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What is the reason we recline at the seder? How important is it? Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he explores the practical halachic applications regarding leaning back, leaning to the side, or even lying down at the Pesach seder.

Hallel on seder night can be one of the highlights of the Seder as we sing our way to freedom. Join Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz as she explores the deep message in it being spread out throughout the evening

We may say Birkat Hamazon hundreds of times throughout the year; is it any different when it’s part of the Pesach seder? Join Mrs. Sarah Rudolph as she explores ways of relating this night’s Grace After Meals directly to Pesach itself.

The final checking for chametz ceremony can be a fulfilling and spiritual culmination of the cleaning for chametz ordeal. Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he explores the important practical halachic issues during the final hours before Seder night.

The last thing we do at the seder before birkat hamazon is eating a little more matzah. Join Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman as he explores the reasons why taste of the matzah is the last thing we should take with us upon leaving Mitzrayim.

The Pesach Seder meal, Shulchan Orech, isn’t just special because of Bubbie’s kneidlach or her macaroons. It’s the meal of redemption, of freedom. Join Rabbanit Fran Miller as she explores the deep message in sitting together and fulfilling the mitzvah of this festive gathering.

At Korech the Haggadah makes a point of having us make a sandwich with matzah that includes maror mixed with or dipped in charoset. Join Shira Selter as she explores this important step as we make our way into the festive meal.

Remembering the bitter helps us appreciate the sweetness. Where does the bitter begin, where does it end? Join Rabbi Amihai Zippor as he explores ideas about maror which can bring depth to our seder today.

1 sandwich, 2 times saying Hallel and 2 times washing hands, 3 matzot, 4 cups of wine and 4 sons, 5 books to the Torah, 6 items on the seder plate, 7 days celebrating, 8 -it’s beyond the natural realm, 9 months of pregnancy to tell a child the Pesach story, 10 plagues, and infinite ways to tell the story of leaving Mitzrayim. Join Rabbi Avraham Shira as he explores numbers in the Haggadah.

At Motzi Matzah when we eat the matzah for the first time at our Pesach seder, what are we supposed to be thinking? Join Rabbanit Fran Miller as she explores what matzah represents. Is it the bread of our affliction, lechem oni, or bread of our freedom.

Observant Jews perform ritual washing of the hands often and especially before eating a meal. What makes it so significant at the seder to warrant it being highlighted alongside things like matzah and maror? Join Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman as he explores washing hands with a bracha at the seder.

Telling the Pesach story may be one of the most important parts of Seder night. Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he explores the practical halachic applications of Maggid.

Unlike most other chagim and shabbatot where we would place two loves of bread on the table, on Pesach we place three matzot on the table with one set to be divided in two. Join Rabbanit Yafit Clymer as she explores the world of Yachatz -breaking the middle matzah.

At this point in the seder we eat something to which we say the bracha ‘ Borei P’ri HaAdama ‘. It could be a potato, parsley, pineapple, or banana. Join Rabbi Daniel Korobkin as he explores the deeper meaning of karpas  and grounding ourselves before leaving Mitzrayim.

Urchatz is the second step in the Pesach Seder but it may bring up the first question of the night: Why do it? Join Rabbi David Sedley as he explores washing the hands without a bracha.

The korban Pesach is a fascinating topic both historically and halachically. Join Rabbi Yehoshua Geller as he explores the special sacrifice commanded to Israel as they were leaving Egypt.

How is this Kiddish during Kaddesh different from other Kiddushes? Join Rabbi Dovid Fink  for a practical guide to Kiddush at the Seder.

What is freedom? What about redemption? Join Rabbi Chaim Brovender as he provides a unique and creative view of the overall Pesach Seder.

Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly shiur on the parshat hashavua and come away with creative insights into the weekly Torah portion.

This week we will learn about the 3 prohibitions of the Nazir. Each one  has an aspect that is more stringent than the others. We will also learn  about the shaving process at the end of the Nazir period and in the  middle, if the Nazir becomes impure.

Marking the Rav's 120th birthday & upcoming 30th Yahrzeit with two special online conversations. On Sunday, March 5 WebYeshiva and TRADITION marked the 120th birthday of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt”l and his upcoming 30th Yahrzeit with two special online conversations. The second was: The Rav’s Enduring Legacy – Dr. Tovah Lichtenstein in conversation with Rabbi Jeffrey Saks Dr. Tovah Licht...

Marking the Rav's 120th birthday & upcoming 30th Yahrzeit with two special online conversations.  On Sunday, March 5 WebYeshiva and TRADITION marked the 120th birthday of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt”l and his upcoming 30th Yahrzeit with two special online conversations. The first was: The Rav’s Students Across Generations – Rabbi Chaim Brovender in conversation with Mrs. Mali Brofsky...

This week we will learn the concept of "the taste of forbidden food is prohibited" and how it relates to Nazir. We will learn the number of grapes or grape products a Nazir eats to become liable. The Gemara teaches how the Nazir shaves his head at the end of the Nazir period (thirty days).

Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly shiur on the parshat hashavua and come away with creative insights into the weekly Torah portion.

As part of the concluding ceremony, a Nazir needs to buy 3 animals for sacrifices in the Temple. If a person set aside funds for these sacrifices, and then subsequently dies, his son can use these funds, under very specific conditions, for his own sacrifices. We will then learn the entire fifth chapter that deals with accidental sanctification.