To mark our brokenness this Passover, let’s scale back the matzah on our seder tables

JL;DR SUMMARY In light of recent tragedies affecting both Israelis and Palestinians, the author suggests a symbolic change for the Passover seder by using only two matzot instead of the usual three to evoke the experience of scarcity and suffering in captivity. 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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