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It states in Pirkei Avos, “don’t consider yourself a rasha.” Because as the Rambam explains, if you think you are a rasha, you will become one.

The spectacular event of Kriat Yam Suf was not only experienced by the Jewish people, but defines us. We are a nation whose natural existence extends to the supernatural. We are a people who live above and beyond the confines … Continue reading →

There are days when Hakadosh Baruch Hu bestows His goodness to His nation, Yisrael, and reveals His love to them. The most mesugal day for this is Pesach. ~ The Kedushas Levi

The Ahavas Shalom zt’l teaches that people lack parnassah because they pray to Hashem for parnassah on Rosh Hashanah, but they don’t realize that they need to pray to Hashem on Pesach and Shavuos as well.

The passuk in Vayikra 6:0 states “Eat matzah in a holy place.” What is that holy place? The Tiferes Shlomo answers that it is the mouth.  One should make his mouth a holy place, fitting to eat the matzah. We … Continue reading →

When we burn the chametz, it’s a very special time. Chametz represents the yetzer hara and sins, so when the chametz is burning, the world is being cleansed from these impurities, and the tefillos we say at this time are … Continue reading →

“Whoever says the…Haggadah with happiness, without any anger, without laziness, and without feeling that it’s a chore, chas veshalom…the Shechinah spreads out its wings on him to save him in all places and in all travels, and he merits miracles…” … Continue reading →

The Rema (Darkei Moshe) writes that when we tell the story of yetzias Mitzrayim at the Seder, it is like a tefillah, because we are praising Hashem. He says that this is the reason we wash our hands for Urchatz, … Continue reading →

I once heard a beautiful line, which so accurately depicts the night of the Seder. “The world tells their children stories to put them to sleep; Jews tell their children stories to wake them up.” ~ R’ Daniel Staum

Sometimes we believe, but it is without clarity, without certainty. The month of Nissan, and especially during Pesach, and even more so, at the Seder, we should be thinking and talking about emunah, because these are days when we have … Continue reading →