Pesach 5783 Shorts
Jewish Mazal On the 14th of the month of Nissan, on the day before Passover, we are commanded to bring a special communal/personal sacrifice, known...
Category : Nisan
I Lift Up My Eyes: In Honor of the Anniversary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Birth
Rabbi Ginsburgh composed this melody last year, in honor of 120th anniversary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s birth on the 11th of Nissan. “I lift my...
The Ten Plagues
“I Went Down to the Walnut Grove” With the Ten Plagues that afflicted Egypt, God made the Jewish people conscious of Him, as the Torah...
Q&A: Ten Plagues Sefirot Correspondence
Q: As there are 10 sefirot and 10 plagues that befell Egypt, there is almost surely a correspondence between them. What would that correspondence be?...
New World Order on Seder Night
When performing the mitzvah of, “You shall tell your son on that day”—the mitzvah that prompts us to sit together on the Seder night and...
Festivals Remedy Mental Illness
The Torah is multidimensional. Chasidic thought unlocked the psychological side dimension in all its depth. One of the ideas uncovered is that the festivals correspond...
Q&A: Seder Plate and Sefirot
Q: What do the different foods on the Seder plate represent? A: First, before the festival of Pesach commences, we eliminate all chametz (leavening) from...
Liberation of the “I” on the Seder Night
Despite all the time and effort we spend preparing delicacies for the Seder table, the Seder’s main focus is the matzah and the wine. These...
Three Stories for an Abundant Pesach
It is a beloved Chasidic tradition to tell these three stories prior to the Pesach holiday. Some Chasidic rebbes retold them almost a month before...
The Kabbalistic Promise of Passover, the Month of Nissan, and Joshua
The Arizal promised that whoever would be careful with chametz during Passover would not sin all year long. How could he make this promise and...
