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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

A Review of the Seder of the Seder
A Review of the Seder of the Seder
As appeared in Torah Tidbits Kadesh Kiddush is said over the first of the Four Cups. Most people stand for Seder Kiddush (even if they usually sit for Kiddush). When saying...
Feb 18, 2014
By OU Staff
Leading Role of Women in the Exodus and in the Shirah
Leading Role of Women in the Exodus and in...
In the Exodus The Midrash teaches that Jewish women played a major role in the Exodus, by keeping alive the spirits of their husbands, preventing them from becoming depressed under the...
Feb 13, 2014
By OU Staff
Dayeinu: Hakarat Hatov
Dayeinu: Hakarat Hatov
 “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...
Mar 22, 2013
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights?
Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights?
By Rabbi Steven Weil
Mar 18, 2013
By Rabbi Steven Weil
OU Israel Pesach 2013 Q&A with Rabbis Leff & Krakowski
OU Israel Pesach 2013 Q&A with Rabbis Leff &...
Pesach Q&A with Rabbi Zev Leff and Rabbi Y. Dov Krakowski
Mar 17, 2013
By OU Staff
OU Kosher Pre-Pesach Webcast 5773 (2013)
OU Kosher Pre-Pesach Webcast 5773 (2013)
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 Elchonon, provide practical guidance...
Mar 14, 2013
By OU Staff
Pesach & Shabbat HaGadol 5773: Rabbi Taub
Pesach & Shabbat HaGadol 5773: Rabbi Taub
Rabbi Baruch Taub discusses how Pesach is presented to us in the Torah for the first time and how it differs from the way in which other holidays are introduced in...
Mar 11, 2013
By Rabbi Baruch Taub
Sandwiches
Sandwiches
Symbol or Meal?
Mar 11, 2013
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
OU Pesach Guide 2013 Download
OU Pesach Guide 2013 Download
Browse Kosher for Passover products, read new articles and find new recipes in this year’s Guide to Passover.
Mar 3, 2013
By OU Staff
The Laws of Mechirat Chametz
The Laws of Mechirat Chametz
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...
Mar 1, 2013
By Rabbi Mordechai Willig

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