
Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights?
By Rabbi Steven Weil
Mar 18, 2013
By Rabbi Steven Weil

OU Israel Pesach 2013 Q&A with Rabbis Leff &...
Pesach Q&A with Rabbi Zev Leff and Rabbi Y. Dov Krakowski
Mar 17, 2013
By OU Staff

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
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...
Mar 11, 2013
By Rabbi Baruch Taub

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
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

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
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...
Dec 7, 2012
By Rabbi Baruch Taub

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
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...
Oct 7, 2012
By Reuben Ebrahimoff
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