{"id":179,"date":"2008-04-08T11:06:13","date_gmt":"2008-04-08T11:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/feilerfaster\/2008\/04\/are-finger-plagues-ruining-pas.html"},"modified":"2008-04-08T11:06:13","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T11:06:13","slug":"are-finger-plagues-ruining-pas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/feilerfaster\/2008\/04\/are-finger-plagues-ruining-pas.html","title":{"rendered":"Are Finger Plagues Ruining Passover?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A friend and loyal reader of Feiler Faster sent along this email this morning: <\/p>\n

Even I, who thinks religion can’t sink much lower, had a hard time with this one…there’s a toy store [in Brooklyn] that’s on our way to [our son’s] school and this morning I saw a “toy” in their window that is repulsive beyond description. I thought maybe it was some kind of sick joke. See link<\/a> below…and remember, this is for pre-schoolers!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nSo, is he right? Can religion sink much lower, or are these plush plagues a clever way to bring a dour moment in the Passover seder alive?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A friend and loyal reader of Feiler Faster sent along this email this morning: Even I, who thinks religion can’t sink much lower, had a hard time with this one…there’s a toy store [in Brooklyn] that’s on our way to [our son’s] school and this morning I saw a “toy” in their window that is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":352,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nAre Finger Plagues Ruining Passover? - Feiler Faster<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/feilerfaster\/2008\/04\/are-finger-plagues-ruining-pas.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are Finger Plagues Ruining Passover? 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