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All the Best Passover Pranks

JL;DR SUMMARY Lior Zaltzman explores the humorous intersection of Passover and April Fools' Day, offering a playful spin on traditional seder customs. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish TraditionsPassoverHoliday CelebrationsEngagementKvellerSederFamily ActivitiesCultural HumorPranksApril Fools' Day

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Egypt
"Release real frogs (or just a lot of toy frogs!) at the seder, so that we can feel that we ourselves went forth from Egypt. "
Israel
"Whether or not we want to take ownership of April Fools as Jews, I do love the idea of marrying its humorous traditions with the Passover seder."

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