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I’d like to share three remarkable stories I recently heard from their protagonist, each illustrating the power of a brachah from our Gedolei Yisroel.
Time is a prominent theme of Pesach, but it expresses itself in a unique and somewhat puzzling manner. On Pesach, we are commanded to eat matzah (unleavened bread), and eating chametz (leavened bread) is absolutely forbidden (Sh’mos 12:15). This is an incredibly strict prohibition: The punishment for eating chametz is kareis (spiritual excision).
We all want to share deep and thoughtful ideas at the Seder in order to enhance our Pesach experience. I hope this collection of divrei Torah will aid you on your journey towards a meaningful and transformative Seder night.
The struggle for the procurement of matzos for Passover for the beleaguered Jews of the Soviet Union was connected to the Soviet Jewish struggle for religious freedom.
By the time Pesach 5785 arrives, I hope Moshiach will have already arrived. But being that I am writing this article a week before Pesach and Moshiach has not yet come, we need to be optimistic and hope that he will come. A lot can still happen between now and then.
The Gemara in Ta’anis says, “mi’shenichnas Adar marbim b’simcha.” Rashi explains: These are times of nisim (miracles), and this applies to both the months of Adar and Nisan, the times of Purim and Pesach. We learn from here that the simcha we have from the miracles in Adar extends through the month of Nisan as well!
