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Charoset (khah-ROH-set) is a sweet apple mixture made with dates, nuts, and honey. This symbolizes the mortar used in Egypt for making bricks. CAUTION: The following recipe contains nuts. If you are concerned about an allergy to nuts, you can omit them from the recipe. One suggestion is to make…
Macaroons are made every Passover season. They are unleavened and the egg whites mixed with the coconut binds the cookie together. This recipe allows the sugar to spread to the edges and caramelize. These cookies are so easy to make, yet they taste so good. For a variation, add the…
Tzimmes (TSIM-ess) is one of those Jewish dishes that doesn’t sound good when reading the ingredients, but one taste of this gooey, sticky, roasted vegetable dish will have you wanting more! The sweetness of this dish reminds us of the sweetness of redemption. Ingredients: 8 carrots, chopped2 yellow onions, chopped2…
This is an Ashkenazi Jewish soup, which is made from a mixture of matzah meal and chicken fat. This is the traditional soup served on Passover. Everyone’s grandmother made the best matzah ball soup, so no two recipes are the same, except it contains the two basic elements, chicken soup…
What is Passover without Matzah Brie? You can enjoy this passover staple in your very own home—all you need are eggs and a few simple ingredients? Click here to get cooking! Ingredients: 3 pieces of matzah1 egg1 tbsp butterSalt and pepper to taste Instructions: 1. Break the three pieces of…
Brisket is always a favorite at Passover season. In fact my family would always prepare a roast brisket for the Passover Seder. Here is the recipe my grandma used, my mom used, and now I use. Ingredients 1 – 6 lb. whole beef brisket10 cloves garlic, smashed2 yellow onions (sliced)4…
The Feast of Passover commemorates God’s redemption of Israel from its 400-year enslavement in Egypt. Over 3,000 years ago, the Children of Israel suffered under the severe oppression of the Pharaoh. As the Book of Exodus records, God sent Moses to deliver them from the Egyptians, but Pharaoh refused to…
The removal of leaven Before the beginning of the Passover, all leaven, which is a symbol of sin (1 Cor. 5:6-8), must be removed from the Jewish home. The house is cleaned from top to bottom and anything containing leaven is removed. Then, the evening before…
Dear friends, Shalom in His grace. I am leaving for Israel on January 9 and will be with our staff for five days. I am eagerly looking forward to being in the land to encourage and pray with our wonderful staff. Lately they have been in bomb shelters every night…
Someone who could touch both man and God is the only possible bridge for the gap between humanity and our Creator that was created by sin. Yeshua claims that He is that bridge: “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see the heavens opened and the angels of God…
Dear friend, Happy Hanukkah from your friends at Chosen People Ministries! The Feast of Dedication is when the Jewish people celebrate our deliverance from possible extinction. This was the goal of the evil Syrian Greek leader, Antiochus Epiphanes, in mid-second century BCE. He tried to destroy the Jewish people and…
Abraham is called the father of our faith. This becomes even more significant when we consider that Abraham’s father was an idolator, someone who worshipped other gods (Joshua 24:2). Our Jewish sages take it one step further and describe Terah as an idol maker. Abram is called out of a…