Featured Passover Articles
See all articlesGuarding Our Matzot, Personalizing Our Mitzvot
Rabbi Nachum Rabinowitz
The late great Jerusalem posek, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, delighted in the various kinds of matzot brought by his children and...
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A Pesach Lifeline
Allison Deal
Two weeks before Pesach last year, Dan* lost his job. He and his wife, Sarah,* had a house with a mortgage, two cars, and three yo...
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Many Moons Ago…
Rabbi Moshe Zywica
This month shall be for you (the beginning of all the months). Parshat Bo (12:2) This statement, this gift from Hashem, is the fir...
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Four Ways to Kasher Kitchen Utensils for Passover
One of the most daunting preparations we make for Passover is kashering our year‑round utensils for Passover use. As with all ar...
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How to Kasher Your Kitchen for Passover
There are four basic ways to kasher kitchen items: libun gamur (burning), hagalah (boiling), iruy kli rishon (pouring boilin...
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Chametz: When to Peddle and When to Purge?
Rabbi Gavriel Price
A common method for relinquishing ownership of chametz is to sell it, typically through an agent (a rabbi), to a gentile. The cham...
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Thou Shalt Steal- The Afikoman
Rabbi Nachum Rabinowitz
FOR JEWISH CHILDREN, “stealing” the afikoman and its subsequent ransom has been a Seder highlight for many generations. What i...
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K’zayit. Just an Olive?
Rabbi Hadar Margolin
“I had to eat sooo much matzah!” That’s a response I often get from people when I inquire about their Seder night experience...
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Showering on Yom Tov-Is It Permitted?
Rabbi Mordechai Starshefsky
The Shulchan Aruch (OC 260:1) directs us to bathe each Friday in preparation for Shabbat. This year, those of us living outside of...
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OU-P 2020
Rabbi Shmuel Singer
The OU continues to give certification to Passover Quinoa. Quinoa will be available with an OU- P from Goldbaum, Pereg, and La Bon...
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On These Days & Nights Even the Brachos May Be Different
Rabbi Eli Gersten
ON PESACH WE ARE COMPELLED TO SIGNIFICANTLY MODIFY OUR DIETS. Although at times the foods we eat on Pesach will look similar to th...
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An Erev Tavshilin Q&A
Rabbi Moshe Zywica
Q: What is the reason for eruv tavshilin? A: When the second or eighth day of yom tov falls on Shabbat, or if Shabbat falls imme...
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