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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

Dayenu’s Directive
Dayenu’s Directive
 Shiur provided courtesy of Naaleh.com Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein Towards the end of the Seder, after recounting the entire exodus narrative, we come to the liturgical poem, Dayenu. In fifteen distinct steps,...
Apr 8, 2024
By Shira Smiles
The Laws of Leaning at the Seder; Should Women Lean?; What Side Should a Lefty Lean On?
The Laws of Leaning at the Seder; Should Women...
Apr 8, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Pre-Pesach: Z’man Cheirusanu – Be True to Thyself
Pre-Pesach: Z’man Cheirusanu – Be True to Thyself
Apr 3, 2024
By Rabbi Yonah Sklare
“Guard Those Matzos” – The Greatest Danger in the World
“Guard Those Matzos” – The Greatest Danger in the...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Apr 2, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Beautiful Birth
Beautiful Birth
 Shiur provided courtesy of Naaleh.com
Apr 2, 2024
By Shira Smiles
The Impact of Exile on the Seder
The Impact of Exile on the Seder
Apr 1, 2024
By Rabbi Dr. Aaron Adler
Preparing for Pesach and the World to Come
Preparing for Pesach and the World to Come
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Mar 28, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Growing into the Geulah
Growing into the Geulah
Chametz spelled backwards is tzemach, a sprouting. This is logical since chametz is indicative of ego and haughtiness as the Gemara (Berachot 17a) indicates the yetzer hara is like the yeast in the dough. Tzemach though is representative of...
Mar 28, 2024
By Steven Genack
Halacha According to the Sephardic Practice: Chol Hamoed
Halacha According to the Sephardic Practice: Chol Hamoed
The importance of Chol HaMoed The days between the first day (or second day outside of Eretz Yisrael) and the seventh day of Pesach, and the days between the first day...
Mar 22, 2024
By Rabbi Yonatan Nacson
Halacha According to the Sephardic Practice: Bedikat Chametz, Biur Chametz, and Chametz on Erev Pesach
Halacha According to the Sephardic Practice: Bedikat Chametz, Biur...
Bedikat Chametz Reason for Bedikat Chametz Even someone who is certain that his house has been thoroughly cleaned for Pesach is nonetheless obligated to perform bedikat chametz on the night of...
Mar 22, 2024
By Rabbi Yonatan Nacson

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