Featured Passover Articles
See all articlesTelling Our Story: How to Engage Our Children at the Seder
Rabbi Dani Staum
How can we engage children and imprint timeless messages on their souls – and keep the Seder flowing with a pleasant atmosphere?
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Feeding an Army: Kashrut in the IDF
Rabbi Ezra Friedman
OU Kosher has been very involved with the IDF's Rabbinate to help ensure authentic kosher food is provided to all soldiers.
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Observing the Passover Holiday
This guide provides a clear, easy-to-read overview of the mitzvot, customs and terms related to Pesach.
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The Kashering Primer
Rabbi Eli Gersten
How to make your kitchen kosher-for-Passover, even if you’re not a rabbi.
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What Makes Something Kosher?
OU Kosher is on a mission to teach consumers about the kashrus certification process through its Kashrus Across America program.
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…and Everything in Between: An Overview of the Laws of Chol HaMoed
Rabbi Moshe Zywica
During the joyous period of Chol Hamoed, certain melachot are forbidden, while others are permitted.
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Milk Goes Modern: Developments in Milk Processing and Kashrus for Pesach
Rabbi Gavriel Price
A number of modern developments in milk processing affect the kashrus of milk for Pesach.
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What Is New for Passover 2024
Rabbi Shmuel Singer
Read updates on OU-P certification for 2024.
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The Pesach Table Then & Now
Naomi Ross
Here are some classic recipes along with a few trendier dishes for your holiday table.
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Another Four (Or More) Questions? Your 2024 Pesach FAQS
Rabbi Moshe Zywica
Read some of the most popular Pesach questions submitted to our OU Kosher experts.
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Let Them Eat Cake: Ingredient Substitutions Done Right
Cooking for Pesach is no simple task, as we can't use many of our pantry staples. Check out this ingredient substitution guide.
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Own a Pet? Make Sure It Doesn’t Go Hungry This Pesach
Rabbi Chaim Loike
Can your pet eat chametz on Pesach? What pet-food ingredients are chametz? Rabbi Loike answers these questions and more.
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Chametz: When to Peddle and When to Purge?
Rabbi Gavriel Price
Selling Chametz is time-honored and halachically acceptable. Some, however, do not want to rely on such a sale for Chametz Gamur.
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Read Before Dipping: Your Guide to Tevillat Keilim
Rabbi Moshe Zywica
Food utensils acquired from a non-Jew and made from gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, or lead, must be toiveled.
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The Spirit of the Holiday
Rabbi Nachum Rabinowitz
When enjoyed responsibly, liquor and liqueurs can enhance the Yom Tov spirit. On Pesach, they require special Pesach certification...
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But Who’s Counting? A Guide to Sefirat HaOmer
Rabbi Moshe Zywica
Every year we count the days from Pesach to Shavuot. This mitzvah is known as Sefirat HaOmer, the counting of the Omer.
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Not Home During Pesach? Not a Problem
Rabbi Eli Gersten
Staying in an Airbnb, college dorm or hospital during Pesach? Get answers to frequently-asked halachic questions.
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