Erev Pesach

Special Passover blessings from the Chassidic Rebbe of Piasceztna.

Selling and searching for chametz and a detailed overview of the main points of the Seder.

It is customary to recite the order of the Passover sacrifice after Minchah, afternoon prayers, on Erev Passover. This order of the Passover sacrifice consists of the portions in the Torah, in the Prophets, and in the Writings that refer to the ...

To express their gratitude for being spared from the Plague of the Firstborn, all firstborn males fast on the day before Passover...

"If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I?" The laws of the Passover Offering contain an important insight into the eternal question, conflict and symbiosis of self and community

How do you prepare your daily fare -- boiled, baked, stewed or grilled? Fervid with desire or sodden with contentment? Whichever way you ingest your life, on Passover, there’s only one dish on the menu

Matzah represents the bare necessities of life. The Passover offering represents luxuries whose function is solely to give pleasure. Maror represents a middle ground between these two extremes...

When the Holy Temple stood in Jerusalem, the Passover offering was brought there on the afternoon of Nissan 14. Today it is commemorated by our recitation of the "Order of the Passover Offering" this afternoon, by the "shankbone" placed on the seder ...