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Jewish Holidays

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

Passover Recipes With Horseradish
Passover Recipes With Horseradish
You can utilize horseradish in a bunch of different recipes that can take ho-hum Pesach fare and turn it into to fantastic food that just happens to be Pesach-friendly. The sharp...
Mar 3, 2010
By swedarskym
The Haggadah: An Eyewitness Account
The Haggadah: An Eyewitness Account
The word haggadah is related to haggadat edut – we testify that we ourselves left Egypt. Testimony can only be given by the witness not via another witness. Presented by Rabbi...
Apr 7, 2009
By Rabbi Yosef Grossman
Geulah and Pidyon
Geulah and Pidyon
Understanding Rav Elazar ben Azarya’s opinion that one is obligated to speak of the Exodus at night and the difference between Geulah & Pidyon and body & soul. Esther Wein’s new...
Apr 2, 2009
By Esther Wein
Pesach Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pesach Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yield: 60 cookies 1 cup sugar 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup margarine 2 eggs 2 teaspoons Pesach vanilla extract 1 tablespoon water 1½ cups potato starch 1½ cups matzah cake...
Apr 1, 2009
By Debby Segura
Consequences: A Holiday Story
Consequences: A Holiday Story
I had just located the parsley, hidden in a back corner of the refrigerator, when the phone rang. Extracting myself from the fridge, I found my twin sister Amy on the...
Mar 31, 2009
By Michelle Kay
Pesach: The Ultimate Stimulus Plan
Pesach: The Ultimate Stimulus Plan
Few government plans have caused more furor and fury, more debate and deliberation than the $789 billion economic stimulus plan approved by both the Congress and the Senate back on Feb....
Mar 31, 2009
By Bassi Gruen
Redemption and a New York Taxi Ride
Redemption and a New York Taxi Ride
When you get into a taxi in New York City you never know what’s going to happen. Every urban traveler knows that within each of the myriad of cabs crisscrossing the...
Mar 31, 2009
By Baila Rosenbaum
The Seder: A Rendezvous with Torah
The Seder: A Rendezvous with Torah
Based on a commentary in the new Haggadah, The Seder Night: An Exalted Evening, with the commentary of “the Rav”, Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik . Compiled by Rabbi Simon Posner. Just as...
Mar 31, 2009
By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Ready or Not… Here it comes
Ready or Not… Here it comes
Keeping our focus during the Pre-Pesach Rush By Aliza Swift “Here we go again…” thought Shuli, as she bent down to clean the large amount of “stuff” that had accumulated under...
Mar 31, 2009
By Aliza Swift
Ridding Yourself of Your Spiritual Chametz: Part II
Ridding Yourself of Your Spiritual Chametz: Part II
The spiritual and ethical component of the search for and burning of chametz. Freedom isn’t unbridled, even in a free society there are laws. Rav Kook: It means being true to one’s...
Mar 31, 2009
By Rochi Lerner

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