Counting The Omer… Who Are We Counting For And Who Is Counting On Us? – By Marc
I wanted to do the third and final installment of my post on prayers and praying… but when I realized we were in the exact middle of the Counting Of […]
Category Archives: Holidays
Pesach: A Kid, a Kid. And All of Jewish History. – By Ben
Growing up my family certainly never did a “full” seder. But we did the essentials. Brisket, charoset, afikomen bargaining, and the Chad Gadya song. You know, the one that goes […]
Let My Pharaohs Go… It’s About Finding Freedom And Participating At The Seder – By Marc
First off, let me just say that neither Ben nor I noticed that this blog hit the one-year anniversary mark on April 2, 2016. It has been a pleasure melding […]
Pesach: Why Does the 4 Questions Have Only 1 Question? – By Ben
Ma nishtanah halailah hazeh mikol haleilot? The treasured moment of the Passover Sedar where the youngest child sings a song about asking the 4 Questions. He/she probably doesn’t really care […]
Pesach: The Matzah! – By Ben
It’s that time of year again. Where you’re stuck eating that stale saltine cracker for a week while your non-Jewish friends say, “Matzah? I love that stuff!” Yes, everyone’s favorite […]
Between Purim And Passover… Food And Thoughts For The Soul – By Marc
First off… my humblest apologies for putting this up a day late. Second, next month will mark the one year anniversary of this post… and while I am sure Ben […]
Purim (part 2): A Roadmap to Jewish Halloween — By Ben
Between Marc and my entry last week, this is the 3rd Purim post from SixDegrees. And as well as those posts expressed the spirit of Purim, I wanted to lay […]
Prune Or Poppy… Pondering The Power Of Purim – By Marc
Yes, I like alliteration. But here’s the real thing. Poppy filling can be dry and gritty and just not that tasty. I’m a prune guy… Always have been. And there […]
Jewish Holidays: Purim (part 1) – by Ben
Purim is just a week away. Growing up, all holidays other than Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Chanukah, and Passover, I knew virtually nothing about. I vaguely remember dressing up for […]
The Yom Kippur Blog Post — By Ben
Yom Kippur. The day of atonement. The day where the Jews get all their sins wiped away. All you have to do is two things: suffer fasting for 25 hours […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 