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OU Kosher Pre-Pesach Webcast 5773 (2013)
In this extra-special VIDEO, OU Kashruth’s Senior Poskim, Rav Yisroel Belsky, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, and Rav Hershel Schachter, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Rabbenu Yitzchok Elchonon, provide practical guidance...
Mar 14, 2013
By OU Staff
![Pesach & Shabbat HaGadol 5773: Rabbi Taub](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Rabbi-Baruch-Taub-e1474263377309.jpg)
Pesach & Shabbat HaGadol 5773: Rabbi Taub
Rabbi Baruch Taub discusses how Pesach is presented to us in the Torah for the first time and how it differs from the way in which other holidays are introduced in...
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By Rabbi Baruch Taub
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The Laws of Mechirat Chametz
The OU Department of Synagogue Services created this video as part of a compendium of the laws of Mechirat Chametz. The video includes two parts. The first part is a formal...
Mar 1, 2013
By Rabbi Mordechai Willig
![Rabbi Taub: Purim, Hallel, & Kabbalat HaTorah](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Rabbi-Baruch-Taub-e1474263377309.jpg)
Rabbi Taub: Purim, Hallel, & Kabbalat HaTorah
The miracles we celebrate on other holidays were overt miracles, therefore we say Hallel on those days. Purim, on the other hand, was a hidden miracle and therefore we say a...
Feb 17, 2013
By Rabbi Baruch Taub
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An All-Expenses Paid Vacation to Alexandria
To understand why the translation of the Torah into Greek was a cause for fasting, we need to understand the ramifications of having the Torah translated. An Analysis of the translation...
Dec 27, 2012
By Rabbi Steven Weil
![Parshat Vayeishev and Chanukah 5773: Rabbi Baruch Taub](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Vayeshev-e1474192080910.jpg)
Parshat Vayeishev and Chanukah 5773: Rabbi Baruch Taub
Why didn’t Hashem let Yaakov live in tranquility – what was wrong with Yaakov’s request? Why was the baker hanged – his crime wasn’t as bad as that of the butler? If...
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By Rabbi Baruch Taub
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How One Person Can Change the World
HaRav Grossman, the renowned chief Rabbi of Migdal Haemek, speaks to hundreds of women at the L’Ayla Women’s Initiative “Reaching Higher” Event on Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan in Jerusalem. This is a...
Nov 5, 2012
By Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman
![Haftorahman: Haftarah for Shemini Atzeret](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Haftarah-e1462451749871.jpg)
Haftorahman: Haftarah for Shemini Atzeret
The haftarah for Shemini Atzeret describes the end of the celebration that accompanied the dedication of the first Beit HaMikdash. This celebration took place during the week that led up to...
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By Reuben Ebrahimoff
![Haftorahman: Haftarah for Simchat Torah](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Nach-2.jpg)
Haftorahman: Haftarah for Simchat Torah
The haftarah for Simchat Torah (the beginning of the book of Yehoshua/Joshua) – continues the story where the Torah reading left off. It begins with the death of Moshe Rabbeinu and discusses the beginning...
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By Reuben Ebrahimoff
![Haftorahman: Shabbat Chol HaMoed Sukkot](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Haftarah-e1462451749871.jpg)
Haftorahman: Shabbat Chol HaMoed Sukkot
In the Haftarah for Chol HaMoed Sukkot Yechezkel tells the people in exile to focus on the future, the war of Gog & Magog & the final redemption from exile. Haftorahman brings...
Oct 4, 2012
By Reuben Ebrahimoff
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