Five Cups: Reb Mordechai Rosen z”l
What does Hashem Elokecha ask from you, but to fear Hashem Elokecha and to walk in His ways? (Devarim, 10:13) PESACH One of the four sons discussed in the Haggadah is...
Passover Insight: The 4 Sons
Dear friends, I would like to share with you an interpretation of the ”Four Children” of the Passover Haggadah, which I found to be personally meaningful. According to Rabbi Yehudah Leib...
Hilchot Pesach: Bedikat Chametz
BEDIKAT CHAMETZ Important Note: See addendum from OU Kosher at the bottom of the page for years in which erev Pesach falls on Shabbos, as it does in 2021 and 2025. WHEN...
Hotter Than Fire
The ultimate purpose of the ten plagues was: “In order that you should tell your son and grandson…” For if the purpose of the plagues was simply in order that Pharaoh...
A Three Days’ Journey in the Desert
“I declare that I will bring you out of the wretchedness of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Yebusites-to a land flowing with milk and honey…. You...
What are We Celebrating on Pesach?
The answer seems easy enough; on Pesach we should thank God for taking us out of Egyptian slavery and for choosing us to be his partner in the world. A most...
When Was the Exodus?
The author contends that the most important event in Jewish history has been occupying the wrong slot in the accepted archaeological timeline. “And Moses said unto the people: Do not fear!...
A Time of Dance
“Eis rekod” – “a time of dance” (Koheles 3:4). The phrase is not “eis lirkod,” “a time to dance,” as with the others, but “a time of dance,” for when one...
Shabbat Chol Hamoed
The morning Torah reading of Shabbat Chol HaMoed consists of selected portions from Parshas Ki Sisa. The conclusion of the kriah summarily addresses the Shalosh Regalim, and this would seem to...
Magid: Avadim Hayinu, Dayenu, and Hallel
The Haggadah’s narrative of “Avadim Hayinu” states, “And had the Holy One not taken us out of Egypt, then we, our children and grandchildren would still be slaves to Pharaoh…” What...
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