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Your Grandpa would've loved this $30K Passover find in the Lou.

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Your grandpa would've loved this crazy St. Louis Passover find

Look—I'm gonna be real with you—when I saw a story about a $30,000 Passover Haggadah up for auction, my first thought wasn't about the money. It was about all the stories that book must hold, right here in the Lou. And then, when it turned out the writer's *grandfather* would've loved it? That's the stuff that gets me. We're a city of stories, of generations, of families who've put down roots and refuse to budge, even when things get tough.

You think about all the families who've sat around tables in the Central West End, in University City, in those old brick homes in the South City neighborhoods, reading from their own Haggadahs. This isn't just about a fancy book; it's about tradition, about history, about passing on something important from one generation to the next. It makes you think about what *your* family has passed down, what traditions you keep alive, even if it's just hitting up Ted Drewes on Chippewa every summer night. That's the Lou — we're still here and we're not leaving.

That's the Lou — we're still here and we're not leaving.

The crew on the Morning Wire dives into stories like this every day. Check 'em out live at mornings.live.

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