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sumed approximately 365,000 
total grams of carbohydrates 
during their journey. So, it’s 
quite likely many of them 
developed diabetes, which 
ironically was actually the 
name of the Pharaoh’s sister-
in-law. You can’t make this 
stuff up. 
For their history making 
efforts, both Moses and 
Meghan and Harry landed 
blockbuster interviews. Moses 
spoke with God on Mount 
Sinai while Meghan and 
Harry chatted with Oprah in 
someone’s backyard. By the 
way, if you twist the rules of 
an anagram, as only a twisted 
mind can do, you can use all 
the letters of the word pha-
raoh to spell … Opraahh. I 
recognize that observation is 
neither historical nor hyster-
ical.
Meanwhile, I hope among 
the already vaccinated 

Michiganders there is a 
healthy number, both literally 
and figuratively, who can once 
again share seders in person.
I know there’s no way of 
determining ahead of time if 
Elijah has been vaccinated. 
But when you open your front 
door at the end of the seder 
to let him in, if all you see is 
a floating mask, at least you’ll 
know he’s being respectful.
For those not able to gather 
in person, it will mean you’re 
in for another Zoom seder. 
Don’t feel too sad, remember, 
next year when you get the 
whole family back together at 
your house, you won’t be able 
to mute anybody. 

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more lemon juice, sometimes 
a bit more sugar. When he 
was satisfied with the result, 
Grandpa let us have one more 
taste. Through our tears, we 
would agree with Grandpa 
that the horseradish was good 
this year. 
Half the horseradish went 
into one bowl for the people 
who prefer white horseradish. 
We got to grate a beet into 
the horseradish in the other 
bowl for red horseradish, for 
the people who prefer the 
more delicate red horseradish. 
Grating the beet was much 
less dramatic.
Now I have a couple of 
horseradish plants growing 
in the Southfield clay in my 

backyard. In the fall, the 
plants display impressive 
three-foot tall leaves and 
delicate white flowers. Now, 
at the beginning of spring, the 
leaves are bleached ivory color 
and flat on the ground. I plan 
to dig up a bucketful of roots, 
wash them peel them, and 
put them through the grater 
before Passover, just like 
Grandpa used to do.
One year, I tried to use 
a food processor. The 
horseradish came out good, 
but the food processor never 
recovered.
When I prepare for 
the seder and remember 
Grandpa, I expect to have a 
good cry. 

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