It’s April 2012, I am preparing for my first Passover as a halakha-observant Jew, and I am frantically scrambling to get everything right. I almost forget to sign up to have our leaven sold to a non-Jew; I purchase special cat food for my cat; I buy a whole smoked trout for the holiday and then become convinced that it isn’t actually kosher for Passover, so I try to eat the whole thing in the two days leading up to the first seder, only to realize it would actually have been fine.
As someone who is often wary of the "not Jewish enough" potholes, I appreciate this article!