Selling Chametz
Even if you don’t keep a kosher kitchen, and/or you don’t “convert” your kitchen for Pesach, there is still spiritual value in selling your chametz: You are engaging with myriad Jews worldwide in a practice that can be traced back to Torah and, if you include a donations to “ma’ot chitin,” you are enabling those in need to more fully celebrate Pesach.
A Few Things About Pesach (With lots of links)
There is a wealth of information about Pesach (and the challenges of this year) at Exploring Judaism.org.
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Purim: What’s at Stake
Today is Ta’anit Ester, a half-day fast in solidarity with the biblical Esther who orchestrated a three-day hunger strike to boost her chance of success in approaching the king without having been summoned, potentially a capital offense.
Outrage. Sorrow. Resolve.
sorrow
resolve
let not the desire for deserved retribution
the justified outrage over evil and lies
overwhelm our deep sorrow
and our deeper resolve
for our resolve
deepened and hardened by our sorrow
is stronger than lies and evil
retribution will come in its due time
kein yehi ratzon / may it be so
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Shabbat shalom!
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