A Pesach Message: Freedom
The story of Pesach, of the Exodus from Egypt, is one of the oldest and greatest in the world. It tells of how one people, long ago, experienced oppression and were...
Pesach: Meeting the Divine
Rav Wolbe writes that at midnight on the Seder night the Jews attained the ability to tap into the height of where the Jewish people should be. How do we achieve...
Haftorahman: Haftarah for the 1st Day of Pesach
Haftorahman brings you a shiur on this Shabbat’s Haftarah from the Book of Prophets, explaining it in a dynamic and exciting way, making learning the Haftorah a fun and enlightening experience...
Five Themes in the Haggadah
Rabbi Weil discusses 5 Haggadah themes: Ha Lachma Anya, reliving the Exodus, kriyat yam suf, next year in Jerusalem, and the Korban Pesach. Listen to the audio version here.
The Essential Elements of the Commandment to Retell the...
And Moshe said to the nation: Remember this day that you went forth from Egypt, from the house of bondage – for with a mighty hand Hashem took you forth from...
Fundamentals of the Seder Night
How & why is the paragraph of Arami Oved Avi the focus of the Haggadah? Why not tell the story from the source, Sefer Shemot. Why do we use the farmer’s bikkurim...
Pesach 5772: From Matzah to Bread
The transition from Pesach to Shavuot: Pesach is parallel to not being able to eat from the Etz Hadaat (which according to one opinion was wheat) & Shavuot, the day we...
OU Israel hosts Questions and Answers on Pesach
Watch Rabbi Yissachar Dov Krakowski, OU in Israel Kashrut, Rabbi Mordechai Kuber, and Rabbi Jeff Bienenfeld as they answer your Pesach questions – from kashrut issues, to dinim, minhagim, etc.
Fulfilling the Mitzva of Eating Marror at the Seder
Rav Nissan Kaplan Shlita Rosh Yeshiva in Mir Yerushalayim gives Shiur to OU Kashrus Rabbinic Staff. In the shiur he discusses what can be used to fulfill the mitzva of eating Marror at...
Rav Soloveitchik: Sipur Yetziat Mitzrayim – Part 2
The central part of the Haggadah is Arami Oved Avi. Why is it indispensable to the obligation of Sippur Yetziat Mitzrayim, retelling the story of the exodus from Egypt? How does...
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