articles on Additional Lessons
Making Seder Night a Family Experience
How can we make Seder Night an event that involves the entire family?
Seder Night
The story of the Exodus must be told in a spontaneous manner, bursting out of the depths of the heart.
The Exodus - foundation of Judaism
What is the difference between the daily commandment to remember the Exodus from Egypt, and the commandment to tell one’s children about the Exodus on Pesach night?
One Minute Late
What drives a 90 year old man to come to the synagogue an hour and a quarter early? What does this have to do with Pesach?
Lessons on Additional Lessons
Is Enough Ever Enough??
The hands-down winner in the “favorite song of the Seder” contest, of course, is Dayenu. But would it really “have been enough” if G-d divided the sea & we did not safely cross it?!
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Adar II 27 5782
One Minute Late
What drives a 90 year old man to come to the synagogue an hour and a quarter early? What can we learn from this?
Rabbi Yoel Gold | Kislev 3 5782
At this Point, the Son Asks
So why did Hashem liberate them? The answer is: because they were his sons; children are treated differently. They are always excellent, charming, beloved, and sweet. Hashem always treats them “like a father who has mercy on his children,” as they are the “apple of his eye.”
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Nissan 9 5781
Sixteen Seders to Egypt
Exodus sounds far away from us, but is it so?
Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair | Shvat 6 5781
Stealing the Afikoman
How to Keep Our Kids at the Seder and On The Derech of Torah
An innocent line in the gemara about "grabbing matzot at the Seder so children will stay awake", is open to 5 totally different explanations in the rishonim, where each one sees it as a springboard for his personal educational theory. Each of these chinuchi and psychological approaches will hopefully, not only keep our children at the seder, but also "on the derech" of Torah and Mitzvot, to stay religious for the rest of their lives. In addition to the Talmudic analysis, the she'ur includes humorous anecdotes and personal experiences, which were originally delivered at a Shabbat HaGadol Drasha.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Nissan 11 5780
