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The first day of Nisan is honored with 10 crowns (firsts). Why is Nisan, which is a month of firsts, also a month of miracles. Why should it be that just...

The Seder, despite its name seems on the surface to be disorderly. What is the internal logic of the order? What is the goal? How does the Seder accomplish this goal?...

The first mishna in Pesachim says that on אור of the 14th of Nisan we check for chametz, the word אור is used instead of לילה in order to use clean...

The Gemara says we begin with the bad and end with the good: Shmuel holds we begin with עבדים היינו; Rav says we begin with מתחילה עובדי עבודה זרה היו אבותינו....

The Seder night is the only time when there is a positive obligation to eat matzah. The beginning of the Haggadah says we eat matzah to remember what our ancestors ate...

The route the king takes through the Beit HaMikdash vs. the path taken by the rest of the people as described by Yechezkel mirrors the difference between a Talmid Chacham and...

 Shiur provided courtesy of Naaleh.com Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein The words signifying the order of the Seder are well known. We begin withKadesh/Sanctifying the Seder night over wine, continuing with another...

In the end of days God will remove our heart of stone and replace it with a heart of flesh. What is the meaning of this heart transplant? Why will it...

The only two mitzvot where the Torah repeatedly uses the concept of שמירה (guarding) are Shabbos and Pesach. What is the common denominator and why are they so important? Pesach has...

Chatam Sofer: The Rambam says that the reason Rebbe Elazar ben Azarya appeared old even though he was only 18 is because he was so involved in learning that he aged...