Guarding Against Feeling Too Good About Oneself The end of parshas Tazria deals with Tza’ra’as [the spiritual blemish often (mis) translated as leprosy] that appears on clothing. The pasuk [verse] says, “The kohen will see the garment...
My mother, the Rebbetzin a”h was the featured speaker at a hotel for Pesach, and our family was fortunate to join her. It was Seder night. The tables were beautifully set, my children dressed...
Rabbi Nachman Seltzer is the author of forty five books, including such classics as 90 Seconds, Living Legend, the Zera Shimshon series, Incredible! and Incredible 2 and The Rebbetzin. Those...
What is your favorite Pesach song? Vehi Sheamda Maan is supposed to taste like anything you want it to taste like, what would you want your Maan to taste like? I don’t know...
Coming into Pesach, what Haggadah are you using this year for the Seder? Shirat Miriam, Rabbi Tzvi Rimon’s Haggadah What’s your favorite part of the seder? My favorite part of the seder is...
While most of the people I encounter this time of year are excited for Pesach, too many confuse eating Marror, bitter herbs on Pesach, with being bitter people about Pesach. Some complain about having to host family, others are...
Two Seder Insights The Secret of Maror: Objectifying Your Pain Why do eat maror, or bitter herbs, at our seder? The first seder the Jews conducted was in Egypt, on the eve of...
TOMATO, OLIVE AND CAPER SALAD INGREDIENTS: 1.5 lbs grape tomatoes, cut in half 1 6oz jar drained Kalamata olives 1 5.75oz jar drained green olives 2 tbsp capers2 tbsp olive oil 2 tsp white wine vinegar 1...
INGREDIENTS: 1 cup warm water 11⁄2 Tbsp yeast 1⁄2 cup sugar 1⁄4 cup oil 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 4 cups bread flour 1⁄2 Tbsp salt The custom to bake schlissel challah for the first Shabbos after...
Noach’s teivah was large. It was 300 amos long, 50 amos wide, and 30 amos high. It needed to be large to contain all the animals. Nevertheless, the Ramban (Bereishis 6:19) says...