Alenu Leshabe’ah holds deep significance and is replete with allusions. Rabbi Elazar Rokeah (Sefer HaRokeah) writes that when one recites “Hu […] Read More
Category: Pesach
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
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
The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 429:2) writes that during the month of Nissan, one does not recite Tahanun, “Tzidkatecha” or eulogies and […] Read More
The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 470:1) rules that firstborn males fast on the eve of Pesah and the source of this law […] Read More
The Mishna (Pesahim 10:8) states that one may not partake of desserts or similar foods after eating the Korban Pesah, which is now […] Read More
There is a general prohibition to have a non-Jew perform a forbidden labor (Melacha) on Shabbat, either by telling them […] Read More
The section that follows Karpas is Yachatz. In Yachatz we cut the Matza into two pieces and the reason for this is given in the Gemara: “Darko […] Read More