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BRAZILIAN PASSOVER CAKE
SHLIFER It is with the deepest sorrow that we share
the news of the passing of Michael (Mickey)
Shlifer on January 26, 2021. He was the be-
loved husband of Rhoda Pollon Shlifer for 63
years. Also, mourning their father, are sons,
Gary and Daniel, along with granddaughters,
Hallie and Nina. Born December 1, 1936, Mi-
chael was a West Philly guy, through and
through. He attended West Philadelphia High
School and Temple University School of
Business. He spent the first year of his mar-
riage in Lawton, Oklahoma, serving in the
United States Army Dental Corps. After the
years in the Army, with plenty of tales to tell,
he embarked on a long career in the trans-
portation industry. Michael owned several
companies related to the industry and retired
to Longboat Key Florida after having been
president of an airport shuttle and limousine
service for over eight years. A new life began
in Florida with Michael Rhoda, and eventu-
ally both sons, playing lots of tennis and vo-
lunteering for many worthwhile organiza-
tions. These included mentoring and tutoring
in elementary schools, working with Jewish
Family and Children Services, and teaching
English as a second language for the Liter-
acy Council. A unique teaching group of re-
tired teachers invited Michael to be the only
male as part of their special method of teach-
ing young students with reading difficulties.

This wonderful man was loved and respec-
ted by all who knew him and the love of
Rhoda’s life. We will read his name in the
Book of Life. Services will be private and a
special celebration will take place in the fu-
ture. Suggestions for charities are American
Cancer Society or JFCS.

TABACK Harry Benjamin Taback, 90 from Bucks
County, formerly of Center City, Philadelphia.

He enjoyed a career speculating in Center
City real estate and being an accountant.

Harry is survived by his loving wife Lois, his
son Dr. Bret Taback and son Marc Taback
and his partner Kevin. Donations in his
memory may be made to the American Heart
Association. VOLUSHER
Ray Volusher, 92, of Philadelphia, PA died
March 9, 2021 at her residence. She was the
beloved wife of the late William Volusher, the
loving mother of Sandra (Mark Levy) Keller-
man, Beth (Steven) Glickman and the late El-
len Aumiller and adored Bubbie to 11 grand-
children and Super Bubbie to 23 great grand-
children. Graveside services were held on
March 11th. Contributions in her memory
can be made to the Jewish National Fund,
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1 teaspoon cream of tartar
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 banana, mashed
1 apple (substitute for a
favorite fruit if desired)
1 tablespoon grated orange
zest from 1-2 oranges
1 egg
½ cup milk
⅓ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons ground
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the batter briefly after each
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prepared cake pan and sprinkle
brown sugar and cinnamon on
top. Preheat your oven to 350
Bake for 30 minutes. Make
degrees F and grease an 8-inch sure a toothpick is clean when
square baking pan with butter. you check the middle.

Sift the matzah cake meal,
cream of tartar, baking soda, What Makes a Persian
lemon zest and salt together in Passover?
a large bowl.

Meticulous cleaning is one
Beat the butter in a large of the hallmarks of a Persian
bowl with an electric mixer Passover, said Ellie Dayan, who
until creamy.

left Iran in 1996.

Add the white sugar gradu-
Judaism’s spring holiday
ally, beating until the butter almost always coincides with
is fluffy. Beat in the mashed the Iranian secular new year,
banana and apples and egg.

Nowruz. So Jews, in their quest
Add the matzah meal to remove the leaven from
mixture in three batches, their homes, kicked up the
alternating with milk, beating cleaning up a notch to match
the intensity of their Muslim
neighbors. As for baking, “In Iran, we
didn’t have kosher bakeries,”
Dayan said. So Jews baked
traditional holiday cookies that
they took with them on visits
to relatives and friends during
Passover. Those cookies were
“the smell of Passover,” Dayan
said. When it came to charoset,
“each city had its own flavor,”
Dayan explained. Her mother’s
Tehran charoset combines
pomegranate juice, walnuts,
pistachios, grape juice and
wine. Her father’s side of the
family uses Kurdish sesame
seed paste. And her husband’s
family, originally
from southern Iran, incorporates
date nectar, paste or juice,
which Dayan said she’s also
seen used in Iraqi charoset.

A Persian seder also includes
scallions, which come out with
“Dayenu.” “Everybody starts to hit
each other with spring onions.

I haven’t seen a Persian house
that doesn’t do it,” Dayan
said, adding that it’s OK to
use lettuce instead. “It’s very
joyful.” Children look forward
to it. “On Rosh Hashanah, kids
come up and ask if it’s time to
do it.”
Some things have changed
in America, she said. The
cleaning is less fastidious,
which Dayan can live with.

“You’d rather spend your
energy on celebrating,” she
said. l
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