Need to get rid of those non-kosher for Passover items? Go to the the 18th annual Woodmere Fire Department chometz burning on Wednesday, April 6 from 6 to 11 a.m., outside the firehouse at 20 Irving Place in Woodmere.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/30/23
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The Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department, Lawrence village's public works department and Sanitary District 1 will have containers available at the Lawrence Long Isiand Rail Road station by Zion Park from 7 a.m. to noon on April 5 for the religious ceremony of burning chometz for Passover.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/30/23
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As we eagerly step forward into spring, Passover and Easter beckon. It’s a moment to cherish age-old traditions and create new ones with family and friends, as we greet the season.
Welcome …
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By Karen Bloom
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3/22/23
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Beautiful spring weather combined with the warm, communal feeling of the upcoming Passover holiday created a home-like atmosphere outside the Woodmere firehouse as the fire department hosted its 17th annual chometz burning on April 15. Chometz is non-kosher food and items for the eight-day Jewish holiday.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/15/22
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One of the things the Torah tells us about Pesach is that we have to celebrate it in the spring. “Guard the month of the spring and keep the Passover for your L-rd...” (Deut. 16:1.)
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By Rabbi Zalman Wolowik
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4/14/22
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More than 50 volunteers filled over 375 alphabetized food orders and placed them in a makeshift staging area in the parking of the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls campus in Hewlett Bay Park last Sunday.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/14/22
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After a well-deserved holiday break, Hewlett High School students and staff are back in action. Our Hewlett family enjoyed a week of diverse celebrations that hopefully prepared them for an exciting return back to school on April 6.
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By Gabrielle Nakkab
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4/16/21
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Echo Park in West Hempstead and a town parking field in Woodmere both hosted the Town of Hempstead’s contactless drive-thru chametz burning event last Friday. Town Supervisor Don Clavin and …
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4/1/21
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Residents walked up from nearby homes or drove to the Town of Hempstead parking lot outside the Woodmere firehouse between Franklin and Irving places to drop their chometz (non-kosher food for Passover) in the fire-laden trash cans tended to by the firefighters on the day before the eight-day Jewish holiday that begins March 27.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/26/21
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Have you ever wondered why we have an egg on the Passover Seder plate?
Exactly one year ago in the midst of the pandemic, I was giving a virtual model seder to our community.
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By Rabbi Nochem Tenenboim
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3/24/21
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