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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

Vayeda Elokim: What Did God Know?
Vayeda Elokim: What Did God Know?
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. For the Rav,...
Mar 19, 2009
By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Sleepless Sermon: Pesach 5768 – The Significance of Remembering
Sleepless Sermon: Pesach 5768 – The Significance of Remembering
The Torah calls upon every generation to remember and transmit the story of the Exodus from Egypt. What is the significance of remembering something?
Apr 17, 2008
By Rabbi Shalom Hammer
Make Your Sheep Count!
Make Your Sheep Count!
What is unique about sheep? They play a prominent role in the Pesach story and its commemorative commandments. Starting back in Egypt, G-d tells Moshe that each Jewish family should take...
Apr 17, 2008
By Rabbi Leiby Burnham
Seating Ancient and New at the Same Table
Seating Ancient and New at the Same Table
Passover is the most observed Jewish holiday of the year. Even those who never step inside a synagogue pull out all the stops for this one. With our celebratory meal, the...
Apr 16, 2008
By Judy Bart Kancigor
A Busy Day of Rest
A Busy Day of Rest
This year (5768), Erev Pesach falls on Shabbos. How do we address the unique needs of both special days? Tune in to Rabbi Eli Gersten, a Rabbinic Coordinator with OU Kashruth...
Apr 9, 2008
By Rabbi Eli Gersten
Practical Issues in Hilchos Pesach
Practical Issues in Hilchos Pesach
Rav Yisroel Belsky Rav Hershel Schachter Senior Halachic Consultants, OU Kashruth In this extra-special video, the Orthodox Union’s prominent Poskim, Rav Yisroel Belsky, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah V’Da’as, and Rav...
Mar 28, 2008
By Rav Yisroel Belsky/Rav Herschel Schachter
Why is This Shabbos Different from All Other Shabbosos?
Why is This Shabbos Different from All Other Shabbosos?
Erev Pesach is always a busy day. Imagine combining it with Shabbos! In 2005, at an OU-RCA Pesach conference, Rabbi Menachem Genack, Rabbinic Administrator and CEO of OU Kashruth, tackled the...
Mar 25, 2008
By Rabbi Menachem Genack
Bread-Buying and Pasta-Purchasing Post-Pesach: Problem or Permitted?
Bread-Buying and Pasta-Purchasing Post-Pesach: Problem or Permitted?
Everyone knows that bread is a strict no-no during Pesach. But what about after Pesach–no problem, right? Wrong! Join Rabbi Yaakov Luban, Executive Rabbinic Coordinator of OU Kashruth, for a thorough...
Mar 18, 2008
By Rabbi Yaakov Luban
The Borders of Egypt
The Borders of Egypt
In a few nights we will be sitting around our Seder tables drinking copious amounts of wine or grape juice and eating fragile, dry matzos with a smattering of horseradish or...
Mar 29, 2007
By Rabbi Leiby Burnham
Pesach Q&A Seminar 2007
Pesach Q&A Seminar 2007
In a Pre-Pesach Q&A Rabbis Yoel Schonfeld and David Polsky deal with milk, omega 3, vitamins, coffee, soy milk, non-food items, quinoa, animal food, & more. Recorded at OU World Headquarters...
Mar 28, 2007
By Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld

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