"Passover takes place in the home rather than……" — Simon Schama
"Passover takes place in the home rather than the synagogue and centers around an epic meal - the seder - so you remember Passover as storytelling, you remember it in food, and you remember it in the family."
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57 Quotes by Simon Schama
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Even for the most excitable preacher, there was nothing inherently sinful about a waffle.
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The next worse thing to a battle lost is a battle won.
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I'm helplessly and permanently a Red Sox fan. It was like first love...You never forget. It's special. It's the first…
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DIY, cricket, automobile repair. I could study it for a lifetime and not produce a word on the carburettor.
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What can art really do in the face of atrocity?
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