It was Passover, so what does a mother do? Make a seder (two). I had last been in LA in 1990 or so. Yes, it was sunny and yes, the topography, dramatic but to me, there was an overriding feeling ...

This is why the festival is often called Passover. On the table, there are several matzot (plural of matzah) on top of each other. At the start of the Seder, the middle matzah is broken and the ...