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Passover 658 articles

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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

Rav Soloveitchik: Haggadah – Part 1
Rav Soloveitchik: Haggadah – Part 1
Rav Soloveichik discusses the Rambam’s Haggadah as presented in the Mishna Torah and how it differs from the text we use at the Pesach Seder. Delivered in Boston, 1972. For part 2...
Sep 30, 2015
By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Rav Soloveichik: Haggadah of the Rambam (1981)
Rav Soloveichik: Haggadah of the Rambam (1981)
Rav Soloveichik discusses the Rambam’s Haggadah as presented in the Mishna Torah and how it differs from the text we use at the Pesach Seder. Delivered April 11th, 1981.
Sep 30, 2015
By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik
The Missing Fifth: An Extract from Rabbi Sacks’ Haggada
The Missing Fifth: An Extract from Rabbi Sacks’ Haggada
Many commentators, among them the Vilna Gaon, have drawn attention to the influence of the number four in connection with the Haggadah. There are four fours: The four questions The four...
Mar 31, 2015
By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Something to Say at the Seder 5775
Something to Say at the Seder 5775
Some ideas you can share at your Seder to enhance the experience. Topics include 1) Kama Maalot Tovot. 2) Pesach, Matzah & Marror: These 3 things destroy satan. Why do we need...
Mar 30, 2015
By Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD
The Art of Preparation
The Art of Preparation
A thing without its place is lost. This is true of trivial things from computer files to puppies. How much more is this simple observation true when it comes to our...
Mar 30, 2015
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
The Passover Seder: Practical Halacha
The Passover Seder: Practical Halacha
Principles It is praiseworthy to tell the story of Passover even if you know all the details and interpretations (as did the great rabbis of the Talmud), because of the principle...
Feb 17, 2015
By Richard B. Aiken
Yizkor: The Memorial Prayer Service
Yizkor: The Memorial Prayer Service
What is Yizkor all about?
Sep 28, 2014
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
Yom Tov Sheini
Yom Tov Sheini
A background on Yom Tov Sheni with an explanation by Rav Shimshon Refael Hirsch as to why we observe a 2nd day of Yom Tov outside Israel even today when our...
May 27, 2014
By Daniel Adler
What Does This Avodah Mean To You?
What Does This Avodah Mean To You?
One of the most dazzling insights of the sages was to connect the dots – the three places in the Torah where children are spoken of as asking questions, and the...
Apr 29, 2014
By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
A Review of Hilchot Yom Tov
A Review of Hilchot Yom Tov
The following is meant as a convenient review of Halachos pertaining to Yom Tov. The Piskei Din for the most part are based purely on the Sugyos, Shulchan Aruch and Rama,...
Apr 10, 2014
By Rabbi Y. Dov Krakowski

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