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Passover 658 articles

Jewish Holidays

Passover or Pesach commemorates the day the Jewish people were freed from Egypt and is marked on the first night by the Seder and the reading of the Haggadah which relates the story of the exodus from Egypt

Shir Hashirim: Shlomo’s Adventures With Ashmadai – The Incredible Remez of the Rama MiPano
Shir Hashirim: Shlomo’s Adventures With Ashmadai – The Incredible...
  Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Apr 8, 2018
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Erev Pesach: The Lomdut and Practical Halachos
Erev Pesach: The Lomdut and Practical Halachos
  Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Apr 3, 2018
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Rabban Gamliel’s Ultimatum: You’re not Yotzei…What?
Rabban Gamliel’s Ultimatum: You’re not Yotzei…What?
Where in the Chumash does it say that God revealed himself to Bnei Yisrael in Mitzrayim? What chiyuv are you not Yotzei without mentioning Pesach, Matzah, and Marror according to Rabban...
Mar 29, 2018
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Highlight Divrei Torah for the Seder
Highlight Divrei Torah for the Seder
  Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Mar 28, 2018
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Lighting Up the Night – The Astounding Revelation of the Zohar
Lighting Up the Night – The Astounding Revelation of...
Vilna Gaon: It should say מה נשתנה הלילה הזאת (feminine) not masculine, יום is masculine, לילה is feminine!?! All other mitzvot are relegated to the day, why is סיפור יציאת מצרים...
Mar 28, 2018
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
The Mystery of the Missing Child at the Seder
The Mystery of the Missing Child at the Seder
Each of the 4’s at the Seder has a 5th that’s missing – the 5th cup, the 5th expression of geulah, the 5th question, and the 5th pasuk in Arami Oved...
Mar 27, 2018
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Pesach: The Birth of the Jewish People
Pesach: The Birth of the Jewish People
We fulfill more mitzvot on the night of Pesach than any other night of the year – the Abudraham counts 12 mitzvot. Why so many mitzvot on one night? Why is...
Mar 26, 2018
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
People Believe What They Want to Believe
People Believe What They Want to Believe
“And Moshe stretched out his hand over the sea, and HASHEM moved the sea with a strong eastern wind all the night, and He turned the sea to damp land and...
Mar 26, 2018
By Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier
Hallel at the Seder
Hallel at the Seder
Why do we split the Hallel into 2 parts on the night of the Seder? Why don’t we say a bracha on Hallel at the Seder? Why do we praise the...
Mar 26, 2018
By Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD
The Contradiction of the Two Rashis in Arvei Pesachim and Three Answers in the Achronim
The Contradiction of the Two Rashis in Arvei Pesachim...
Rashi at the beginning of Arvei Pesachim says the 4 cups of wine correspond to the 4 leshonot shel geulah. However, Rashi later on says that we drink 4 cups corresponding...
Mar 26, 2018
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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