While discussing an earthenware vessel in which sacrifices were cooked, the Torah (Vayikra 6:21) and the Gemara (Pesahim 30b) explain […] Read More
Author: Magen Avot
Alenu Leshabe’ah holds deep significance and is replete with allusions. Rabbi Elazar Rokeah (Sefer HaRokeah) writes that when one recites “Hu […] Read More
The day after Pesah, Shavuot and Sukkot is known as Isru Hag. The Gemara (Sukkah 45b) expounds the verse that is […] Read More
The day after the last day of Yom Tov is known as Isru Hag and has the status of a […] Read More
The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 472:14) rules that women are obligated in all the Mitzvot that are performed at the Seder, but […] Read More
Relative to interrupting between Netilat Yadaim and HaMotzi, the laws of interruption for after HaMotzi are stricter. Just like any Birkat HaNehenin(blessings that are recited over […] Read More
The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 162:1) says that when washing Netilat Yadaim, one should raise one’s hands. This is done because […] Read More
In addition to Netilat Yadaim for bread, the Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 158:4) rules that whenever one eats food dipped into or wet […] Read More
The Mishna Berura (O.H. 158:1) explains that Netilat Yadaim was enacted for two main reasons. The first is that the Kohanim were Rabbinically obligated to […] Read More
Magid is the Mitzvah of relating the story of the Exodus from Egypt and is the central portion of the Seder. The words “Bibhilou […] Read More