Reply To: How did the Israelis enjoy their 8 day Pesach?

Kitniyos and egg matzos are not chometz. If you had matzos and not challos over shabbos and mainly pesach food (presumably with pesachdig pots and dishes) then you basically kept pesach for 8 days!

Regarding the other point, why do we not split sedras at the first possible opportunity to allow the rest of the world to catch up to eretz yisrael sooner. Why are they leining a double sedra this week and not only tazria?