While most of the people I encounter this time of year are excited for Pesach, too many confuse eating Marror, bitter herbs on Pesach, with being bitter people about Pesach. Some complain about having to host family, others are...
Two Seder Insights The Secret of Maror: Objectifying Your Pain Why do eat maror, or bitter herbs, at our seder? The first seder the Jews conducted was in Egypt, on the eve of...
TOMATO, OLIVE AND CAPER SALAD INGREDIENTS: 1.5 lbs grape tomatoes, cut in half 1 6oz jar drained Kalamata olives 1 5.75oz jar drained green olives 2 tbsp capers2 tbsp olive oil 2 tsp white wine vinegar 1...
INGREDIENTS: 1 cup warm water 11⁄2 Tbsp yeast 1⁄2 cup sugar 1⁄4 cup oil 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 4 cups bread flour 1⁄2 Tbsp salt The custom to bake schlissel challah for the first Shabbos after...
Noach’s teivah was large. It was 300 amos long, 50 amos wide, and 30 amos high. It needed to be large to contain all the animals. Nevertheless, the Ramban (Bereishis 6:19) says...
One of the most interesting customs of the Pesach seder is to “steal the afikoman.” Weeks before Pesach the children plan their afikoman present and where to hide the afikoman. What is the source of this custom? Is this custom...
Last week, we spoke about the great opportunity to ask from Hashem for our needs on the night of the Seder. Rav Elya Dushnitzer said in a Shabbos HaGodol drasha that Mordechai HaTzaddik had an option to wait...
Twice during the Seder on Pesah we take a piece of food and dip it into a liquid before eating it. First, after Kiddush, we take the Karpas – a vegetable – and dip it...
One of the main staples of the holiday of Pesach is the Matzah. We are all familiar with the Matzah--a very thin, crunchy, yearsago,whileRabbiBenTzionMutsafi testified that up to 40 years ago,...
GROUND COFFEE What could be the issues with unflavored ground coffee - regular or decaf - for Pesach? Regular caffeinated and unflavored coffee is kosher for Pesach even without special supervision. Decaffeinated coffee needs a Pesach...