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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

Secrets of Karpas
Secrets of Karpas
Why do we specifically dip a vegetable in salt water to arouse the children’s curiosity; aren’t there other ways? Why does it have to be a vegetable? Previous: Seder Night: What’s So...
Apr 4, 2016
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
Seder Night: What’s So Orderly?
Seder Night: What’s So Orderly?
Why on Pesach do we have to retell the story & reason for the holiday? Pesach recalls & renews the new world order. Talking about it brings it into reality. Next:...
Apr 4, 2016
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
Breaking the Matzah
Breaking the Matzah
Our minhag is to break the matza before maggid (Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 473:6).  The Rambam (Hilchos Chametz u’Matza 8:6), however, puts it right before ha’motzi, after netilas yadayim. The basis...
Mar 31, 2016
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
Rav Soloveitchik: Pesach Avdus – Part 2
Rav Soloveitchik: Pesach Avdus – Part 2
There are 2 kinds of slavery, personal and political and they go hand-in-hand. We celebrate freedom from both at the Pesach Seder. Delivered March 15th, 1970. For part 1, click here.
Sep 30, 2015
By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Rav Soloveitchik: Pesach Avdus – Part 1
Rav Soloveitchik: Pesach Avdus – Part 1
There are 2 kinds of slavery, personal and political and they go hand-in-hand. We celebrate freedom from both at the Pesach Seder. Delivered March 15th, 1970. For part 2 click here.
Sep 30, 2015
By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Rav Soloveitchik: Makas Bechoros – Part 2
Rav Soloveitchik: Makas Bechoros – Part 2
The Torah connects 2 mitzvot to the exodus from Egypt – forbidden relationships & kashrut – mitzvot where man is commanded to discipline himself. Delivered in Boston, February 15th, 1975. For part...
Sep 30, 2015
By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Rav Soloveitchik: Makas Bechoros – Part 1
Rav Soloveitchik: Makas Bechoros – Part 1
The Torah connects 2 mitzvot to the exodus from Egypt – forbidden relationships & kashrut – mitzvot where man is commanded to discipline himself. Delivered in Boston, February 15th, 1975. For part...
Sep 30, 2015
By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Rav Soloveitchik: Haggadah – Part 2
Rav Soloveitchik: Haggadah – Part 2
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 1 click...
Sep 30, 2015
By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik
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

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