Before one Pesach during World War II, the Bluzhever Rebbe was in a concentration camp and managed to salvage some flour to covertly bake a
As we enter Pesach, the holiday of faith, we must reinforce our commitment to embarking on the journey of faith. There are five stages in
First Day of Pesach The haftarah for the first day of Pesach focuses, understandably, upon the first korban Pesach offered in Eretz Yisrael, only a
The image of the ger, or stranger, appears at crucial junctures in the Passover story. In the Bereishit narratives, it is used to foreshadow the
Here is a rarity. The Rama records a widespread Ashkenazic minhag, and yet many if most Ashkenazic batei knesset no longer follow this practice but
In Parshat Kedoshim, Hashem calls upon Moshe to charge Bnei Yisroel with the mandate of “holiness.” As it states:“Kedoshim tihiyu, ki Kadosh Ani Hashem Elokeichem,You
Last Thursday, April 11, was a very exciting day. I had been waiting for weeks. Israel was scheduled to land the Beresheet rocket on the
We have all heard countless times where people say they would be a true believer if only they saw a miracle happen right here, right
Seder: A word with this root appears only one time in Tanach, at Job 10:22 (sedarim). As we would expect, it means “order.” Karpas: This
One of the stories that my father, z”l, used to tell me about his father, my grandfather, Rabbi Eyad Acoca, z”l, was that back in
May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h, and Meira Chaya Nechama Beracha, a”h,
The first seven makos took a heavy toll on Mitzrayim. When Moshe Rabbeinu gives Pharaoh the warning of the upcoming eighth plague of arbeh, locusts,
