20/16
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Making matzo at Five Towns Chabad
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Learning how matzo is made and about the Haggadah, the book that recounts the story of Passover, was brought together by the Jewish Discovery Program at the Chabad of the Five Towns last Sunday.
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4/13/16
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Linda Levy exclaimed, “I haven’t seen these since I was a kid!” after the Levittown resident held up a can of Mandelin almonds) as she picked out Passover food last Thursday at the Rina Shkolnik kosher food pantry in Woodmere.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/8/16
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Families throughout the area are preparing to welcome spring in the holiday spirit, with Sunday’s Easter celebration, followed by Passover next month.
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By Karen Bloom
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3/23/16
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March arrived this week and with it the promise of spring and, inevitably, thoughts of Passover. For most women the Passover holiday conjures up a myriad of stresses: from getting the house ready to the endless shopping and cooking.
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By Rachayle Deutsch
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3/2/16
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For the first time since 1977, the Brandeis School, a Jewish community day school in Lawrence, has an additional kosher Torah.
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By Vanessa Parker
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5/27/15
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I’m not saying the sun isn’t shining as you read this (it’s always tricky to write about the weather) but the forecast looked dreadful this week.
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4/10/15
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A 16-inch water main was installed by New York American under Cedarhurst Avenue between Village Hall in Cedarhurst and Central Avenue April 6-10.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/10/15
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Five Towns residents brought their chometz — food items not kosher for Passover — to the annual Woodmere Fire Department burning on Friday morning just before the eight-day holiday began that night on April 3.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/3/15
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Passover provides each of us, through the Passover symbols of the Seder, the means to strengthen world Jewry, increase our security and enrich our own lives.
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By Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum
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4/1/15
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