We're taking a break from our usual review format this week to share a little bit of coffee history with you.  If you ever wondered how coffee contributed to Passover observance, let's take a step back in time and find out!

This supplemental was written and produced by Allaya Fleischer, drawing information from the following sources:

AISH
Joseph Jacobs Advertising Agency
Eater
National Humanities Center

Music and sound sampled during this program can be found here in their entirety:

The Sounds Of New York City, Circa 1920

Second Rhapsody for Orchestra with Piano, By George Gershwin, performed by Michael Tilson Thomas;Los Angeles Philharmonic
Licensed to YouTube by
SME (on behalf of Sony Classical); LatinAutor - Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell, LatinAutorPerf, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, PEDL, and 2 Music Rights Societies

Piece de Tarita, performed by Eastern Watershed Klezmer Quartet

Shtetl Medley: In Odess' / Yas · Klezmer Plus! · Sid Beckerman · Howie Leess
Klezmer Plus! Old-Time Yiddish Dance Music
℗ 1991 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.

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