Jewish Treats about

Passover

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04/07/2017

The Great Shabbat

The Shabbat immediately preceding Passover is known as Shabbat…

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04/06/2017

Passover 5777-2017

“לֶחֶם עֹנִי --Lechem Oni: The Bread of Affliction by Rabbi Ephraim Z.…

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04/06/2017

Time of Freedom?

The sages refer to the holiday of Passover as Zman Chay’roo’tay’noo,…

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04/06/2017

Setting the Seder Table

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

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04/05/2017

Four Cups of Wine

Like almost all festival meals, the Passover Seder begins…

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04/05/2017

Drama At The Seder

While the basic text of the Haggadah and format of the seder is the same…

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04/04/2017

Kitniyot and Gebruchts

Ashkenazi or Sephardi? Hungarian, Yekke (German), Lithuanian? At no other…

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04/04/2017

One Goat…and a Host of Other Things

Most American children know the play song There was an Old Lady Who…

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04/03/2017

Development of the Haggadah

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

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04/03/2017

Paschal Lamb – A Unique Commandment

While most Jews have attended a Passover seder, no Jew in the last 1,900…

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04/02/2017

You Are Royalty

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

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03/31/2017

A Holiday for Kids

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

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03/27/2017

OMG! Passover is Coming

The intensive physical and emotional preparations for Passover come from…

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05/01/2016

What Not To Buy

The joyous holiday of Passover is now over. While one’s instinct might be…

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04/28/2016

Mimouna

Jews rejoice on Passover to celebrate their redemption from slavery in…

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04/27/2016

Seven Days to the Sea

The Passover celebration lasts seven days (eight days, outside of Israel.…

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04/26/2016

Chol Hamoed

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

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04/25/2016

Chag Ha’matzot

The name of the holiday “Passover,” is an allusion to God’s passing over…

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04/22/2016

You Are Royalty

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

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04/22/2016

Can You Count to 49?

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

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04/21/2016

Fast of the Firstborn

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

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04/21/2016

Biur – Burning

The night before the Passover seder, the home is thoroughly searched for…

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04/20/2016

Dipping Plagues

On the night of the seder, and whenever one recounts the story of the…

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04/20/2016

Searching for Chametz

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

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04/19/2016

Tap on the Head

The history of the Jews of Spain is one of glory and fear. By the end of…

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04/19/2016

Seek the Answer

The Four Questions (Mah Nishtana - What makes it different?) is…

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04/18/2016

The Passover Story in Brief

On Passover, we commemorate the exodus from Egyptian slavery. The following…

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04/15/2016

Kitniyot and Gebrouchts

Ashkenazi or Sephardi? Hungarian, Yekke (German), Lithuanian? At no other…

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04/12/2016

OMG! Passover is Coming

The intensive physical and emotional preparations for Passover come from…

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03/21/2016

Tzav 5776-2016

“Dressing Properly for Special Occasions” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald This…

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Passover

The holiday of Passover commemorates the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt which led to the birth of the Jewish nation at Sinai. The Passover Seder, which is held on the first (and second night outside of Israel) of Passover, is perhaps the most widely observed Jewish practice. This outline will provide you with the basics of the Passover holiday, laws and customs.

Programs and Classes

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Resources

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Articles

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