04/24/2019

Singing Praises

“...The prophets of the Jewish people ordained that the Hallel be recited…

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04/24/2019

Make Sure to Recite Hallel on Pesach

The joyous Hallel service, helps set the mood for the celebratory Festival…

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04/23/2019

Kitniyot and Gebruchts

Are you Ashkenazi or Sephardi? Hungarian, Yekke (German), Litvak…

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04/23/2019

Rabbi Joseph Ber Soleveitchik

Few personalities have done as much to define the Modern Orthodox Jewish…

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04/23/2019

Study the Works and Torah of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

In honor of the yahrzeit of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, “the Rav,” study…

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04/22/2019

Chol Hamoed

Most holidays in Western society last for a single day, which is often…

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04/22/2019

Can You Count to 49?

There is a commandment (Leviticus 23:15) to count the 49 days that…

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04/22/2019

Make Sure to Count Up to Shavuot

Create nightly reminders to count the 49 days of the Omer from Pesach to…

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04/19/2019

Setting the Seder Table

Before beginning the Seder, it is important to make certain that everything…

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04/19/2019

Make Your Last Chametz Meal for the Week Count!

Many have the custom to eat their last chametz meal early in the morning of…

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04/18/2019

Searching for Chametz

On Passover, Jews are commanded to get rid of all "chametz" (leaven) which…

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04/18/2019

Fast of the Firstborn

There has always been a lot of pressure on firstborn children, as they were…

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04/18/2019

Set Your Alarm Clock and Start the eve of Pesach early

There is much to do on erev Pesach (the eve of Passover). If you are a…

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04/17/2019

Why Laban is in the Haggadah

In honor of the upcoming holiday of Passover, it is time to review the…

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04/17/2019

You Are Royalty

Passover is known as the festival of freedom. And who is more free than…

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04/17/2019

New or Freshly Laundered Clothes for the Seder

Since at the seder we must see ourselves as free and aristocratic, it is…

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04/16/2019

A Holiday for Kids

Why is this night different from all other nights? Ask the kids! Or better…

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04/16/2019

OMG! Passover is Coming

The intensive physical and emotional preparations for Passover come from…

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04/16/2019

Pace Yourself with Passover Preparations!

Make sure you take plenty of time to prepare all that is needed in order to…

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04/15/2019

Four Cups of Wine

Like almost all festival meals, the Passover Seder begins…

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04/15/2019

Development of the Haggadah

On Passover night we are commanded "v'hee'ga'd'ta" and you shall…

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04/15/2019

Prepare the Haggadah Prior to the Seder

The Haggadah is meant to serve as an orderly guide to effectively convey…

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04/12/2019

“If These Walls Could Talk”

The cryptic spiritual dermatological disease of tza’ra’at differs from a…

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04/12/2019

The Great Shabbat

The Shabbat immediately preceding Passover is known as Shabbat…

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04/12/2019

Watch What You Say

Today we do not receive physiological reminders to guard our tongues, as…

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04/11/2019

The Crown of Israel’s Jezreel Valley

Today the city of Afula, with a population of 49,000, sits as the crown and…

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04/11/2019

Visit Afula

On your next trip to Israel, visit Afula and the Jezreel Valley.

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04/10/2019

Spying: Take Two

The Book of Joshua begins with God appearing to Joshua, Moses’ prime…

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04/10/2019

Adaption is a Sign of Wisdom

The wise make appropriate changes to transform failure into success.

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04/09/2019

Unicorns

Young girls often wish for fairies, and brash youth dream of dragons. There…

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