PESAH: How to have a successful Pesah Seder?
THE MISSION
This coming Friday night, April 3rd and Saturday night, April 4th, are probably the most important nights of the year. During those nights...
Gabriel Sassoon, a contemporary version of Iyob (Job)
A week ago, on Shabbat Parashat Vayiqra, Rosh Hodesh Nisan, a great tragedy befell the Jews of NY. A tragedy that because of its...
PESAJ: ¿Vender o no vender el Jamets?
En nuestros días, en la mayoría de las comunidades judías, Ashkenazí y Sefaradí, se organiza un sistema de venta de Jamets por el cual...
PESAH: Understanding the prohibition of owning Hamets during Pesah
בל יראה
בל ימצא
השבתת חמץ
One of the elements that makes the prohibition of Hamets so unique is that, unlike any other forbidden foods, it includes the...
Mekhirat Chamets: Selling your Chamets This Coming Pesach
In our days, most communities—Ashkenazi and Sephardic—arrange a Chamets-selling system in which the community members empower the rabbi to sell their Chamets.
This procedure is...
PESAH: Invisible Hamets
הגעלת כלים
During Pesah, we do not use the same cooking utensils or tableware that we use year-round for Hamets. Why? Because although the utensils...
El artículo del rab Eliyahu Zini sobre la venta del Jamets
Algunas Objeciones A La Venta Del Jamets.
En mi opinión, uno de los textos mejor documentados que nos permite comprender los detalles y el debate...
PESAH: What is and what is not Hamets?
איסור אכילת חמץ
HAMETS
During Pesah we are not allowed to eat, benefit from or even posses anything Hamets. But, what exactly is Hamets? Hamets (or...
PESAH: Different types of Matsa
מצות אכילת מצה
Matsa (in English "Matzah") is a special unleavened bread made of a flat dough. The dough is prepared with flour and water,...
PESAH: Why Matsa?
We explained yesterday that one of the three positive Biblical Mitsvot of Pesah is eating Matsa. Now, why do we eat Matsa? There are...
