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We fulfill more mitzvot on the night of Pesach than any other night of the year – the Abudraham counts 12 mitzvot. Why so many mitzvot on one night? Why is chametz more severe than other prohibitions (e.g. no bitul b’shishim, we have to get rid of it)?<\/p>\n

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We fulfill more mitzvot on the night of Pesach than any other night of the year – the Abudraham counts 12 mitzvot. Why so many mitzvot on one night? Why is chametz more severe than other prohibitions (e.g. no bitul b’shishim, we have to get rid of it)? Shiur provided courtesy of\u00a0Torah Anytime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133454,"featured_media":45423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-passover","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"\nPesach: The Birth of the Jewish People - Jewish Holidays<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We fulfill more mitzvot on the night of Pesach than any other night of the year - the Abudraham counts 12 mitzvot. 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