Post 7 Passover Traditions Anyone Can Adopt Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew, is a Jewish holiday commemorating the Jewish liberation by God from slavery in Egypt. In the Book of Exodus, the Hebrew Bible describes the Israelites freedom under the… Read More
Post A Concise Guide to Passover Cleaning The Torah commands Israel to eat matzah (unleavened bread) for the seven days of the holiday of Passover. In addition, the Torah commands Israel to remove all the leaven (in… Read More
Post Amos’ Vision of the Third Temple Period The Torah portion of Acharei Mot (Leviticus 16–18) begins with a reference to the deaths of Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, who died bringing a “foreign fire” while… Read More
Post Can We Bring Sacrifices Without a Temple? The Torah goes to great lengths to mandate that all Jews must only bring sacrifices to the same place; the Tabernacle (wherever it stands), and, later, the Temple in Jerusalem. … Read More
Post Chol Hamoed: Sanctifying the Mundane The holidays of Passover and Sukkot (Feat of Tabernacles) are seven days in Israel and eight days outside of Israel. The first day each and, on Passover, the last day (first… Read More
Post Eager for life? Guard Your Tongue Leviticus goes into great detail describing the disease of tzaraat and the ensuing process of purification. Though usually mistranslated as leprosy, tzaraat is, in fact, a physical affliction resulting from a… Read More
Post A Night Different From all Others: A Guide to the Passover Seder On the first night of Passover, the night of the 15th of Nisan, Jews around the world sit down to a Passover Seder during which they commemorate the Exodus from… Read More
Post Mourning During the Omer There is nothing that is more joyous than being taken out of bondage by the hand of God. But immediately following the celebration of Passover, Jews enter the seven-week period… Read More
Post Reading Song of Songs on Passover There is a custom to read Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs) on the Sabbath during Passover to emphasize the love between the Jewish People and God which was epitomized on… Read More
Post Sexual Purity and the Land of Israel Leviticus chapter 18 introduces the Torah’s restrictions on sexual relations. The punishment for violating these transgressions is karet (being cut off from Israel). The title given for the list of… Read More
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Reading Song of Songs on Passover
There is a custom to read Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs) on the Sabbath during Passover to emphasize the love between the Jewish People and God which was epitomized on…