Vegan Hamentashen
One of my favorite cookies tie into one of my favorite holidays (Purim) where you dress up and make lots of noise. Tasty vegan baked goods are hard to find, but these are surprisingly delicious.
Hanukka, Hanukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Hanucca, . . .
Every year, for the past 43 years of doing the daily Dry Bones cartoons, I face the same mind-cracking question; how to spell the name of our eight-day Festival of Lights!
Is Purim Just Another Halloween?
Purim is not a Jewish Halloween. Although we traditionally dress up in customs of Bible heroes, eat, and have fun, Purim is about as different from Halloween as butterflies are from bats.
Matza Ball Soup
Matzah Ball soup is a Passover favorite that can be enjoyed any time of year. Passover commemorates the Israelites' exodus out of Egypt. The eight day holiday is steeped in tradition and delicious…
Matza Pizza
Ingredients:• 1 matza• tomato paste• choice of toppings: mushroom, onions, peppers, artichokes, fresh tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes• choice of seasonings: fresh garlic, oregano, basil, thyme,…
Passover Symbols
A traditional Passover Seder plate has a combination of a total of six items.
The Fourth Plague: Swarms of Flies
Ex 8:20 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him: Thus saith theLORD: Let My people go, that they may…
Passover Pineapple Crumble
Matzo meal makes a perfect crumble topping for a fruity dessert to round out the Passover meal. Serves: 8 or more
Giving Thanks for the Miracle of Survival
(CNN) - ...almost 70 years after his village in Poland was liberated by the Soviet army, Leon Gersten is meeting the man who is the Oskar Schindler of his own life: Czeslaw Polziec. ... Polziec is…
Hag Sameach. Dry Bones
Dry Bones Sukkot
The second plague: Frogs from the river
Exo 8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
A Meditation in Time
Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Colossians 4:5
Porkless Shavuot
Calculating the time it took to go from Egypt to Mount Sinai, it is most likely that Moses was on Mount Sinai during the first Shavuot.
Sir Winston. Dry Bones
Sir Winston. Dry Bones
Sweet Potato Kugel
SWEET POTATO KUGEL(From No Cholesterol Passover Recipes, by Debra Wasserman)Serves 12. Ingredients:• 6 small sweet potatoes, peeled and grated• 3 apples, peeled and grated• 1 cup raisins• 1 cup matzo…