Passover

#ThrowbackThursday Adventures In Online Passover Shopping

April 2, 2015 By punktorah

Hi guys! Did you miss me as much as I missed you? I bet you did.

This being my first real life Passover, I wanted it to be killer rad. Like every other holiday I’ve tried to make special, something weird happened in my life that’s forced me to re-evaluate the approach I wanted to take on said special day. This time it was school, teething babies, and blah blah blah. Life guys, it gets in the way of all the fun stuff huh?

I didn’t want to fully disappoint you all though, so I got to thinking. What makes Passover awesome? Well other than all the obvious things, it’s probably Matzah. Right? No. Well, I think it’s kind of cool, and I couldn’t be FULLY alone, because here in this lovely post I’ve put together a whole bunch of random things people put matzah on and sold to other people. Maybe it’s [Read more…]

Make Your Own Haggadah For Kids

March 31, 2015 By punktorah

Please give a suggested $10.00 donation to PunkTorah for downloading this free Make It Yourself Haggadah.

Download the MAKE IT YOURSELF HAGGADAH by clicking this link.

There is a lot of stuff in Judaism. Wine cups, challah covers, mezzuzot, Torah scrolls, tallitot, tallitot k’tanot, books, and more books. Which makes it easy for us to teach the lofty ideas of theology and culture and the weight of 5773 years of history to children who have been alive for a second of that history. On Passover, by studying the haggadah, we can learn about the story, liberation theory, historical context, political realities, and family traditions by going through a pre-set order established by the haggadah.

There is magic in a Passover seder. For those of us who attended seders as children, there may be magic coating the memories of the Passovers of our youth. In settling down for a long marathon of talking, arguing, sneaking [Read more…]

Making Your Seder Kid Friendly and Magical

March 31, 2015 By punktorah

The year: 1999. The place: Beth Shalom Congregation, Elkins Park, PA, event hall. The room is full of about 150 elementary school students, sitting around round tables laden with plastic plates, wine cups we made ourselves, all fidgeting in our new Passover clothes. At the front of the room, aloft a podium, is Dr. Steven Brown, our headmaster. And he is wearing the silliest hats we’ve ever seen in our young lives.

For each of the 15 parts of the Passover seder, Dr. Brown changes his hat. We sing “Kadesh, oorchatz, karpas…” and are halted as the eldest students who’ve been to many a Model Seder at the Perelman Jewish Day School know, scream “AHA!” and we stop, to study, and observe the rituals of that part of the seder. So, we dip our celery painstakingly cut by parents into salt water, and resume, as Dr. Brown changes his hat with a [Read more…]

Vegetarian and Vegan Passover Recipes

March 31, 2015 By punktorah

If you’re looking for animal friendly Passover alternatives, look no further than the NewKosher vegan cookbook. Chock full of Passover recipes, as well as delicious recipes for the entire Jewish year, this book is holy in more ways than one. Of course, who wouldn’t love Matzo-Potato Ball Soup, Salad of Romaine Hearts, Eggplant “Cookies” with Roasted Tomato Sauce, Oven-Roasted Baby Beets and Chocolate-Caramel-Almond Matzo?

To download this free eBook, just click this link.

In addition, check out some of our other great Passover recipes throughout the PunkTorah blog. We’ve made substitution recommendations for vegans:

Vegan Mushroom “Chopped Liver”

Vegan Truffle Chocolate Pie

Jewsy Boozy Potato Vodka Exodus Lemonade

Moroccan Orange Carrot Salad (omit the yogurt and substitute agave nectar for honey)

Nigella’s Butternut Squash With Pecan (omit the blue cheese)

Vegetarian Gefilte Fish (contains eggs)

Your PunkTorah Guide To Passover

March 31, 2015 By punktorah

Passover is almost here, and that means house cleaning, grocery shopping, and of course, binge eating chametz!

Here at PunkTorah, we have a few resources to make the transition from everyday life to Passover 5774 even easier.

Have A Good Laugh

Jews love a good joke, and a good story. Mother Morpher has a terrific article on the joys of Passover shopping online.

Watch Some “Edu-Tainment”

This Passover roundup of videos from the PunkTorah archive will give you insights into the holiday, it’s meaning and observance. There’s also a lot of “vintage PunkTorah” in this video series for all the n00bs.

Get the Kids Involved!

Passover is a great holiday for kids, even if it does wreck the hearts of a few picky eaters. PunkTorah can help your seder be magical and kid friendly, and our kids haggadah is always a crowd pleaser.

Cook, Of Course

Our funky vegan cookbook has some really terrific Passover recipes, including a baked eggplant that’s plague-worthy on its own

Give Tzedakah, In Honor of the Lego Star Wars Passover

We get caught up in the spirit of seders, family and friends, and it’s easy to forget that the Jewish holidays command us to give. This terrific photo series of Aiden’s Lego Starwars Diorama calls us to a deeper sense of what these holidays are really about.

Chag Sameach! Happy Passover!

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