Hol Hamoed: The Intermediate Days of Passover
Although they are not full festivals, they are still holy relative to ordinary days.
Kitniyot: Not Quite Hametz
The Passover debate surrounding rice, millet, corn and legumes.
Passover and Blood Libels
The accusation that blood was used to make wine or matzah for Passover was a pretext for attacks on Jews.
Question: How do I celebrate the in-between days of Passover?
How to mark the middle days of the eight-day festival.
Passover 2024
In 2024, the first Passover seder is on Monday, April 22.
Passover 2024
Why Jews Read the Song of Songs on Passover
Song of Songs is an erotic poem that compares young love to gazelles frolicking in the field. So why is it read on the holiday of liberation?
Is the Passover Story Eternal?
A debate among the ancient rabbis speaks to a stark difference of opinion about the operation of Jewish memory.
Mimouna: A Post-Passover Celebration
An exuberant Sephardic custom whose origins are the subject of debate
Why Passover Is Important
Commemorating the foundational event in Jewish history makes Jews who they are.
Next Torah Portion
Summary
Moses said again God’s commandment to the Israelites, “This is the law of the Passover offering. You must remember this day as a covenant between Me and My people. Remember, this day you were freed from Egypt by God to go to the land of milk and honey. Remember, this day, for all generations and honor Me by not eating any leavened bread.”
“Remember also,” Moses said, “to redeem every first-born, whether animal or child, so that your children will ask, ‘what does this mean?’ Then you can answer to them, ‘It was with a mighty hand that the Lord brought us out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage.’”
Featured Commentary
Passover (Pesach) 101
What you need to know about the festival of freedom.
Past and Present of Jewish Romania: From Transylvania with Love
Hosted by: Qesher
Envisioning Women from the Torah: The Art of Midrash
Hosted by: The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at Case Western Reserve University
Daf Yomi
Bava Metzia 59
My children have defeated me.
Bava Metzia 58
Verbal exploitation.
Bava Metzia 57
The Temple’s interest.
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Our weekly Shabbat newsletter, Recharge, features a thoughtful, timely essay to enrich your Shabbat. Here are a few of our recent pieces:
From Disgrace to Praise
Why does Jewish tradition instruct us to endlessly retell the story of our ancestors’ enslavement?
A Passover Beyond Words
The visceral cries of the enslaved Israelites, not their words, was essential to the process of liberation.
Rituals of Return
My return to sacred space.
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