Tag Archives: Pesach

Chag Kasher Ve’sameach – Happy Pesach!

Posted on 26 March 2021 by anneinpt

Before starting this post I looked back, as I always do, to what I wrote last year. And I was shocked at how quickly I’ve forgotten Pesach in the shadow of corona. What a difference a year makes – in … Continue reading →

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Chag Kasher Ve’sameach – Pesach in the shadow of corona

Posted on 8 April 2020 by anneinpt

Looking back at what I have written for my Pesach posts over the last years, my heart aches, as it does for everyone, for what we enjoyed and for what we had been so looking forward to again this year. … Continue reading →

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Chag Same’ach – Shvi’i shel Pesach, the 7th day of Pesach

Posted on 25 April 2019 by anneinpt

Pesach is drawing to a close,  the week seems to have flown by with visits to Jerusalem, family get togethers, and generally eating and enjoying ourselves (and finally, the beautiful weather after a very cold rainy start!). The seventh day … Continue reading →

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Chag Kasher Ve’sameach – Happy Pesach!

Posted on 19 April 2019 by anneinpt

This blog is going on semi-vacation over the next week during the Pesach (Passover) festival until after the chag (it finishes on the night of  26th April, running straight into Shabbat on the 27th). If you would like to learn … Continue reading →

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Chag Same’ach – Shvi’i shel Pesach, the 7th day of Pesach

Posted on 5 April 2018 by anneinpt

The seventh day of Pesach, “Shvi’i shel Pesach”, begins tonight, running straight on into Shabbat tomorrow night, giving us an “8-day Pesach” along with our fellow Jews in the Diaspora (who celebrate an extra day of the festival). Shvi’i shel … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Corbyn fuels the antisemitism fire by Jew-baiting

Posted on 4 April 2018 by anneinpt

The British Labour Party’s antisemitism crisis is going from bad to worse, and is totally not helped by the leader Jeremy Corbyn’s idiotic, if not malicious behaviour towards the Jewish community. His latest antic was to attend a “Third Seder” … Continue reading →

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