In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came...
“For the winter has passed,… the time of the songbird has arrived, and the blossoms of the tree are seen throughout the land.” (Shir HaShirim 2:11-12) We read Shir HaShirim this past Achron shel Pesach....
Hashem told us that the mon must be eaten the same day it falls. No one was permitted to leave mon over for the next day. Dasan and Aviram disobeyed and they left mon over for...
INGREDIENTS: 1 cup warm water 1½ Tbsp yeast ½ cup sugar ¼ cup oil 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 4 cups bread flour ½ Tbsp salt The custom to bake schlissel challah for the first Shabbos after Pesach is...
Abie Rotenberg is arguably the greatest living Jewish music composer. He has been producing music since 1972 with a style that has been described as “soft & sweet” with a...
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...
One of the many important halachos that we are faced with at the seder is the proper volume to eat or drink in order to fulfill the mitzvah of the...
With Pesach incredibly just days away, and as we begin once again to say farewell to pizza and pasta, we need to ask ourselves what spiritual lessons we want to...
The Rema Mi’Pano (Rav Menahem Azarya of Fano, Italy, 1548-1620) writes that the verse in Shir Ha’shirim (5:1), “Ichlu Re’im Shetu Ve’shichru Dodim” – “Eat, friends; drink to intoxication, beloved...
I. Berachah Rishonah on Maror Tosfos (Pesachim 115a, s.v. vehadar) raises a basic question regarding the maror eaten at the seder. Why, when we eat maror, do we not recite a...