Mourning During Holidays and Chol HaMoed
YOM TOB
If the passing took place during the holiday (Yom Tob) the counting of the Seven Days begins once the holiday ends. And during...
Mourning and Festivities
Cancellation of the Seven Days (Shiv'a)
The days of the holiday also count toward the thirty-day mourning period (Sheloshim), with one exception: when mourning for...
When Pesach eve falls on Shabbat (Part 2 of 2)
THE FIRST OPTION
Yesterday we explained that when Pesach eve falls on Shabbat, like this year, we make some adjustments. For example, the fast...
When Pesach eve falls on Shabbat (Part 1 of 2)
A SINGULAR YEAR
As Pesach approaches we will begin by exploring an unusual Halakhic situation that we have this year 5781 / 2021. Pesach will...
MADE SIMPLE: A Guide for the Laws of Pesach 2021/5781
By Rabbi Yosef Bitton
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MEKHIRAT CHAMETS: When is OK to sell your Chamets?
Most communities, Ashkenazi and Sephardic, arrange a Hamets-selling system in which the community members empower the rabbi to sell their Hamets. This procedure is...
The Role of Women in the Exodus Story
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
The Sages wondered: how was it possible for the Jews to escape from Egypt? Being a slave in Egypt was like being...
Rules for the shib’a, the first seven days of mourning
The Abelim -the seven direct relatives who keep the mourning: father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister and spouse –are subject to certain limitations in...
The Challenges of Selling the Hamets
One of the best and most informed documents to learn all the details and debates around the modern selling of Hamets is a response...
The Eight Commandments Of Pesah
We are now going to review the Biblical Mitsvot of Pesah. That is, the original laws of this festival, from which all other details and...
