…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…
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…
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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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]…
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…
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/….
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?…