My Hasidic Passover Memories

About this episode

Frieda Vizel shares her childhood memories of preparing for Passover in Kiryas Joel, highlighting the extensive efforts involved in the celebration.

video link to this trip down memory lane: https://youtu.be/S3c7Px2jMRo Hasidic Jews go hard for Passover. The goal is not to come into any contact with bread. But this has turned into a full half-year operation for some, like my family. Here I talk about my childhood memories in Kiryas Joel, preparing for Passover. The methodical cleaning, then opening the Passover kitchen, then cooking everything from scratch for the holiday. It was a lot! My favorite part was definitely the cooking, the moment everything was done, and the fresh, hot, half-raw, piping bread after it was all over! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-frieda-vizel-podcast--5824414/support .

People in this episode

Host: Frieda Vizel

Topics covered

• Passover
• Hasidic Judaism
• childhood memories
• cooking
• family traditions

Keywords

• Passover
• Hasidic Jews
• Kiryas Joel
• cooking
• family traditions
• cleaning

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Kiryas Joel

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