Special Passover Message

Yes, Pesach began Wednesday night. It is the one holiday that I love explaining to people. The most important observances are, of course, dietary. People tend to think that the practices are very limiting, that they leave very little that one can eat. I usually go into Passover thinking that I can use the prohobitions on wheat and leavened products to lose a few pounds. However, it is still a holiday of excess--lots of wine, lots of deserts, just not the king that come out of a box. By the second day (which was yesterday), I am usually searching the aisles of the market looking for special baked goods that are kasher le pesach that are inevitably fattier than what I would have normally eaten. Oh well.