Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

Easter Sunday

Parking spots are plentiful
Just like they used to be.
The promenade is empty – 
On the benches, only me.

It’s Passover and Easter;
Folks are visiting their friends
Or families to celebrate
Before the daylight ends.

They’re either eating matzoh balls
Or possibly, a ham
With lots of homemade goodies
For desserts for all to cram.

I don’t know what the Easter people
Drink, but in New York,
We Pesach* folk drink Manischewitz,
Wine without a cork.

*Passover

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Maurice Rigoler April 24, 2022 at 7:00 PM I'm not Jewish but I do like Manischewitz wine in small amounts – too sweet for me. Ham at Easter as a Christian tradition has anything but a christian tradition. (It's worth googling, by-the-way.) / Maurice

Caren Krutsinger April 20, 2022 at 11:32 AM "They’re either eating matzoh balls Or possibly, a ham" - or maybe both?

Rico Leffanta April 18, 2022 at 11:35 AM Manischewitz and boiled eggs should certainly inspire Jan . . . .

Gershon Wolf April 17, 2022 at 8:15 PM Man, oh man, oh Manischewitz. This year I almost couldn't believe it. Manischewitz now offers round Schmura matzo. Don't ask. I wasn't willing to take a chance. $22.99 a box was too much of a gamble for this ex-teacher. lol. I decided to 'rebel' and pay $6.99 a box for about 18 machine-made square shmura boxes, from Lakewood NJ. (My seder-goers demand schmura). I hide my 5 boxes of Yehuda non-schmura, for which I paid $3.99. lol. Happy P! Ilene Bauer April 18, 2022 at 2:53 AM Hey Gershon! I’ve only had Schmura matzo a few times and liked it a lot but it’s always been much more expensive than regular matzo so I never buy it. We always give away our extra boxes after Passover - I don’t mind eating it, but once I can eat bagels again, there’s no comparison!