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Preserving My Grandfather’s Passover Legacy

JL;DR SUMMARY Jessica Marill reflects on preserving her grandfather's Passover legacy after his passing in 2017. 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 TraditionsPassoverMaineLossJewish PrideFamily LegacyRenewalMemoryFamily GatheringsSeder Leadership

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Weston, Massachusetts, United States
"Jessica Marill is a ninth-grader in Weston, Mass. She is a runner-up in the 2025 Hadassah Magazine and jGirls+ Magazine teen essay contest."
Maine, United States
"to my grandparents house in Maine, the one with a brown-and-green outdoor play structure filled with memories and a tire swing tied to an oak tree that echoed with laughter."

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