My father’s story
My father was born and raised in Paris to Jewish-Polish immigrant parents. During World-War II he and his younger brother were sent to hide in a little village in France called Foulletourte. They had to keep their Jewish identity secret to avoid being taken by the Germans to the extermination Camps.
The local […]

Is there a “right� Seder?
On Saturday night my family gathered around the table to celebrate Pesach. The dining table was extended, the white tablecloth spread on, the Pesach plate was presented, and the wine waited to be poured. We all sat around the table – the three generations of the family and began […]

Ruthy’s story 

One of the most significant aspects of Passover is liberty (חֵרוּת)and freedom (חֹפֶש�) . The biblical story tells us about the liberation of the people of Israel from their slavery in Egypt. The Haggadah tells us that “in every generation one must feel as though s/he personally had been rescued from Egypt�.
The personalization of […]

Thousands of years ago a series of underground shocks created a gap between the layers of the rocks in the northern part of Israel by the seashore. Rainwater and seawater have penetrated into these gaps and have created beautiful tunnels and caves called grottoes       (נְקָרוֹת).
Throughout the history this point of the coastal road served as […]

Shalom,
The spring is here: the weather is lovely (although somewhat unpredictable), the flowers are blooming and nature is waking up. This is the time to enjoy the beauty of our country and to travel, before the Passover cleaning and preparations take over our life.
My mother-in-law (חָמוֹת) decided to invite the family     (מִש×�ְפָּחָה) to a vacation […]