Olive Seedlings - שתילי זיתים

The Sefas Emes , R' Yehuda Aryeh Leib of Gur, d.1905, taught in the name of his grandfather, the Chiddushei HaRim : כי עשר מכות נגד ...

The Hagada tells us, “Anyone that speaks abundantly about Yetzias Mitzraim  (the Exodus from Egypt) is praiseworthy.” Rav Shlomo Kluger (d....

In the introductory paragraph of the maggid  section of the Hagada,  “ הא לחמא עניא ”, we find an apparently unconnected sequence of statem...

What is the unique significance of wine that we use it for the arba kosos  - the four cups of wine? Indeed, why do we use wine for kiddush ...

The Talmud ( שבת ל"א ) tells us that when a person passes away and comes before the Heavenly Court, one of the first questions he is a...

Parshas Tzav begins with a discussion of the laws involving the removal of the ash from the altar. There were two aspects to this service (...

How to clean properly for Pesach without making yourself insane. Cleaning for Pesach by Rabbi Gissinger (Thanks to Tuvia Poe fo...

Why does the Hagada begin the narrative of יציאת מצרים (the Exodus from Egypt) with the shameful statement that “in the beginning our anc...

In Parshas Tzav we read about the korban todah , the thanksgiving offering. The commentaries (Rashi, Rashbam) explain that this offering ...

צא ולמד מה בקש לבן הארמי לעשות ליעקב אבינו. שפרעה לא גזר אלא על הזכרים, ולבן בקש לעקור את הכל "Go and learn what Laban the Aramean soug...

There is a daily mitzvah of זכירת יציאת מצרים – “mentioning the exodus from Egypt” – which requires us to remember, orally, the exodus fro...