Nachshon is a biblical profile in courage. Without his faith and determination, the exodus story might have ended before it even had begun. This year, we lost two women who were modern Nachshons.
Charoset, a wine-apple-nut mixture made for the Passover seder to symbolize an aspect of the Jews’ slavery in Egypt, is an old tradition with many incarnations.
Parents and educators have begun to institute activities, commentaries, games and other inventions in order to regain the attention of bored children and indifferent teenagers.