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  • The Taboo Against “Next Year in Jerusalem” in the American Haggadah with Professor Jonathan D. Sarna
    https://utj.org/viewpoints/videos/the-taboo-against-next-year-in-jerusalem-in-the-american-haggadah-with-professor-jonathan-d-sarna/

  • Bo – Freedom is Complicated
    https://utj.org/viewpoints/parashat/bo-freedom-is-complicated/

    …is therefore surprising to find the following matter-of-fact statement in the Torah’s description of the institution of the Passover sacrifice: וְכׇל־עֶ֥בֶד אִ֖ישׁ מִקְנַת־כָּ֑סֶף וּמַלְתָּ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ אָ֖ז יֹ֥אכַל בּֽוֹ׃ All a…

  • Participating in a Seder Via the Internet During The Coronavirus Pandemic Part II of II
    https://utj.org/viewpoints/responsa/participating-in-a-seder-via-the-internet-during-coronavirus-pandemic-part-ii-of-ii/

    6 Nisan 5780 31 March 2020 Rabbi Moshe Grussgott Kehilath Israel Synagogue Overland Park, Kansas U.S.A. Dear Moshe, I hope you and your family are well during this very trying…

  • Participating in a Seder Via the Internet During The Coronavirus Pandemic Part I of II
    https://utj.org/viewpoints/responsa/participating-in-a-seder-via-the-internet-during-coronavirus-pandemic-part-i-of-ii/

    Please note: Part II of this discussion is found here. In addition, see Rabbi Novak’s comments starting at about 10:45 of the video found here related to these responsa. I…

  • HaChodesh – Those Were the Days
    https://utj.org/viewpoints/parashat/hachodesh-those-were-the-days/

    …month you shall have the Passover sacrifice; and during a festival of seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten. בָּ֠רִאשׁ֠וֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָ֨ה עָשָׂ֥ר יוֹם֙ לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם הַפָּ֑סַח חָ֕ג שְׁבֻע֣וֹת יָמִ֔ים…

  • What is the Problem With Baruch Spinoza?
    https://utj.org/viewpoints/2022/12/what-is-the-problem-with-baruch-spinoza/

    …lecture on the Passover seder, my REITS Rav Moshe D. Tendler reminded his students that the alienated son must be welcomed, with his questions, at the Seder. If the alienated…

  • Beha’alotecha 5781 – The Best Things In Life Aren’t Free
    https://utj.org/viewpoints/parashat/behaalotecha-5781-the-best-things-in-life-arent-free/

    …are asleep or hung over from the previous night’s seder) we read from Joshua 5: Encamped at Gilgal, in the steppes of Jericho, the Israelites offered the Passover sacrifice on…

  • HaChodesh: Kiss Today Goodbye & Point Me Toward Tomorrow
    https://utj.org/viewpoints/parashat/hachodesh-kiss-today-goodbye-point-me-toward-tomorrow/

    Passover. That was easy. But it was a little too easy. The superficial, parenthetical, mention of Rosh Chodesh Nisan and Passover does not do justice to the deeper connection between…

  • Parah: “Don’t Forget to Remember Me”
    https://utj.org/viewpoints/parashat/parah-dont-forget-to-remember-me/

    …common explanation is that after Purim, we quickly turn our attention to Passover. Since only the ritually pure can eat the Passover sacrifice, we must focus on that purification process.[4]…

  • What Does the Word Pesach (פסח) Mean?
    https://utj.org/viewpoints/2022/04/what-does-the-word-pesach-mean/

    Pesach (פסח) is commonly translated as “Passover” and taken to be a reference to God physically “passing over” the Israelite houses during the slaying of the firstborn. Rabbi Saul Lieberman…

  • Translation Of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein’s Tshuvah On Peanuts On Passover
    https://utj.org/viewpoints/2022/04/translation-of-rabbi-moshe-feinsteins-tshuvah-on-peanuts-on-passover/

    A translation of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein’s responsum on eating peanuts on Passover is available from the Kosher Nexus website at https://koshernexus.org/2022/03/translation-of-rabbi-moshe-feinsteins-tshuvah-on-peanuts-on-passover/….

  • Haggadat Uvalaylah Shiro Immi (And At Night May His Song Be With Me)
    https://utj.org/viewpoints/2022/03/haggadat-uvalaylah-shiro-immi-and-at-night-may-his-song-be-with-me/

    This haggadah for Passover was prepared by Rabbi Steve Golden in close collaboration with our teacher Rabbi Isaac S.D. Sassoon. Why another haggadah when there’s already a plethora out there?…