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?
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 […]
Finding Faith In The Heart And The Hands… Wearing Your Soul On Your Sleeve – By Marc
As we get closer to Passover, many off us are looking for ways to make our Seders more meaningful. Ideally the messages we transmit and receive during this wonderful celebration […]
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 […]
The Unity Of Community – By Marc
Oh, there is a political and controversial post coming… It is brewing inside of me and is something that needs to be discussed… something that has been troubling me for […]
Shemini – Playing with Fire
In the midst of endless halacha (laws) and details of sacrifices etc, the Torah does jump back to the narrative on occasion. And in parsha Shemini, the narrative it jumps […]
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 […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 