Ohr Somayach - Holidays / Pesach

The first Seder begins on Wednesday April 8, 2009
Passover ends on Thursday April 16, 2009

Featured Articles:
Up to the Brim
by Rabbi Reuven Lauffer
The Matza Message
by Rabbi Mendel Weinbach

The Malbim Haggadah
A remarkable essay which reveals the secret of the structure of the Haggadah, a puzzle which has challenged generations of scholars

Guide to Shabbos Erev Pesach from Targum Press

Buy Pesach tapes online

Haggadah & Seder

Four Sons - One Father

Kid-Stuff
Is Chad Gadya just a children's song or is it something much much more?
The Malbim Hagaddah
A remarkable essay which reveals the secret of the structure of the Haggadah, a puzzle which has challenged generations of scholars
Why Is This Night...?
The Kinder Torah Haggadah Companion - relive with your children going out of Egypt
Into the Light
The essence of the Passover story is a journey from slavery to freedom, from darkness to light.
The Four Sons
An analysis of who exaclty the 4 Sons really are
Favorite Haggadah Insights

Creation of Unity
Pesach offering, matzah, and maror
Stealing for the Next Generation
Exploring the meaning of stealing the Afikoman
La Hagad de Malbim
The Malbim Hagadah in Spanish

Laws & Customs

Pesach Cleaning Primer

The Complete Pesach Primer (PDF)

The Laws of Pesach
Reviewed by Rav Yonason Wiener
Laws of Festivals

Laws of Yom Tov (advanced)
Reviewed by Rav Yonason Wiener
Hagalas Kailim - Kashering Vessels
Reviewed by Rav Yonason Wiener
The Search for Chametz

The Laws of the Pesach Seder - Unleavened
A bare-bones guide to conducting the Seder.
Pesach on Saturday Night
Fast of First Born, Bedikatz Chametz, Shabbat Meals
Meaning of the Four Cups

Kitniot/Legumes on Pesach

How to Roast the Egg for the Seder Plate

Spilling Drops & Refilling Cups of Wine

Origin of Afikoman

Chametz After Pesach

Why is Selling Chametz Allowed?

Eating Out On Pesach

Pesach Themes

Up to the Brim

The Matza Message

Shelf Life

Inside Out
Tradition, Modern & Pre-Exodus Jewish Identity
Rabbi Berel Wein Speaks on Pesach Cleaning

Passover Today
Why even the most assimlated Jews still keep Passover Seder
The Principles of Faith
Why so many commandments comemmorating the Exodus from Egypt?
As Is the Darkness, So Is the Light
Freedom can only be truly appreciated after feeling slavery
A Responsible Freedom the Spiritual
Exodus from Egypt
Four More Questions
Exploring the connection between the number 4 and Pesach
Freedom
The true meaning of freedom
The Worst Seder in the World
The search for spirituality at the seder
Virtual Egypt
Letting the subliminal message of the Seder penetrate our hearts
The Darkest Hour

The Sentinel
Ancient Egypt and the modern world - the connection

History

The Light of the Night
Understanding why G-d performed such great miracles during the Exodus and not constantly through out history
The Four Sons and Devolution
The 4 sons of the Haggadah as a model for all of Jewish history from The Ohr Somayach Haggadah
The History of the Haggadah

14 Sedarim to Egypt

Seeds of Eternity
The 1st seder in history
The Ten Plagues - Live From Egypt

Gilgal
The First Korban Pesach In The Land We Love
T'leh / Aries
Shabbat Hagadol

Ask The Rabbi

Incomplete Hallel

Fast of the Firstborns

Moses in the Haggadah

Mt. Sinai Without Torah Would Have Been Enough, Dayenu

Dayenu on Partial Miraculous Salvation at the Red Sea

Symbolism of the Red Sea Splitting

Reasons for the Egyptian Exile

3 Matzos & the Afikoman from the Middle

No Shehechianu on Burning Chametz

Parents Who Won't Clean for Pesach

Nonreligious Roommate & Pesach

Circular Seder Plate

Kosher for Passover Pet Food

Reed Sea/Red Sea

Pesach & the Number 4

Memorizing 10 Plagues

What is "kimcha d'pischa"

Owning Stocks in Chametz

Pesach Questions
Parents with bread, The Riddle in the Middle & Why Moshe is not in the Haggada
Clean Mean Matzah Machine

OhrNet Magazine

Ohrnet Pesach 5765

Parshat Tazria - Metzora - Pesach 5763

Ohrnet Pesach/Vayikra-Shemini 5761

Ohrnet Pesach/Tazria-Emor 5760

Ohrnet Pesach 5759

Ohrnet Pesach 5758

Ohrnet Pesach 5757

Ohrnet Pesach 5756

Torah Weekly Pesach 5755

Light Lines Pesach - Tazria 5760

Light Lines Pesach - Metzora/Acharei Mot 5760

Fun & Poetry

Echad Mi Yodaya (Who Knows One?) Challenge

Yossi & Co. Seder

Yossi & Co. Pesach Cleaning

Top 10 Places to Hide the Afikoman

Simcha's Torah Stories

The Other Side of the Story
The Crummy Guests
Why - Is This Night?
Poem
Dawn at the Wall
Poem