Peddlers & Parchment, a Brooklyn Escape Room

Rashi Escape Room will be replaced soon; Explore Dr. Paull's lineage past Shpoler Zeide all the way back to Rashi!

The escape room experience in many ways parallels the escape of the Jews from Egypt. Let's remember once more this Passover.

Jewish genealogy reveals that rabbinic familial relatedness in marriages is closer than marital familial relatedness in general.

Regardless of our station in life, we all have a noble heritage. The fact that we are here today to even ponder our beginnings means that our ancestors were successful in bringing later generations into existence. We can feel proud of that accomplishment - the mitzvah of being fruitful and multiplying. This fosters respect and appreciation for the lives of our ancestors, the trials and tribulations they faced, the obstacles they overcame, and the sacrifices they made that eve

We have just celebrated Rosh Hashanah, the head of the Jewish New Year. We took the awesome liberty of crowning G-d as our King. Rosh Hashanah also began the Days of Awe in which God judges every person with what the coming year will bring. During this time we put in extra effort into conducting ourselves in accordance with the true meaning of repentance, prayer, and charity to become receptacles for G-d's goodness and kindness for the coming year. Staying True One of the mos

A subject that makes up a large majority of what is learnt in Yeshiva, an Orthodox Jewish School, is The Talmud. The Talmud is a collection of writings that covers the full gamut of Jewish law and tradition. Through the learning of the Talmud, one learns not only the subject matter, but also how to think, for the Talmud records not just Jewish law, but the process by which those laws are determined. Naava Frank, director of continuing education and professional development at

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” -Nelson Mandela Education is also the factor which links genealogy and our escape room. When it comes to genealogy, education is part and parcel of its nature. On a basic level, you learn a little about the people in your family history. However, genealogy truly exposes you to so much more! You can go deeper than just names, to the stories of your ancestors, their upbringing, their language, their