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Barrels on a Riverbank
Barrels on a Riverbank
One year, someone in Likova came up with a novel idea: what if they all refused to buy the Jew's vodka before Passover? In that case he would have to get rid of it... and they could have it all!
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Minister for the Defense
Minister for the Defense
It was the afternoon before Passover, and Rabbi Levi Yitzchak was wandering through the streets of the Jewish quarter seeking out local smugglers...
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Shmerl's Seder
Shmerl's Seder
The Rebbe looked around him. It was obvious that only he had heard the heavenly announcement. "Has anyone heard of a tzaddik called Shmerl the Tailor?" he asked. No one had
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Alvin and the Afikoman
Alvin and the Afikoman
After fifteen frenzied minutes, the Finkel cousins returned to the living room. Kevin turned in the report. "Sorry, Dad. For a small house, there's a lot of places to hide a matzah"
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Shemurah
Shemurah
Sickle in hand, the elderly Reb Zalman, with his broad, regal beard and face shining with joy, was swift and nimble as a lad...
The Feast
The Feast
First we drank a glass of wine. Then we ate a bit of parsley. Then they started talking, and talking, and talking. The smell of the food from the kitchen is making me insane, but they don't bring it out!
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Hugs
Hugs
a moment of faith does not separate between long-lost loves. It holds them together...
A Seder without Wine
A Seder without Wine
A seder without wine. How can it be, you ask...
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A Strange Seder
A Strange Seder
Only two nights before Passover, the call came to him to leave the security and peace of his home and go forth on a mission...
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Elijah's Cup
Elijah's Cup
"You know, Chaim, there is something of value we still own. We still have Elijah's silver wine cup. Don't you think you should pawn it so that we can at least buy matza, wine and potatoes?"...
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From Oporto to Georgia
From Oporto to Georgia
Only Big Jim, trying to maintain his defiance, stepped forward. He blurted, "The Jews poisoned one of their field hands to use his blood for their ritual celebration tonight!"
A Passover in Siberia
A Passover in Siberia
The head of the camp's "political division" asked me if I was still abstaining from working on Sabbaths and not eating the meals served from the camp kitchen. Then she asked, "What is matza?"
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The Seder Plate
The Seder Plate
"Stop them! Stop them!" yelled the huge crowd, ready to overwhelm the soldiers by the sheer weight of their large numbers. But the Baal Shem Tov signaled them to allow the soldiers to pass through.
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Another Passover
Another Passover
Bytom, Germany 1946
A group of survivors planned to celebrate Passover properly for the first time since their liberation. It would be observed in the old-fashioned way, which they remembered from way back...
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A Seder in a Nazi Prison
A Seder in a Nazi Prison
Whether it was the light of the sun shining somewhere in the outside world or whether it was a moonbeam, no one could tell for sure.
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An Alternative Route
An Alternative Route
"I suggest you approach your captain with an alternative route for the journey" said the Rabbi. "Explain that the route he has planned has many disadvantages..."
Forty-Three Rubles
Forty-Three Rubles
Zvi Elimelech's father pulled the boy aside and told him that he must promise never to tell anyone this story until the very last day of his life
The Extra Matzah
The Extra Matzah
"I know that you sent word that you could give only three matzahs, but nonetheless my father, the Seret-Vizhnitzer Rebbe, told me to tell you that he must have six matzahs."
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Beyond Paradise
Beyond Paradise
Word resounded throughout the supernal worlds: "Because Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov has forced the hand of heaven to overturn the laws of nature, he has forfeited his portion in the World to Come"
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Kosher For Passover
Kosher For Passover
The rabbi stared at the grave, noticing the most unusual headstone. Engraved on the stone, above the man's name, were the Hebrew words kasher l'pesach "Kosher for Passover."
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