Category: Pesach Through the Years
The Seder as a Meditation on MATZAH
As we evolve and enlighten in the course of the evening we project
Fifteen Stages of the Pesach Seder
The Fifteen Stages That Form the Backbone of Our Pesach Ritual and trace
Symbolic Resonance Permeates the Seder
Pesach 5778 / 2018 We start the seder by pronouncing the fifteen steps
Blessed Be the Makom…Blessed Be the Giver of Torah…
Pesach 5777 / 2017 HaMakom refers to the womblike vacuum produced by the
A Short Discourse on Freedom
Pesach 2016 /5776 The reward phase of history called the world-to-come is characterized
Lavan the Aramean
Lavan becomes the prototype of the irrational component of anti-semitism, the Jew-hatred that
Tikkun of Speech: Pesach 2011
On Pesach, our bodies were released from slavery and we literally exited the
The Inevitable Fall From Grace: Pesach 2009
The sedar is a ritual meditation—a symbolic reenactment of our journey from exile
Matzah: Bread of Humility
The Ari declares that “on sedar night a conception occurred, and seven days
Slavery, Redemption and Matzah
Thoughts on Slavery, Redemption and Matzah; Based on teachings by the Freidiker Rebbe
The Four Questions
The hagada is transmitting lights and instructions on many levels. There is information
The Removal of Chametz
Everyone knows that on Pesach, the removal of all chametz (leavened grains) from
The Secret of Eating at the Seder
Rabbi Tsadok HaKohen says that humanity's first sin was not Adam and Eve's
Holiday Teachings