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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

Beautiful Birth
Beautiful Birth
 Shiur provided courtesy of Naaleh.com
Apr 2, 2024
By Shira Smiles
The Impact of Exile on the Seder
The Impact of Exile on the Seder
Apr 1, 2024
By Rabbi Dr. Aaron Adler
Preparing for Pesach and the World to Come
Preparing for Pesach and the World to Come
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Mar 28, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Growing into the Geulah
Growing into the Geulah
Chametz spelled backwards is tzemach, a sprouting. This is logical since chametz is indicative of ego and haughtiness as the Gemara (Berachot 17a) indicates the yetzer hara is like the yeast in the dough. Tzemach though is representative of...
Mar 28, 2024
By Steven Genack
Halacha According to the Sephardic Practice: Chol Hamoed
Halacha According to the Sephardic Practice: Chol Hamoed
The importance of Chol HaMoed The days between the first day (or second day outside of Eretz Yisrael) and the seventh day of Pesach, and the days between the first day...
Mar 22, 2024
By Rabbi Yonatan Nacson
Halacha According to the Sephardic Practice: Bedikat Chametz, Biur Chametz, and Chametz on Erev Pesach
Halacha According to the Sephardic Practice: Bedikat Chametz, Biur...
Bedikat Chametz Reason for Bedikat Chametz Even someone who is certain that his house has been thoroughly cleaned for Pesach is nonetheless obligated to perform bedikat chametz on the night of...
Mar 22, 2024
By Rabbi Yonatan Nacson
Pesach 5784
Pesach 5784
בדיקת חמץ – Tuesday night Put out 10 pieces of bread, each one smaller than a כזית, but totaling at least one כזית (a half an egg). The person who hides...
Nov 21, 2023
By Rabbi A.L. Mann
Isru Chag: The Chasam Sofer & Kedushas Levi Reveal the Unique Status of the Day
Isru Chag: The Chasam Sofer & Kedushas Levi Reveal...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
May 30, 2023
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
The Mitzvah of Hallel (Part 2)
The Mitzvah of Hallel (Part 2)
Delivered at the OU Israel Center, 4 Iyar 5783 – April 25, 2023 with a digression on Yom Hazikaron/Yom Haatzmaut Rabbi Breitowitz’s Tuesday Shiur is sponsored for the 2023 academic year...
Apr 27, 2023
By Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz
The Mitzvah of Hallel
The Mitzvah of Hallel
with a short digression on Yom HaShoah Delivered at the OU Israel Center, 27 Nisan 5783 – April 18, 2023 Rabbi Breitowitz’s Tuesday Shiur is sponsored for the 2023 academic year...
Apr 20, 2023
By Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz

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