My husband entitled this photograph of me holding our bounty of wild harvested morel mushrooms, “Thanks be to the Heart of the Forest.” He couldn’t have chosen a better name. Each time I found and then cut one of these delicious little treasures, I said a blessing of thanks. Finding them is just magic. You [...]
Photo by Argenberg (c) Creative Commons Attribution Hmm….after last night’s meal I could use a 49-day trek, or at least a good walk. Tonight many of us will embark on a second seder and, of course, the counting of the omer. The whole “omer” thing was a total mystery to me until about 2 years [...]
There will be one additional candle on my seder table this year. Thanks to the Velveteen Rabbi for bringing this to my attention. May you all have a blessed Shabbat and a wonderful, joyful Pesach that liberates you from whatever keeps in bondage. We are the guardians of the fire. We pass the flame to [...]
After more thought and menu planning, I’ve finally settled on a menu for Passover this year. While the idea I came upon during my last post on this subject was in my mind, I actually went in a slightly different direction when planning the final menu. Below you’ll find my final menu with links to [...]
Prophets Cup created by Agru Arts One of the more unique elements of my haggadah is “The Prophets’ Cup.” When I was creating the haggadah, I knew that I didn’t just want to have an Elijah’s cup and I didn’t want to have two cups. I also didn’t want to slam the door in Elijah’s [...]




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