Pesach – Relating the Story
The Power of the Pesach Story
Category: Pesach
Pesach – Matzah and Chametz
Why Eating Matzah & Nullifying Chametz are limited to the holiday of Pesach.
Shabbos HaGadol – A Great Miracle
By Rabbi Dovid Markel This Shabbos, that which precedes Pesach, is referred to as “Shabbos HaGadol”—The Great Shabbos. While there are various reasons that are postulated as to why this particular Shabbos is...
Rebirth, Equinox and Eclipse
By Rabbi Dovid Markel This Shabbos, in addition to reading the regular parsha, the portion of “HaChodesh,” which describes Nissan as the first month on the Jewish calendar, is read as well. The...
An Overview of Pesach
By Leibel Estrin Nissan Pesach Pesach celebrates the birth of the Jewish nation with the Exodus from Egypt. The Torah calls Pesach z’man cheiruseinu, the “season of our freedom.” Chassidus explains that the...
Running Away From Evil
By Rabbi Dovid Markel The mishna in the tractate of Pesachim[1] states: “What is the difference between the Passover as celebrated (by the Israelites while) in Egypt, and that observed by later generations?...
How to Make My Kitchen Kosher for Passover
A Detailed Guide To Koshering Your Kitchen & Utensils
It Would Have Been Enough
In the Pesach Haggada, in the famous “Dayenu” section, a perplexing line is said: “If you would have brought us to Mt. Sinai and not given us the Torah—it would have been enough.” But why?
Freedom of The Mind
What is true freedom?
Remembering The Sea
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui In addition to the commandment, we must remember everyday the Exodus from Egypt, there is another commandment, to remember every day the splitting of the Reed Sea. The fact that everyone is commanded...
