As was the case last year, this year's cycle of Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut are not easy to mark. Since Oct. 7, Israel has lived in a near-constant state of mourning, remembrance ...

The afikoman, I suggest, is symbolic of our democracy. We expect our officials to act lawfully. We do not want appointed civil servants and the secret police to presume to set policy, ...

Afikoman means “that which comes after” or “dessert”. This piece will be wrapped and hidden, to be found at the end of the meal.The afikoman is a substitute for the Passover sacrifice, ...

I’m Gonna Find It – an afikoman poem. I’m at the age where I don’t personally remember searching for the afikoman By Rick Lupert Published April 8, 2025 [additional-authors] ...

Another wrote, “selena is for sure the best afikoman finder.” Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco at Jake Cohen's Passover seder. Jake Cohen/Instagram.

The commemoration of the Jews' freedom from slavery in Egypt, known as Passover, is marked by a Seder dinner and a ritual of prayers, songs, and symbols. With this in mind, and as over three ...

I am not suggesting that the afikoman is a reasonable metaphor for the Israel-Hamas war. I understand that some disputes have real stakes, and real moral issues weighing on each side.

Afikoman cover: If there’s one part of the seder that all children love, it is finding or hiding (depending on your family’s tradition) the matzo in a special napkin. Once it is found, children ...