Pesach
Pesach (Passover) begins on the night of the fifteenth day of the month of Nissan and lasts for eight days. This holiday commemorates the departure of the nation of Israel from Egypt. Pesach marks the birth of the Jewish people as a nation led by Moshe (Moses) over 3000 years ago. This is a as much a celebration of our spiritual freedom as the physical liberation from slavery. The highlight of Pesach is the observance of the Seder, a unique ceremony performed on the first two evenings of Passover. At the Seder, we eat different special foods, we tell the story of our departure from Egypt, we sing songs and praises, and say special prayers.
- A Brief Guide to the Passover Seder By Rabbi Yaakov Menken
Learn About the Seder
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The Importance of Order, Seder
By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Kadesh By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Urchatz, Karpas, Yachatz By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Introduction to Maggid By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Maggid – Part 1: Love of Money, or Money of Love? By Rabbi Gavriel Prero
- Maggid – Part 2: Beginning with Matza By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Maggid – Part 3: Why is this Night Different? By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Maggid – Part 4: The Missing Question and Freedom By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Maggid – Part 5: Telling Others By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Maggid – Part 6: The Exodus and the Four Sons By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Maggid – Part 7: The Evil Son By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Maggid – Part 8: We Were Slaves… By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Maggid – Part 9: Relating the Chain of Events I By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Maggid – Part 10: Relating the Chain of Events II By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Maggid – Part 11: Relating the Chain of Events III By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Rachtza, Motzi Matza, Maror Korech, Shulchan Orech By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Tzafun, Barech, Hallel, Nirtza By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Why Next Year in Jerusalem? By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Who Knows One? By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
Questions and Answers
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What’s With the Number Four?
By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Would it Have Sufficed? By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Why Four Cups? By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Pesach Food By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Seven Days of Pesach By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- A Holy Nation? By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- All About Dipping By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Kid Tips By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
Perspectives on Pesach
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Freedom and Self-Awareness
By Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf
- The Exit Strategy By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Thanks for Everything By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Reliving the Exodus By Rabbi Naphtali Hoff
- Pesach Answers – Chad Gadya By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Providing for the Needy By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Actions Speak Louder Than Words By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Last Days of Pesach By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Searching for the Chametz Within By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Why Women Saved the Day By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Giving Thanks for Doors Opened By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Reading, Reviewing, Reciting By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Freedom and Speech, The Essence of Pesach By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Shir HaShirim – A Physical Song By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Pesach Selections By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- The Sound of Silence By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Matzah and Guideposts By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Ordering Priorities By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Elevated by Divine Command By Rabbi Naphtali Hoff
- Inherent and Essential Contradictions By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- And You Shall Tell Your Son By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- The Questioning Defense By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Yosef’s Bones And Splitting Of The Sea: A Lesson In Unity By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Tarnished Treasures of Pesach By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- The Importance of Order By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Nissan: A Focus of Our Attention By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- The Sandwich of the Future By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Lessons In Exile By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- The Eternal Impact of the Exodus By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
- Cyclical Celebrations By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
Recipes
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Apple Cake
By Guest Contributor
- Grilled Vegetables By Guest Contributor
- Matza Farfel with Mushrooms By Guest Contributor
- Passover Pizza By Guest Contributor
- Never Fail Brisket By Guest Contributor
- Vegetable-Matza Kuge By Guest Contributor
- Ratatoulli By Guest Contributor
- 7 Layer Chocolate Matza Torte By Guest Contributor
- Glazed Pickled Corn Beef By Guest Contributor
- Matza Apple Kugel By Guest Contributor
- Mock Chopped Liver By Guest Contributor
- Dessert Matza Balls By Guest Contributor
- Baked Apples By Guest Contributor
- Sweet and Sour Meatballs By Guest Contributor
- Baked Fish Roll Up By Guest Contributor
- Matza Brei By Guest Contributor
- Chicken Soup By Guest Contributor
- Chocolate Chip Cookies By Guest Contributor
- Spinach Latkes By Guest Contributor
- Cucumber Salad By Guest Contributor
- Strawberry Ices By Guest Contributor
- Chocolate Cake By Guest Contributor
- “Homemade” Gefilte Fish By Guest Contributor
- Matza Toffee By Guest Contributor
- Brisket By Guest Contributor
Other Classes on Pesach by Torah.org's Parsha Authors
- Afikoman: Concealment and Discovery
- Celebrating Submission
- Emotional Slavery
- Faster Than Time
- Freedom and Self Awareness
- Getting in Touch With Our Inner Slaves
- Guidebook to Life
- It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Pesach
- Leaving Egypt
- Matzah and Maror – Worthy Mechutanim
- Nissan
- Out of Egypt
- Parsley Is A Symbol Of Spring And Other Misconceptions
- Passover Near Baghdad
- Pesach
- Pesach – The Season of Emunah The Shmuz on the Parsha
- Pesach Cleaning
- Pesach Preparations
- Pesach: Kindliness is G-dliness The Shmuz on the Parsha (5777)
- Pesach: The Challenge of True Freedom
- Pesach: What We Eat and Why We Eat It
- Re-Connecting to Nature
- Search Party
- Shabbos and Pesach
- Shabbos HaGadol L’Katan Perceptions (5777)
- The Chosen People
- The Disciplined Path to Freedom
- The Four Sons
- The Great Shabbat of Paradoxical Freedom Rabbi Wein (5779)
- The Lesson of the Sheep: Sweat the Small Stuff
- The Man On The Bima
- The Seder Guest
- Understanding Egypt
- What’s With the Fours?
- When It All Began Lifeline (5779)
- Wine, Matzah and Tchaikovsky
- Death of the Firstborn Haaros (5780)
- Matzah – To Elevate and Conquer Areas of Spiritual Weakness Rav Frand (5783)
- Haggadah shel Pesach: An Overview and Explanation of Three Sections from the Haggadah Mikra (5777)
- How Do We Approach This Child? Dvar Torah (5764)
- Matzah Motivators Lifeline (5781)
- Pesach 2013: Frequently Asked Questions Weekly Halacha (5773)
- Slavery of Freedom? Perceptions (5781)
- Team Meeting Dvar Torah (5783)
- Forgotten Chametz Parsha Halacha for the Shabbos Table (5784)
- On All Other Nights We Eat Chametz and Matzah Rav Frand (5784)
- Pesach In Command Perceptions (5761)
- The Great Shabat Rabbi Wein (5773)
- The Great Shabbat Hamaayan (5764)
- The Real Us! Dvar Torah (5772)
- Passover Never Passes Over Dvar Torah (5762)
- All Alone Hamaayan (5768)
- Jogging Ancient Memories Dvar Torah (5763)
- The Servants of G-d Lifeline (5763)
- Exodus – What Does it Mean to Be Free? Olas Shabbos (5765)
- The Passover Order Perceptions (5774)
- The Shir — Hallel at Purim and Pesach Haaros (5782)
- “HaKol B’Seder!” Dvar Torah (5762)
- 15 Steps To Freedom Dvar Torah (5757)
- 4 Seder Cups & 1 Yiddishe Cup Edutainment Weekly (5783)
- A Lesson Learned Table Talk (5767)
- A New Outlook Kol HaKollel (5763)
- A Ritual Memory Transfer Rabbi Wein (5778)
- A Speck of Chometz Perceptions (5778)
- A Whole World (5779)
- All The Days of Your Life Dvar Torah (5765)
- Amongst the 20% Dvar Torah (5779)
- Another Link in the Chain Parsha Insights (5778)
- Break Free! Lifeline (5756)
- Chad Gadya: The Joys of Animal Noise Legacy (5783)
- Chased by the Taste Dvar Torah (5766)
- Class 3ᅠ- Parshas Hachodesh Jerusalem Views (5759)
- Class 73 – Pesach Jerusalem Views
- Dayeinu — Always Enough to Say Thank You! Rabbi Wein (5779)
- Delicious Answers Dvar Torah (5781)
- Early Emancipation and Sour Grapes Olas Shabbos (5764)
- Everyone is Invited! Legacy (5778)
- Exodus, Phase 2 Perceptions (5778)
- Father-on-Loan Olas Shabbos (5758)
- Feeling Jewish Rabbi Wein (5774)
- Forget Your Belt… Kol HaKollel (5762)
- Good ‘Till the Last Drop Dvar Torah (5769)
- Ha Lachma Anya Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha (5771)
- Haftorah Summary for Shabbos Hagadol Haftorah Summary (5777)
- Hagadah Shel Pesach Perceptions (5764)
- Hagaddah Insights Rav Frand (5778)
- Haggadah Shel Pesach (I): The Two Haggadot Mikra
- Haggadah Shel Pesach (II): The “Four Sons” Mikra (5777)
- Hamaayan Haggadah for Pesach Hamaayan (5780)
- Hilchos Pesach: Questions And Answers Weekly Halacha (5782)
- In Lamb Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha (5778)
- In the Heart of “This Night” Dvar Torah (5770)
- Intimacy On A Higher Scale Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha (5774)
- Is There an Expiration Date on Gratitude? Dvar Torah (5777)
- Its Day in the Sun Dvar Torah (5778)
- Korban Pesach Shem MeShmuel (5778)
- Liberate Yourself! Lifeline (5762)
- Matzah – How Much Must We Eat? Weekly Halacha (5783)
- Matzah and Maror – Worthy Mechutanim Olas Shabbos (5759)
- Matzah Reality Perceptions (5782)
- Maybe Next Year, in Jerusalem! Dvar Torah (5768)
- Next Year In Jerusalem – If… Rav Frand (5778)
- Now, Chew on That Dvar Torah (5784)
- One by One Dvar Torah (5779)
- Out of Order Dvar Torah (5774)
- Passover in Israel Rabbi Wein (5782)
- Pesach Perceptions (5770)
- Pesach Sfas Emes (5778)
- Pesach and the Mitzvos, Brachos on the Kosos Haaros (5783)
- Pesach Issues Weekly Halacha (5779)
- Pesach Weather Rabbi Wein (5765)
- Pesach, Matza and Moror Haaros (5782)
- Pesach: The Obligation of Profound Appreciation Dvar Torah (5764)
- Pesach: Reaching the Level of Ahavas Chinam Rav Frand (5781)
- Raising Consciousness about Pesach Sheini Sfas Emes (5778)
- Reaching the Level of Ahavas Chinam Rav Frand (5778)
- Satisfied- We Sing! Dvar Torah (5778)
- Sea the Miracle Table Talk (5764)
- Service Call Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha (5783)
- Shabbos Erev Pesach: Frequently Asked Questions Weekly Halacha (5761)
- Shabbos Hagadol Dvar Torah (5759)
- Shabbos HaGadol Perceptions (5781)
- Something Great and Awesome Dvar Torah (5771)
- Splitting The Marriage Atom Legacy (5782)
- Symbolism Over Substance Drasha (5778)
- Taking It Personally Kol HaKollel (5764)
- Telling the Story of the Exodus: Once Upon a Time… The Living Law (5779)
- Thank You Note Lifeline (5779)
- That’s Our Story and We’re Sticking to It! Dvar Torah (5781)
- The Eating of the Pesach Haaros (5779)
- The Exodus from Egypt Today Dvar Torah (5782)
- The Fifth Son Rabbi Wein (5778)
- The Great Shabbos Rabbi Wein (5760)
- The Great Shabbos Rabbi Wein (5768)
- The Great Shabbos Olas Shabbos (5758)
- The Marshmallows of the Future Dvar Torah (5784)
- The Master Key to Door after Door Dvar Torah (5777)
- The Meaning of Freedom Lifeline (5760)
- The Pandemic and Pesach Haaros (5780)
- The Search For Chometz Weekly Halacha (5758)
- The Seder of an Eternal People Lifeline (5784)
- The Structure Of The Seder: V’Nomar L’Fanav Shirah Hadashah Mikra
- The Symphony Of Life Kol HaKollel (5783)
- The Two Haggadot Mikra
- There’s One in Every Generation Lifeline (5759)
- These Really Are The Good Old Days Dvar Torah (5777)
- This Night Dvar Torah (5767)
- Timeless Perceptions (5783)
- To Be Chosen Again Dvar Torah (5768)
- To Express a Higher Yes! Dvar Torah (5766)
- What is the Question? Dvar Torah (5763)
- Who Knows One? Dvar Torah (5772)
- Who We Work For Dvar Torah (5782)
- Who’s Listening Dvar Torah (5778)
- Why On This Night Do We Dip Twice? Kol HaKollel (5782)
- Worth the Struggle Dvar Torah (5767)
- You and Your Sons Lifeline (5757)
- HaChodesh Hazeh Lakhem Mikra
- HAGGADAH SHEL PESACH: An Overview and Explanation of Three Sections From the Haggadah Rambam
- The Mitzvah of Haggadah Rambam
- The Role of Eliyahu at the Bris Rambam
- Parshas Acharei Mos/Pesach Gal Einai (5767)
- Chagim U Zemanim – Shabbat Hagadol and Pesach Shem MeShmuel (5764)
- Searching for Chametz Nesivos Shalom (5769)
- Eternal Skipping Nesivos Shalom (5769)
- Enlarging the Retelling Nesivos Shalom (5769)
- Begun in Shame Nesivos Shalom (5768)
- Four Chassidic Sons Nesivos Shalom (5768)
- Gifts From the Sea Nesivos Shalom (5768)