Sipur Yetzias Mitzrayim – What’s the Story?
Why does the telling of the story of Yetziat Mitzrayim (Exodus) have to be in question/answer form, even if you’re sitting alone at a seder? Sefer vs sipur. THE ZECHUS OF...
Tefillin on Chol HaMoed
Most people don’t wear Tefillin on Chol HaMoed. What is the reason why many don’t? Why do some wear Tefillin and what is the source for their minhag?
Parshat Shemini Shabbat HaChodesh 5757
“It was on the eighth day that Moses summoned Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel.” (Vayikra 9,1). “It was on the eighth day…” Eighth day of what? Rashi...
The Concealed Candle
The Gemara instructs us that on the night of the fourteenth of Nissan we are to search for chametz throughout the house by the light of a candle. We are also...
Double Days
Among the different groups of four in the Haggadah we find the four sons. Each is different. One is wise, the second is wicked, the third is simple and the fourth...
Pesach and the Potency of Prayer
Every event in history, every story in life has a main plot line set in a supporting background that lends it both credibility and richness. The Passover chronicle is no exception....
Introverted Inquirer
Among the different groups of four in the Haggadah we find the four sons. Each is different. One is wise, the second is wicked, the third is simple and the fourth...
Capitulation, Chesed, and Chinuch
Pesach is the first of the Jewish holidays, the holiday which forms the foundation of our religious observance and from which all others flow. Similarly, our Patriarch Abraham is the first...
The Mystical Letter of Rav Shimshon of Ostropol on...
There is a practice to learn Letter of Rav Shimshon Ostropoli on the ten plagues on erev Pesach as a merit for a year of success and triumph.
First Day of Pesach vs. the Seventh Day
Why is the seventh day of Pesach part of Sefirat HaOmer while the first day of Pesach, specifically the seder night, isn’t and by its very nature cannot be part of...
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