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Passover begins in the evening of April 12, 2025
Passover ends in the evening of April 20, 2025

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

Rav Soloveitchik: Sippur Yetziat Mitzrayim – Part 1
Rav Soloveitchik: Sippur Yetziat Mitzrayim – Part 1
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...
Mar 16, 2012
By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Pesach: Redemption from ignorance and delusion
Pesach: Redemption from ignorance and delusion
How do tumah and taharah relate to Korban Pesach, Chet HaEgel, Parah Adumah, and Yetziat Mitzrayim? How do they relate to the mitzvot of Pesach, Matzah, and Marror? Vayakhel-Pekudei 5772.
Mar 16, 2012
By Esther Wein
Haftorahman: Haftarah for Shabbat Chol HaMoed Pesach
Haftorahman: Haftarah for Shabbat Chol HaMoed 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...
Apr 21, 2011
By Reuben Ebrahimoff
Haftorahman: Haftarah for Pesach Day 2
Haftorahman: Haftarah for Pesach Day 2
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...
Apr 20, 2011
By Reuben Ebrahimoff
Torah Tidbits Audio: Shabbat HaGadol and Pre-Pesach 5771
Torah Tidbits Audio: Shabbat HaGadol and Pre-Pesach 5771
The 4 children aren’t just 4 types of children – each of the 4 traits can be found in a each child, to some extent. We try to transform the others into a...
Apr 15, 2011
By Phil Chernofsky
Themes of the Passover Haggadah
Themes of the Passover Haggadah
Rabbi Weil discusses themes in the Haggadah. Topics include the difference between “avadim hayinu” (dative) and “avdei Hashem” (possessive). What was God showing Moshe at the burning bush? Download the source sheet here.
Apr 13, 2011
By Rabbi Steven Weil
Understanding The Questions and Answers of the Haggadah
Understanding The Questions and Answers of the Haggadah
All the mitzvot connected with Pesach are termed an avodah. Usually Avodah means sacrifice or prayer. What is the meaning of avodah when it comes to the mitzvot of Pesach? The latest...
Apr 13, 2011
By Rabbi Yosef Grossman
Thoughts on Pesach: Retelling the Redemption from Egypt
Thoughts on Pesach: Retelling the Redemption from Egypt
The Essential Elements of the Commandment to Retell the Redemption from Egypt And Moshe said to the nation: Remember this day that you went forth from Egypt, from the house of...
Apr 12, 2011
By Rabbi Bernie Fox
Passover 5771: The 4 Sons in the Torah and in the Haggada
Passover 5771: The 4 Sons in the Torah and...
The Torah tells us that our children will ask the questions found in the Haggadah but it doesn’t label them, how did the Ba’al Haggadah know how to label each one?...
Apr 7, 2011
By Esther Wein
OU Kosher Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771 (2011)
OU Kosher Pre-Pesach Webcast 5771 (2011)
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 Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan, provide practical guidance...
Apr 6, 2011
By Rav Yisroel Belsky, Rav Hershel Schachter

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