Should I stay or should I go? Hmmm ...

As we celebrate Passover, I contemplate my ancestors' flight out of Egypt. If the Exodus happened today, I am not sure if I would ever make it out of Egypt.

According to the midrash, the Pharoh commanded the Israelites to leave immediately following the tenth plague. As we all know, they had so little time that the bread had no time to rise. As a woman who loves to bake challah, I could live with whipping up the dough and foregoing the rising process. As long as I had butter and raspberry preserves matzoh would work until the manna rained down. (Hopefully, mine would taste like vanilla ice cre...