Pesach is icumen up

Bah, ran out of חמץ biscuits too soon, and had a slight job (well, three shops) finding somewhere that was still selling food-of-the-gods, a.k.a. Rakusens flapjack. (Well, I, for one, find it more Moroccan moreish than chocolate.) I was amused, however, to hear one of the employees of Kosher Kingdom using his walkie-talkie to round up people for מנחה.

Meanwhile, when I pointed out to my brother (not the Modern Orthodox one) the ruling of the Masorti rabbinate in Israel on the subject of קיטניות, he replied, "actually last year i ate rice on 1 of the 8 days (cos i'm 1/8 sephardic)." :o)