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By the Numbers
12 Facts About the Four Cups
We drink four cups of wine at the Seder. What do they represent, and how must they be drunk? Get the facts here.
We drink four cups of wine at the Seder. What do they represent, and how must they be drunk? Get the facts here.
The Haggadah in Chabad Literature
Rabbi Zevin provides a comprehensive survey of Chabad literature on the Haggadah, beginning with the Tanya authored by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi.
Rabbi Zevin provides a comprehensive survey of Chabad literature on the Haggadah, beginning with the Tanya authored by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi.
The Pharaoh Paradox
In a world where the internet can feel infinite, it's easy to lose ourselves. Like the work the Pharaoh imposed on the Israelites, it has no end, no destination, and no real meaning.
In a world where the internet can feel infinite, it's easy to lose ourselves. Like the work the Pharaoh imposed on the Israelites, it has no end, no destination, and no real meaning.
Freeman Files
Four Amazing Opportunities This Passover You Don’t Want to Miss
Ask those questions. Eat bitter herbs. Swallow matzah. Drink another cup of wine. And ask the questions that come from the bottom of your heart.
Ask those questions. Eat bitter herbs. Swallow matzah. Drink another cup of wine. And ask the questions that come from the bottom of your heart.
Your Questions
Is Baking Powder Kosher for Passover?
Baking powder does not contain any problematic ingredients, but as with any commercial product, baking powder should only be used if it has reliable kosher-for-Passover certification.
Baking powder does not contain any problematic ingredients, but as with any commercial product, baking powder should only be used if it has reliable kosher-for-Passover certification.
History
Voices
"He that kills a person accidentally... shall remain [exiled in the "city of refuge"] until the death of the High Priest" (Numbers 35:11, 25). Why is the High Priest to blame? ... Said a venerable old scholar: I heard an explanation at one of the seasonal lectures of Raba, that he failed to pray for his generation. As was the case of that fellow who was devoured by a lion some three parasangs from Rabbi Joshua ben Levi's town, and Elijah the Prophet refused to visit Rabbi Joshua on that account for three days...
— Talmud, Makot 11a
Print Magazine
Afterlife is a very rational, natural consequence of the order of things.
After all, nothing is ever lost—even the body only transforms into earth. But nothing is lost.
So too, the person you are is never lost. That person—that soul—only returns to its origin.
If your soul became acutely attached to the material worl...
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