Last Seder night, I sat around my table with my wife, Lucy, and our five children and my parents, and we sang a song from

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I have heard that the mitzvah of eating matzah was supposed to be to eat

Given the current difficult circumstances that Medinat Yisrael and Am Yisrael face, it’s helpful to see how the Haggadah we use at our seders can

Though the Seder night focuses on Yetziat Mitzrayim, we also mention antisemitic episodes that preceded and followed the events in Egypt. The very first Jews

In the middle of the Maggid section we arrive at the seemingly tangential story of Rabbi Eleazar ben Azaria and the discussion about the midrashic

We all want to share deep and thoughtful ideas at the Seder in order to enhance our Pesach experience. I hope these divrei Torah will

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