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Join Mrs. Sarah Rudolph as she explores Hallel during the Seder. Why does it seem divided in two and what are the additions to it on Seder night? Why when it comes to Hallel why is this night different from other nights?

Tucked away at the end of birkat hamazon and just before Hallel is the peculiar custom of opening the door for Eliyahu Hanavi, Elijah the Prophet. Don’t open the door to strangers! Join Rabbi Amihai Zippor and explore why this prophet, more than all the others, has a place at our  annual Seder tables.

On Seder night we hide the matzah. Why? From whom is it hidden and what does hiding it  symbolize? This is even more interesting if one remembers that Joseph was called in Egyptian –  ‘צפנת פענח’ -the one who reveals or deciphers. Is there a connection between the words and the subjects? Join Rabbanit Yafit Clymer as she explores these and other questions about הצפון/Tzafun on Seder nigh...

Shulchan Orech is the part of the seder where we partake in the festive meal but that doesn’t mean the focus shifts elsewhere. Join  Rabbi Gidon Rothstein as he discusses what we should eat, how we should eat it, and how much we should eat. What makes this holiday meal different from all other holiday meals, the rest of the Seder aside?

This week the Gemara will introduce us to numerous cases with numerous  brothers who marry numerous sisters and then some of the brothers die.  The Gemara will explain who needs to do what to each widow. We will  learn about the concept of Zika, a bond between the brother and the  widow, and how strong that bond is. We will be finishing the second  chapter or Yevamot and w...

In Korech, Hillel tells us to make a sandwich of matzah and marror to commemorate the korban Pesach in the Beit Hamikdash. Join Mrs. Fran Miller and learn the significance of this sandwich including how our seder changed today in the absence of the Temple.

Join Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz as she explores the topic of marror from the Mishna to modern times.

What are the halachic implications of motzi matzah, making the blessing for bread over matztah? Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he discusses this and also, what to keep in mind when eating matzah on Seder night.

On most festive occasions we only wash once. On Seder night we wash twice. Join Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman as he explores the oddity of doing נטילת ידים twice, once before כרפס and once before מוציא מצה

Join Rabbi Daniel Korobkin live from the Beth Avraham Yosef of Toronto (“The BAYT”) Congregation as he presents a unique perspective on bedikat and biur chametz, the checking for and burning of chametz prior to Pesach.

How can we make sure that Pesach cleaning doesn’t become the stuff of  nightmares? Much of what people assume is necessary isn’t based on  halakhah. Join Rabbi Uri Cohen  as he explores primary sources and provides contemporary tips to make your cleaning less tense but no less halakhic.

Why is this night different from all others? How does the once-a-year mitzva of telling the Exodus story differ from the day-in-day-out  obligation to remember the Exodus? How does the uniqueness of telling  about Yetziat Mitzrayim impact the rest of the Passover Seder? Join  Rabbi Jeffrey Saks as we explore these and other questions through the teachings of Rabbi Soloveitchik.

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.

Can plastic utensils or those made from other new materials like pyrex and aluminum be kashered for Pesach? Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he learns the classical sources in search of the practical implications.

After finishing the first chapter, we will begin the second chapter of  Masechet Yevamot. We will learn about a brother who is born after his  older brother dies and leaves a widow. The Gemara teaches that this  brother is exempt from doing Yibum. We will also learn about secondary  forbidden relationships that the Rabbis decreed are also exempt from  Yibum.

Yachatz is the point in the seder where we break the middle matza in two. Join Ilana Goldstein Saks as she explores the dual nature and meaning of this poorest, and richest, of breads.

The halachot of karpas are fascinating. Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he explores what karpas means and what we must keep in mind at this point in the seder.

Rabbi Daniel Korobkin is senior Rabbi of Beth Avraham Yosef of Toron to . Rabbi Korobkin teaches a popular Moreh Nevukhim series on WebYeshiva, and he is the author of a new translation of the classic philosophic work The Kuzari: In Defense of the Despised Faith. In this episode we’ll be chatting about his father, Leonard z”l who sadly passed away in April of 2021. This discussion is based on an i...

Join Rabbi Yehoshua Geller as he explores Urchatz at the Passover Seder. He will first discuss the  topic and origins of washing before dipping vegetables in general and  how this is relates to the need for asking questions on Seder night.

Join Rabbanit Shira Mirvis as she explores kadesh, the first point in the Pesach Seder.

Why is this night so different from other nights that it gets its own order of events? Join Rabbi Chaim Brovender as he introduces the 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 continue learning about the 15 women that are  prohibited to do Yibum or Chalitza due to familial relationships. Not  only are they forbidden from doing Yibum and Chalitza but so are their  co-wives. The next Mishna teaches that there are 6 women who are closer  to the man than the original 15. These 6 women are also forbidden to him  but their co-wives a...

This week we will begin learning Masechet Yevamot. We will learn about  the mitzvah of Yibum, Levirate Marriage, and who needs to fulfill this  mitzvah. The Masechet begins by teaching us who is exempt from Yibum and  why. We will learn several fundamental Talmudic principles in this  week’s review.

Join Rabbi Chaim Brovender for a special Purim shiur on ‘ zachor et amalek ,’ the mitzvah to remember what amalek did to us.