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Counting…
I’ve been counting the Omer. Maybe you are, also. I have had mixed success, over the years, at getting through all 49 days. Many years, I have managed to count the first day (which is written into the Seder for the second night of Passover), and that was it. Counted one night, and then failed…
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Through Narrow Straits
With Easter and Passover overlapping this year, the different images of each holiday are in striking contrast in my mind. I enjoyed sharing Easter dinner with my sister’s family, hosted by her mother-in-law, who I hadn’t seen in many years. I picked up my mother to bring her to the dinner party, and on the…