Whatever You Want
The Tikun of the Seventh Night of Pesach Just as we stay awake on the night of Shavuot and the night of Hoshanah Rabbah, so...
Tag : Pesach
The Kabbalistic Promise of Passover, the month of Nissan, and Joshua
The Arizal promised that whomever would be careful with chametz during Passover would not sin all year long. How could he make this promise and...
Cleanliness of Speech, Purity of Thought, Chastity of Deed
In the ten-rung ladder of spiritual growth outlined by Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair, three consecutive rungs are: "Cleanliness brings one to purity, purity brings one to...
Out There
"Egypt" (מצרים) means "straits," alluding to psychological blocks and states of confinement. Chametz (leavened bread) symbolizes egocentricity. Egocentricity (chametz) is the source of all psychological confinement...
The Last Exile
The four questions that we ask at the Seder table begin: "What is the difference between this night (of Pesach) and all (other) nights?" The children at...
Mouth to Mouth
Both Purim and Pesach commemorate the redemption of the Jewish People. Both begin with the letter pei (פ), which means "mouth." Informing Miriam and Aaron...
