Passover

Hol Hamoed: The Intermediate Days of Passover

Although they are not full festivals, they are still holy relative to ordinary days.

18 Items to Make This Passover Different From All Others

From seder plates and Passover treats to jumping frogs and Haggadahs, step up your seder game this year.

The 14 Key Steps of a Passover Seder

The word “seder” means order and it refers to these building blocks of the ritual.

Question: How do I celebrate the in-between days of Passover?

How to mark the middle days of the eight-day festival.


Passover starts SuNDOWN ON monday, April 22

Passover (Pesach) 101

What you need to know about the festival of freedom.

Passover Recipes

Delicious dishes for you and your family for the seder and beyond.

How to Plan a Passover Seder

A simple, step-by-step guide to hosting Passover.

What is Not OK to Eat on Passover

Your guide to which foods are customarily avoided on the holiday.

Why Passover Is Important

Commemorating the foundational event in Jewish history makes Jews who they are.

Next Torah Portion

Summary

After Israel worshipped the golden calf, Moses shattered the first set of tablets. Now Moses again ascends Mount Sinai in order to receive the new set of tablets. Moses pleads for God’s assurance of support. God reassures Moses and also reveals His 13 divine attributes. Moses then brings down a new set of tablets with the Ten Commandments.

All Passover Readings

Passover Day 3 Readings

Exodus 33:12 – 34:26
Numbers 28:19 – 28:25

Ezekiel 37:1 – 37:14

9 Things You Didn’t Know About Passover

Why Israelis have just one seder, how Gibraltar does haroset and other curiosities of this 8-day holiday.


recharge now

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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