Happy Passover! Chag Pesach Sameach

 Happy Passover! Tonight is Erev Passover, Seder Night. Chag Pesach Sameach to all! 

This Dry Bones cartoon from 2001 feels especially true today. Here in central Israel, we have had about 6 missile attacks and sirens in the last 3 hours of this morning. (I have lost count actually). Those people who are cooking for tonight have found it especially challenging.  I am expecting lots more sirens today and tonight. Our enemies know that we are celebrating Passover and will do their best to disrupt us. But we will persevere. by Sali, the LSW 

Wishing you a Chag Pessach Sameach, A Very Happy Passover to all!

Wishing you health and happiness, prosperity and peace.

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Thank you so much to all of you who have donated! And thank you to all who have written me beautiful notes.

  I am so very thankful for so much!

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Much love and joyful New Year of 2026. Blessings to you and your families and loved ones.

Please donate to Dry Bones in order to help me, the LSW, to keep up the expenses of the Blog and the postings, and pay the rent. 

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Pre-Pessah Cravings

 Here is a Dry Bones cartoon from 2004. Yaakov always kept to the tradition/rule of not eating matzah and other Passover food before the holiday. I was raised in a Reform household, so do not know how much of a real rule this is. But on the Passover before he passed away, and he was at a rehabilitation center, they converted everything over to Pessah food about a week before the holiday for ease. So, I am assuming that it is just a tradition. Suddenly all of the stores are filled with Passover products and it is all very tempting for someone like me, who really loves matzah. In a few days, here in Israel, all of the food stores will have many of their shelves covered and hidden with brown paper, or colored plastic cloth. They cover the non kosher for Passover products so that you cannot buy them. I think it is a useful, lovely and unique tradition. 

This year, I have signed up to go to a Chabad Seder in Raanana, a town nearby. It will probably be mostly lone soldiers. And even though I am not a soldier, I am lone too. I think it should be very interesting and fun.  I wish you all a very good holiday.

Wishing you a Chag Pessach Sameach, A Very Happy Passover to all!

Wishing you health and happiness, prosperity and peace.

Please consider donating to Dry Bones

Thank you so much to all of you who have donated! And thank you to all who have written me beautiful notes.

  I am so very thankful for so much!

Link for donating in IL shekels here:

https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=2BEWEZ3DGEJJ8

And link for donating in US Dollars below

Much love and joyful New Year of 2026. Blessings to you and your families and loved ones.

Please donate to Dry Bones in order to help me, the LSW, to keep up the expenses of the Blog and the postings, and pay the rent. 

You can donate with this link. It works with your credit card or with PayPal.

  Donate to Dry Bones denominated in US dollars here  

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TO DONATE $50 or MORE BY CHECK (and is U.S. Tax DEDUCTIBLE)

1. Write a check to “REPORT, Inc.”

2. Write a cover note stating that these funds are to be directed to Dry Bones Project. Mail the Check and the accompanying cover letter to:

REPORT, Inc.

PO Box 1670

Southampton, PA 18966, U.S.A. 

Happy Passover

Hag Pessah Sameah.
Happy Passover to us all. * * *
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Passover 2020: the Cup of Elijah

Don't Wait! Get your Dry Bones Haggadah AND your Frog Construction Book from Amazon
In America: https://Amazon.com/author/kirschen
In the UK: https://bit.ly/drybonesbooks

Pre-Passover Cravings

It happens every year, just before Passover. I get hit with Pre Pessach cravings!!
It drives the LSW (Long Suffering Wife) crazy. * * * Another thing that drives the LSW crazy is that she's married to a newspaper cartoonist and we're living in the post-newspaper era!
This means that we've got to ask fans and followers for the help we need to carry on the good fight.
To find out how to help us, please go to http://drybonesproject.com/365
I can assure those who are answering our call that we are grateful for your love and support.
For a Dry Bones Haggadah, Trees. . . The Green Testament, A Plague of Frogs, and other Dry Bones books go to store.drybones.com

Hag Sameah. Happy Pessah!

Next Year in Jerusalem! * * * BTW, To get the Hard Cover Full Color Dry Bones Passover Haggadah from Amazon.com, click on http://amzn.to/2mwDkL1

And to see the assortment of Dry Bones books at Amazon.co.uk, click on http://Bit.ly/drybonesbooks

The New U.S. Ambassador

Welcoming our new U.S. Ambassador. * * * BTW, To get the Hard Cover Full Color Dry Bones Passover Haggadah from Amazon.com, click on http://amzn.to/2mwDkL1

And to see the assortment of Dry Bones books at Amazon.co.uk, click on http://Bit.ly/drybonesbooks

Jerusalem Post Review

The following piece is reprinted from the Jerusalem Post

PASSOVER SEDER FUN WITH YAAKOV KIRSCHEN’S DRY BONES HAGGADAH
BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF
MARCH 18, 2017 21:13

Longtime Jerusalem Post cartoonist Yaakov “Dry Bones” Kirschen’s popular Passover Haggadah is once again on offer through Amazon ahead of the holiday next month. The lavish Haggadah, generously annotated with Dry Bones cartoons, provides a complete, traditional text in Hebrew and English.

“Everyone knows that the Jews have survived as a people, and nobody really knows why. They think we have a secret book, and we do, but its identity is more obvious than most would think. The secret book of the Jews is the Passover Haggadah. We have a guidebook for a ceremony that we do in our homes, every year, in order to teach the next generation,” says Kirschen.

For the page layout of the Dry Bones Haggadah the Dry Bones team decided to use a uniquely Jewish approach. It is modeled on the layout used by the pages of the Talmud; the main text appearing in the middle of the page, being surrounded by commentary. In this Haggadah, the traditional text and translation appear in the middle of each page, surrounded by Dry Bones cartoon commentary.

The Dry Bones Plague of Frogs activity workbook is a companion piece to the Dry Bones Haggadah. Beyond origami, with this activity book your Seder table will spring to life with a “plague” of colorful frogs which you’ve built yourself.

Amazon link for the Haggadah: http://amzn.to/2mwDkL1 

Amazon link for Plague of Frogs: http://amzn.to/2n6wYil 

Link for Amazon (UK): http://bit.ly/drybonesbooks 

Sally Rips contributed to this report.

Passover Fun

Above is a photo that the LSW (Long Suffering Wife) snapped of me at our kitchen table with some of the twenty-three "build it yourself" frogs we've included in our new Passover Activity Book for you to put together to decorate your Seder Table. Below is a Press Release about "A Plague of Frogs", (the new book). We would really appreciate it if you would pass on the release to your friends, family, and to any media outlets with which you might have contacts :

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

Contact: Sali Ariel
Email: saliariel@yahoo.com

Website: www.Amazon.com/author/kirschen

A Plague of Frogs for your Seder Table

New Build-a-Frog Activity Book a Natural Companion to Dry Bones Passover Haggadah

HERZLIA, ISRAEL, 4664901

Dry Bones cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen’s latest book is sure to delight his many fans. It is titled “a Plague of Frogs” and is an activity book of colorful paper models of frogs to cut out and put together. Beyond origami, children and adults can enjoy this creative Passover experience together. The frogs can decorate Passover Seder tables or be used as name place settings. This charming book makes a lovely companion piece to the popular Dry Bones Passover Haggadah.

Each of the twenty models in this book accurately shows the colors and patterns of different species of frogs. Three color-it-yourself models round out the fun and educational experience.

Passover celebrates the freeing of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. The Bible and the Passover Haggadah describe ten great plagues that struck Egypt and finally convinced Pharaoh to “let our people go”.

 The second of those ten plagues was a plague of frogs. Most people think that frogs are green, but as Kirschen points out “frogs are found in an amazing number of colors; red, green, blue, purple, yellow, orange, and more. Some have smooth skin, some bumpy, some are one solid color, others have crazy patterns of contrasting colors.”

Explaining the origin of this new Passover treat, Kirschen says “Whenever I think of the plague of frogs I imagine the land of Egypt being overrun with hundreds of different types of frogs. In my mind I picture frogs from all over the world, pouring into Pharaoh’s kingdom in huge colorful, swarming crowds. It was this vision that gave birth to this book and to its selection of frogs from around the world.”

Both the “Dry Bones Passover Haggadah” and the new “Plague of Frogs” activity book are designed to add to the traditional and full Seder experience by making it more entertaining and enjoyable for all.

The Plague of Frogs and the Dry Bones Passover Haggadah are both available from Amazon and can be seen at http://www.Amazon.com/author/kirschen

and for those in the UK or Israel:

http://www.bit.ly/drybonesbooks

About Yaakov Kirschen:

Brooklyn born (in 1938) cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen is a member of both America's National Cartoonists Society and the Israeli Cartoonists Society. He moved to Israel in 1971 and has been writing and drawing his much loved and award-winning Dry Bones cartoons without a break since it first appeared in the Jerusalem Post in January of 1973. His cartoons have been reprinted in the New York Times, Time magazine, the LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and other major mainstream media publications.

His Dry Bones Passover Haggadah has become a classic.

Contact us for High resolution photos and illustrations

saliariel@yahoo.com

Joining Hands

Friday evening, April 22 is Seder night.
Wishing a Happy and Meaningful Passover to us all!

Passover Generations

Passover 2015 begins in the evening of Friday, April 3.
The Seder meal is the traditional annual meeting of our generations.

Happy Passover. Hag Sameah.

Happy Passover! Passover 2014 begins tonight, Monday evening, April 14, and ends Tuesday evening, April 22.
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Last Minute Dry Bones Haggadah News:
By downloading the PDF of the Dry Bones Haggadah (available at store.drybones.com ) you can "Print It Yourself!"

And, If you are in Israel, print copies of the Dry Bones Passover Haggadah are now available in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and the Sharon Region.
In Jerusalem at
M. Pomeranz Bookseller- 5 Be'eri St.,Jerusalem
Tel. 02-623-5559
In Kfar Shmaryahu
at Bestsellers -1 Hazorea St., corner of Harishonim, Commercial Center, Kfar Shmaryahu.
Tel. 09-9500575
in Tel Aviv
the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (in the Gift Shop),- Shaul HaMelech Blvd. 27, Tel Aviv
Tel. 03-6077000

Haggadah Mash-Up

Haggadah Mash-Up?

A Haggadah Mash-Up is when you make a "do it yourself" Haggadah by binding together selected pages from various sources.
If that's a tradition of yours, consider buying the PDF of the Dry Bones Haggadah and printing out selected pages for your Mash-Up,
or to add to the Haggadah you now use.
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Last Minute Dry Bones Haggadah News:
By downloading the PDF of the Dry Bones Haggadah (available at store.drybones.com ) you can "Print It Yourself!"
or use selected pages in a Mash-Up.

And, If you are in Israel, print copies of the Dry Bones Passover Haggadah are now available in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and the Sharon Region.
In Jerusalem at
M. Pomeranz Bookseller- 5 Be'eri St.,Jerusalem
Tel. 02-623-5559
In Kfar Shmaryahu
at Bestsellers -1 Hazorea St., corner of Harishonim, Commercial Center, Kfar Shmaryahu.
Tel. 09-9500575
in Tel Aviv
the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (in the Gift Shop),- Shaul HaMelech Blvd. 27, Tel Aviv
Tel. 03-6077000

Passover Togetherness

Happy Passover! Passover 2014 begins Monday evening, April 14, and ends Tuesday evening, April 22.
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Last Minute Dry Bones Haggadah News:
By downloading the PDF of the Dry Bones Haggadah (available at store.drybones.com ) you can "Print It Yourself!"

And, If you are in Israel, print copies of the Dry Bones Passover Haggadah are now available in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and the Sharon Region.
In Jerusalem at
M. Pomeranz Bookseller- 5 Be'eri St.,Jerusalem
Tel. 02-623-5559
In Kfar Shmaryahu
at Bestsellers -1 Hazorea St., corner of Harishonim, Commercial Center, Kfar Shmaryahu.
Tel. 09-9500575
in Tel Aviv
the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (in the Gift Shop),- Shaul HaMelech Blvd. 27, Tel Aviv
Tel. 03-6077000

Wonder

I wonder if they could make phones with screens you could read in sunlight. * * * And if you ever wondered whether a full and traditional seder could be turned into a fast-moving fun experience, you need to check out the Dry Bones Passover Haggadah (which makes a great Passover gift).
Click Here: store.drybones.com

Jews and Food

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Speaking of Jews and Food, the LSW (Long Suffering Wife) and I attempted to do an instructional YouTube video on how to prepare Dry Bones Horseradish. It turned out to be a docudrama instead. To see it just click on YouTube kitchen fiasco Happy Holiday to All
Hag Sameah

Happy Passover

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Tonight is Seder night! If we manage to survive the overeating planned for the next few days, the next cartoon will be posted on Thursday.

Hag Sameah!
Happy Passover!
Our love and best wishes go out to you all.
Free Jonathan Pollard!

Passover Quiz

Okay, So which son is it?

My Passover Prayer

Passover, and my Passover Prayer.

Tonight is Seder night! But our freedom is diminished by the continued captivity and cruel and unusual punishment of Jonathan Pollard.

Passover Seder: the Four Sons

Passover, and the Children of Israel prepare to join in the world-wide ritual celebration of our deliverence from Egypt and our birth as a nation/family.