Passover

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Hakarat Hatov

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 “If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.” – Meister Eckhart  Last year, not long before Passover was to begin and my thoughts were already on the coming Seders and great drama we would be observing, I happened to be just outside a building when I observed the following small [...]

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OU Kosher Pre-Pesach Webcast 5773 (2013)

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Download the Audio In this extra-special VIDEO, OU Kashruth’s Senior Poskim, Rav Yisroel Belsky, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, and Rav Hershel Schachter, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Rabbenu Yitzchok Elchanon, provide practical guidance for the Seder and for Pesach preparations. Tune in as they address such questions as: Is quinoa Kitnios? Must I check [...]

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The Laws of Mechirat Chametz

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The OU Department of Synagogue Services created this video as part of a compendium of the laws of Mechirat Chametz. The video includes two parts. The first part is a formal shiur given by Harav Mordechai Willig Shlit”a, a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchonon of Yeshiva University, Sgan Av Beth Din of the [...]