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Reclining during Passover is of great importance. According to Maimonides, a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages:

One is required to see himself as if he had just now left Egyptian slavery. Hence, when a person eats on this night, he is required to eat and drink while reclining, as a sign of freedom.

The basis for the practice of reclining is based on the verse (Exodus 13:18) that states: And G-d brought the people around. The Hebrew word “to go around” is very similar to the word “to lean,” and the Midrash deduces from the similarity of the two words that everyone, even the humblest or poorest Jew, is required to recline at the Seder as if he were a nobleman.

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Here’s a video demonstrating how to ritually wash one’s hands in accordance with Jewish tradition:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZnO2YN27yM

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Kezayit literally translates to “like an olive,” a halachic measure formally described as the size of an olive, and approximately one ounce or 25.6 grams.

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To elaborate, if Passover occurs on Shabbat — the Jewish day of rest and seventh day of the week (Sunday), on which they remember the traditional creation of the heavens and the earth in six days and the Exodus of the Hebrews — then start here.

Otherwise, start here if Passover occurs on a weekday or here if it occurs on Saturday.

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Jim Franklin is the CEO of SendGrid, Inc., a Foundry-backed infrastructure applications company. Prior to his tenure with SendGrid, Jim was the Vice President of Enterprise Performance Management and the General Manager of the Crystal Ball Global Business Unit of Oracle Corporation. The Crystal Ball Global Business Unit was formed in 2007 as a part of the acquisition of Hyperion Solutions. At Hyperion, Jim served as VP and General Manager.

Jim had held the roles of Decisioneering's CEO, CFO and VP of Sales prior to Decisioneering's acquisition by Hyperion. Decisioneering was the maker of the Crystal Ball brand of software. Mr. Franklin was also the founder of webfamilies.com and the CFO of Vericept Corporation. Jim serves on the board of aWhere, Inc., Denver Software Club and Querio. Jim has also been a mentor for Techstars and the Founder Institute.

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PyCon is the largest annual gathering for the community using and developing the open-source Python programming language. It is produced and underwritten by the Python Software Foundation, the 501©(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing and promoting Python.

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The original blog post can be found here. However, it may not be reachable due to Richards' blog becoming the target of multiple DDoS attacks in wake of news that one of the unnamed developers losing their job as a result of Richards' tweet.

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Hacker News is a social news website about computer hacking and startup companies, run by Paul Graham’s investment fund and startup incubator, Y Combinator.

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Here’s the Hacker news thread that transpired from Richards' original post (the entirety of which you’re reading right now): Forking and Dongle Jokes Don’t Belong At Tech Conferences.

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