Posted on: April 21st, 2016

Though dozens of beautiful and memorable Pesachs have passed since that fateful chag thirty-five years ago, the memory of that tragic Yom Tov is forever engrained in our family’s collective memory.

Posted on: April 21st, 2016

Stopping there, the Jewish people looked up and saw the Egyptians chasing after them.

Posted on: April 21st, 2016

First, the makka occurred on the first night of Pesach, not on Erev Pesach. Why, then, fast on Erev Pesach?

Posted on: April 21st, 2016

Polite And Respectful ‘It Is Audacious To Appoint One’s Father A Shliacht’ (Kiddushin 45b)

Posted on: April 21st, 2016

Question: What is the minimum amount of matzah a person must consume if he finds eating it difficult? Additionally how absolute is the requirement not to eat anything after the afikoman? Menachem

Posted on: April 21st, 2016

Since this action is for the other person's clear benefit, you are considered a 'self-appointed' agent.

Posted on: April 21st, 2016

Most Jews are not naïve but liberals who want to believe in a higher civilization –one that shuns cruelty and barbaric savagery, therefore they refuse to learn from our past.

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Posted on: April 21st, 2016

Pesach, the holiday that symbolizes the formation of the Jewish people, reminds us that sometimes we need to remove the evil inclination entirely so as not to fall victim to it.

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Posted on: April 20th, 2016

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Posted on: April 20th, 2016

What shall we be free of this Pesach? It is the holiday of Freedom, isn’t it?

Posted on: April 15th, 2016

Witnessing the ten plagues, that spark was fanned into a roaring flame of faith, and they woke up, until they actually lived based on that faith. How?

Posted on: April 15th, 2016

In this week's portion, the man, having been officially declared impure, is now ready for the end of his nightmare beginning his process of purification,

Posted on: April 14th, 2016

I was dumbstruck. I couldn’t help but laugh. Here we thought the idea was my husband’s but obviously the idea came from somewhere else.

Posted on: April 14th, 2016

A Year And A Day ‘Hashem...Completes The Years Of The Righteous’ (Kiddushin 38a)

Posted on: April 14th, 2016

Question: I am a psychology professor at McGill University who is doing an MA in Jewish studies. My thesis topic is the history of interpretation of the story of Rachav Hazona. In the course of my research I was trying to understand how the Midrash derived that Rahab converted.

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Posted on: April 14th, 2016

However, if one did not recline during three or four of the cups we would require him to drink them again and recline.

Posted on: April 14th, 2016

"Preventing loss is also included in the mitzvah of hashavas aveidah," answered Rabbi Dayan.

Posted on: April 14th, 2016

This concept has great relevance to us both on the receiving as well as on the giving end.

Posted on: April 14th, 2016

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Posted on: April 14th, 2016

Social media brought about a return to an ancient phenomenon, public shaming providing us a way of understanding the otherwise bewildering phenomenon of tsara’at,

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