Passover

Seder night: A crumpled white shirt reveals Passover’s deeper meaning

Rav Amital’s lesson shows that even a rushed Seder can be meaningful and spiritually powerful.

‘Our revered Rosh Yeshiva Rav Yehuda Amital (pictured 2007) gathered us and shared his experiences from the labor camps during World War II.’
'Although it is a great joy for us that god took us out of Egypt and redeemed us, it is still painful for us that through this others were destroyed.'

The Seder’s message: Why we diminish our joy for others’ pain on Passover

A MAN wraps fresh matza during Passover in Ashdod in 2016

Passover Seder night: The deeper meaning of matzah and the urgency of the Exodus

Passover at Keshet Te'amim

Ready-made food for Passover


Life under fire, shifting battle lines, and history’s role in Israel’s present conflicts

The Jerusalem Dispatch podcast hosts Calev Ben-David and Ruth Marks Eglash offer a window into daily life in Israel amid ongoing regional conflict, as well as broader strategic implications.

Life under fire, shifting battle lines, and history’s role in Israel’s present conflicts

From Egypt to Jerusalem: Passover inspires hope and security - opinion

“Next year in Jerusalem” reflects centuries of faith, miracles, and God’s ongoing protection of the Jewish people.

 A traditional Seder table setting.

Passover cleaning is more dangerous this year – this is how you protect your family members

The days before Passover are when people clean their homes, and reports of poisoning from cleaning materials rise. This year, with children at home, the risk is even greater.

Strong cleaning materials help us keep the home sparkling, but they can be harmful if not used correctly

Replacing slave mentality with mission mentality this Passover - opinion

Israel must shed its siege mentality this Passover and embrace a mission-driven vision for its people and the world.

An empty Knesset Plenum

In every generation: The revolutionary spirit of Passover - opinion

Our story is not one of strength but of vulnerability; not of total victory but of powerlessness.

Exodus from Egypt (Edward Poynter)

Ahead of Passover: iDigital expands its trade-in program for Mac and iPad computers

The chain is launching a holiday upgrade promotion, allowing customers to trade in old devices – including PCs and Android smartphones – for significant credit toward a new iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

iDigital

Passover’s missing heart: The silence at the Seder table - opinion

In Temple times, the Seder was not just a storytelling evening. It was built around a real offering brought in Jerusalem.

  A family sit together for the Passover Seder in Ramat Gan, in 2021

Make this year’s seder meaningful when tables are smaller - opinion

We are a link in a chain that stretches back over three millennia, a chain that has endured exile, persecution, and upheaval, yet has never been broken.

 An illustrative image of a Passover Seder plate.

Passover and the Holocaust: Why Judaism refuses to build identity on tragedy - opinion

The only safeguard against this constant danger is constant vigilance: seeing Jewish duty as the greatest of privileges.

DO WE not have the right to mourn, to take stock of our losses? Pictured: Direct Iran missile hit in Arad, seen March 22.

We are living the Haggadah: The war gives new meaning to the story of freedom

On this night of Jewish history, remember that we are not only telling the Haggadah. We are living it. Let its story meet our moment.

An Israeli family enjoys a "Seder" Pesach on the first night of the Jewish holiday of Pesach. April 22, 2024.