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The wicked one, what does he say? “What is this service to you?!” He says `to you,’ but not to him! By excluding himself from… Read More »The Exodus from Egypt Today

The Four Questions and Answers The questions about reclining and two dipped vegetables are not addressed in the Hagada’s answers. Some of the Rabbis say… Read More »Pesach, Matza and Moror

They (each of the five students of R. Yochanan listed earlier) said three things. R. Eliezer said: May the honor of your fellow be as… Read More »Chapter 2, Mishna 15(b): Death and the Messiah

It has been a long and cold and rainy winter here in Jerusalem. Because it is a leap year. Spring in the Jewish calendar has… Read More »Passover in Israel

THE 4 CUPS OF… MILK? So what does it mean when we say that a person possesses a “Yiddishe Cup” (defined as a “Jewish head”… Read More »4 Seder Cups & 1 Yiddishe Cup

The Pesach (Passover) experience is not simply an annual opportunity to relive our national redemption of 3300 years ago; it is the occasion of reawakening… Read More »Why On This Night Do We Dip Twice?

QUESTION: Is it halachically acceptable to celebrate Pesach away from home after selling one’s home with all of its chametz contents to a non-Jew? DISCUSSION:… Read More »Hilchos Pesach: Questions And Answers

Friday Night THIS YEAR EVERYONE will be keeping eight days of Pesach whether they  live in the Diaspora or Eretz Yisroel. Since Shevi’i shel Pesach… Read More »Matzah Reality

As we mentioned last week, the spiritual disease called “Tzaraas” shows itself as a physical blemish on the body and one’s clothing. The Torah reading… Read More »It’s That Time of Year Again!

Whoever hates a Jew in his heart transgresses a negative prohibition, as it is stated, ‘You shall not hate your fellow in your heart’ (Leviticus… Read More »Chapter 6, Law 5 – Confronting the Enemy