Acharon shel Pesach

Our liberation was not yet complete. Not until the Sea of Reeds parted for us—and then crashed down to utterly destroy our Egyptian pursuers. Only then did we feel our chains fall away forever.

How the Passover time machine allows us to experience the past—and the future

If chametz is so intolerable, why do we eat it all year round? And what is the significance of the unexpected appearance of "wet matzah" on the eighth day of Passover?

Memory is a victory over time; but to truly free ourselves of time's tyranny requires the ability to not only relive the past, but also remember the future

Many communities, chassidic ones in particular, have the custom to refrain from eating gebrokts -- matzah that came in contact with water after it was fully baked -- on the first seven days of Passover...

At the conclusion of Passover, 1967, the Rebbe distributes Kos Shel Brocha, “Wine of Blessing,” late into the night.

The last day of Passover ("Acharon Shel Pesach") is particularly associated with Moshiach and the future redemption. The Haftarah (reading from the Prophets) for this day is from Isaiah 11, which describes the promised future era of universal peace and ...