Cutting the Omer and Responding to Heresy
Last week, we saw the role of aviv in the Omer offering, teaching a lesson about Pesach and the Jewish calendar as a whole. This week, I think we’ll find out that the Omer (and, by extension, the...
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Viduy Maaser is done on the 7th day of Pesach. Click here to find out more about Viduy Maaser with Rabbi Jeffrey Saks.
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What’s the Korban Pesach About, Really?
Since Pesach is on Monday night this year, I will only be able to offer two more essays before the holiday. I wanted to use that time to untangle the Korban Pesach from the matsah and chametz that also...
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How Do Matsah and Maror Affect the Korban Pesach?
Last week, I tried to tease out the meaning of the Korban Pesach when seen on its own. Valuable as that was, it is of course true that it never did exist on its own, it was always experienced in...
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The Essential Nature of Shevi’i Shel Pesach
A Seventh Day That Is Kodesh The seventh day of Pesach is different than all other days of chag in Judaism, as is shown by its being the only one on which we do not recite shehechiyanu. While Shemini...
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The Interlinked Meanings of Sefirat haOmer
It is common to see the Counting of the Omer as anticipating our re-experiencing of Matan Torah, the Giving of the Torah, on Shavuot. By common, I mean that Rambam assumes it in Moreh Nevuchim, Sefer...
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Pesach: Remembering vs. Reliving
Pesach: Remembering vs. Reliving by Rabbi Jeffrey Saks Shiur at the Midrasha of Bar-Ilan University on Haggadat Pesach – Zechira and Sippur Yetzait Mitzrayim Click here for the source sheet.
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Viduy Maaser: What Are We Confessing?
Viduy Maaser: What Are We Confessing? by Rabbi Jeffrey Saks According to the Rambam (Ma’aser Sheni 11:4) and Shulchan Aruch (YD 331:140), we should recite Viduy Ma’asrot on the afternoon of Shvi’i...
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Rabbi Brovender Podcast on the Haggadah (part 1)
Listen below to this recorded shiur by Rabbi Brovender on the Haggadah shel Pesach (see below). This week Rabbi Brovender discusses how in order to fulfill the mitzvah of the seder we have to tell the...
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Rabbi Brovender Podcast on the Haggadah (part 2)
Here Rabbi Brovender discusses sources dealing with not eating chametz on Pesach. To view the source sheet click here. If you are in Jerusalem on Wednesday evenings at 8:00 PM you can attend the live...
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