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| The Fifth Son |
| By Rabbi Berel Wein |
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| There is a fifth child that sits at the Jewish Seder table in our time. He has no qualms about marrying a non-Jew, he is probably liberally pro-Palestinian... |
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| The KP Brain |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Without a doubt, our homes are all kosher for Passover. But what about our brains? Have we done anything about ridding them from troubling and forbidden thoughts? |
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| One Short Night |
| By Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach |
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| Seder night is when we tell our children there is one G-d. There is one Torah. There is Eretz Yisrael. There's no time to waste - there's much to do in one short night... |
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| Passover: Dread or Dream? |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| We're all extremely cautious about packing and unpacking the Passover porcelain and the crystal wine goblets; let's be as equally cautious with our children's souls... |
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| Healthy Eating During Pesach |
| By Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum |
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| Healthy food is only a vessel for Hashem’s life-giving light, whereas keeping Hashem’s mitzvoth connects us directly with the light of Creation... |
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| The Finest Fabric |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| So much of this world is like a cheap fabric with a lot of sheen. Then again, there's an apparent dull-looking fabric that never loses its shape... |
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| Four Cups, Four Mothers |
| By Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum |
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| The Maharal explains that whereas Pesach Matzah and Maror are in the merit of the Avot (Fathers), the Four Cups correspond respectively to our four holy mothers... |
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| The Dawn Will Come |
| By Batya Rosen |
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| “In every generation, our enemies rise up and try to destroy us, but the Almighty G-d saves us from their hands!” Our primary enemy is not Hamas, or Hizbollah, or Iran… |
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| Counting the Omer |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| True freedom, which includes liberty from social pressure and bodily urges, comes only from Torah. Therefore, although we break off the chains of... |
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| Chatzkel and Chaim |
| By Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak |
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| Chaim’s Seder table is oozes opulence, yet he can’t seem to relate to what’s going on. Chatzkel, with his bare necessities, is elated. What’s the difference between the two? |
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| Pesach and Financial Freedom |
| By Rabbi Chaim Feld |
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| The Jewish calendar is a system for self-growth. Specific times are embedded throughout the year to allow us easier access to change certain areas of our lives. |
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| Holy Sweetness |
| By Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach |
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| Passover is a sweetness so whole, that your mind and your emotions must be whole to taste it. One must connect with G-d to taste this holy sweetness… |
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| Shabbat HaGadol: No More Chains |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Shabbat HaGadol teaches us that we can do anything if we so desire; no obstacle can prevent us from performing the most difficult of mitzvoth... |
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| The Key to Freedom |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| Did G-d systematically and utterly decimate Egypt and miraculously free the Jewish people so that they could go out mimic the Egyptian lifestyle in their own way? |
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