Passover

Passover started in 2014 on Monday night, April 14^th.  And it ends Tuesday evening, April 22^nd, (Earth Day).

UPDATE:  In Israel it ends a day earlier, on the evening of Monday, April 21^st.

I've been making Matzo Brie.  It's a fried mixture of eggs, milk and crumbled matzo.  Discovery: It is possible to get it wrong.  Hint: Using a blender to crumble the matzo is not a good idea.  It needs a little texture.

The Seder was pretty multi-culti for an Orthodox Seder.  Dutch, Serbians, and Israelis. 

Back From the Future

I'm adding several backlogged items all on one day.  It kinda looks funny, I know.

A bizarre and wonderful bit of music from the Leningrad Cowboys.  An old tune in a new wrapping. Sweet and absurd at the same time.



Wait for the dancers at the one minute mark...

UPDATE1:  The video isn't available anymore.
UPDATE2:  I had completely ignored the fact that Leningrad is now called St. Petersburg.

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If you can remember back to last Passover, or the last time you read the Bible, or even went to the movies, you might remember the 10 Plagues that Moses helped bring to Egypt.  Well, the Egyptians are still mad, and they're suing us!  We should tell them to collect from Allah.  Or maybe Cecil B. DeMille.

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Apparently, saturated fats, and eggs, are now good for you.  Margarine is bad for you.  We're now told to eat more red meat and butter.  Just not together.  Eventually Woody Allen will be proved right: Tobacco and deep fat are the best.