to shop for the holiday ("Horse-
radish root should not be hard to
find, but often it is moldy, dried
up, or rotten. If that is the case,
you might do better to use a jar
of kosher horseradish than to try
to use fresh. Talk to the buyers
at the best produce store in your
town and see if they can find good
quality raw horseradish root. If
you have a green thumb, you can
grow your own horseradish. it
takes at least two years to ma-
ture, but it is well worth the
wait").
There also is a chapter featur-
ing everybody's favorite, recipes,
including Israeli and Sephardic-
style charoset.
Keeping Passover even has
useful information for well-sea-
soned holiday observers: check
out the chapter on how families
can create their own Haggadah.
Mr. Steingroot is the Judaica
buyer for Cody's Books in Berke-
ley, Calif., and has appeared on
National Public Radio.
himon Apisdorf has a lot
more than four questions
for the seder table.
The author wants Jews
to consider what kind of person
is really free, whether they would

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which they could improve their
spiritual life and how we should
respond to Russian Jews who
say, "All my life I never had any
religion and I was very happy;
why should I start doing any-
thing Jewish now?"
Mr. Apisdorfs Passover Sur-
vival Kit (Leviathan Press) is an
unconventional guide to the hol-
iday the author says will "trans-
form your seder into an
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Chapters include "Four Di-
mensions of Freedom" (self-
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responsibility and God), "Twelve
Questions People Ask About
Passover" and "How to Survive
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pur Survival Kit, attended Telshe
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