A Quick Halachic Guide to the Seder Night – (Print out for your Seder?!)

Seder night is possibly the most celebrated Jewish festival in the year. In some irreligious homes the Seder is conducted and then the family go off and watch the film ..

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The REAL question of the ‘mah nishtana’ (Gra)

The Vilna Gaon asks a question; the child asks 4 questions in the mah nishtana on seder night – but when do we answer him? He explains that the real question ..

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Pesach: The Beginning of Time

Did you know, that our Sages didn’t institute the festival of Purim immediately after the miracle of Purim occurred! They waited a year. Why would they wait ..

Written by Tal Segal

Pesach – Home Sweet Home

Have you ever wondered why Pesach is called Pesach? We know why…. Pesach is from the word pasach – passed over, that Hashem passed over the Jewish houses ..

Written by Tal Segal

Haftorah Parshas Parah!! Lessons in life!!

The Mitzvah of the Parah Adumah commemorated the practice of purification that was observed by the Jewish people in the ancient days. At the same time it impresses ..

Written by Benjamin A Rose

pesach; what does down is in order to come up

Pesach; yeridah letzorech aliyah… Hello people! At the start of maggid we say ‘ha lachma anya’; ‘this the the bread of affliction…’ ..

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Shabbos HaGodol

Zeh korban Aharon u’vanav asher yakruv l’Hashem b’yom himashach oso … v’haKohen hamashiach tachtav mibanav ya’aseh osah (6:13-15) The Torah describes ..

Written by Oizer Alport

Pesach: The Four Sons

We are all familiar with the ‘four sons’, but have we ever taken the time to think about why this passage is in the Haggadah? In truth it embodies the essential ..

Written by Josh Phillips

Freedom: Matzah or bagels?

Q: It’s true that when we were taken out of Egypt we only had time to bake Matzah, and therefore on seder night the eating of the matzah symbolizes freedom. However, ..

Written by Jonathan Caller

Pesach: Tam

Tam- The Simple Child ? We are all familiar with the simple child in the Pesach Haggadah’s Four Questions. Tam in this context is normally interpreted to mean ..

Written by Anonymous