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Why was the decree against Rabbi Akiva’s students during Sefirah and not during the 3 weeks leading up to Tisha B’Av? What is the connection to Sefirah?

The 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva who died weren’t the only talmidei chachamim at the time. Why is the emphasis on the fact that they were specifically Rabbi Akiva’s students?

What are we celebrating on Pesach Sheni – we don’t need it because we celebrated Pesach? They were unhappy they missed out on performing a mitzvah.  

Iyar is the month of vav which by its nature is a connector just like Iyar which is entirely within Sefirah connects Pesach and Shavuot.

There is a practice to learn Letter of Rav Shimshon Ostropoli on the ten plagues on erev Pesach as a merit for a year of success and triumph.

Why is the seventh day of Pesach part of Sefirat HaOmer while the first day of Pesach, specifically the seder night, isn’t and by its very nature cannot be part of...

Why don’t we count down to Matan Torah? Why is the count relative to the korban omer? Why do we begin on Pesach but not on the first day of Pesach?

The most important aspects of the seder are carried out using the mouth – eating the korban Pesach and telling the story of Yetziat Mitzrayim, the exodus from Egypt.

1) Why is marror one of the aspects of freedom if it serves to commemorate slavery? 2) Why don’t we discuss Pesach, Matzah, and Marror in chronological order with marror first? 3) Why do...

Why only in Egypt did we have to take the Korban Pesach specifically on the 10th of Nissan? Why do we commemorate the day of the week on which the miracle...