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Category: Preparing for Passover
The Four Questions Hotline
Welcome to the Exploring Judaism Four Questions Hotline, with Passover Cleaning Support! We are here to answer your questions.
Exploring Judaism
March 28, 2024
Holidays
Passover
The Magic of Bedikat Hametz
Use this guide to bring the magic of bedikat hametz to your children. It can be a fun ritual with your kids, of any age.
Rabbi Julie Schwarzwald
March 27, 2024
Holidays
How to observe Passover
The Seder as a Lived Experience
We use the Seder as a lived experience by reenacting the exodus, not just recounting it. Therefore, we can all connect to Passover.
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman
March 27, 2024
Holidays
Passover
Fury and Fermentation
Learn about fury and fermentation, the concept that our anger could be spiritual hametz during Pesach and all year-round.
Rabbi Dan Ornstein
March 13, 2024
Every Day
Holidays
Pesah and Continued Kashrut Slavery: A Conceptual Reflection
A conceptual reflection of Pesah and Kashrut can bring more meaning to how we follow the halakhah of food on Pesah.
Rabbi Aaron Alexander
March 12, 2024
Holidays
Passover
The Passover Preparation Checklist
We know that preparing for Passover can feel like a daunting task. With this handy checklist, you will be ready for Passover in no time!
Exploring Judaism
February 28, 2024
Holidays
Passover
Passover Reader 5784: Not A Haggadah
Exploring Judaism's 2024 (5784) Passover Reader, Not A Haggadah, includes essays to inspire a meaningful Passover.
Exploring Judaism
February 25, 2024
Holidays
How to observe Passover
The Weird and Wacky World of Kosher for Passover
The weird and wacky world of keeping Kosher for Passover is confusing and overwhelming, especially when you're new to it. Start here!
Rabbi Sydni Adler Rubinstein
December 26, 2023
Holidays
How to observe Passover
Why Is Diversity Important at the Passover Seder?
This is why I think my family's tradition of inviting a non-Jew each year to the Passover seder is important.
Emily Jaeger
March 19, 2023
Holidays
How to observe Passover
A Guide To Hosting Your First Passover Seder
It can be daunting to prepare for your first seder. We've put together a collection of great posts that will help you get started.
Exploring Judaism
February 20, 2023
Holidays
Passover
The Important Thing That Keeps our Family “Doing Jewish”
The most important thing to teach the next generation is how to make a seder, including what comes before the festival candles are even lit.
Atty Garfinkel-Berry
April 13, 2022
Food
Passover
Biur and S’mores: Have Fun As You Get Rid of Hametz
There is lots to do to get ready for Passover. We may ask, where am I going to have Seder? How long or short will ...
Rabbi Andrea Merow
April 6, 2022
Passover
Preparing for Passover
How to Make a Seder for Everyone
The key to hosting a successful seder for everyone is to articulate a bold purpose in gathering and map the journey.
Rabbi Lauren Henderson
April 5, 2022
Passover
Preparing for Passover
Passover: An Invitation to Get Free
Spiritually preparing for Passover not an intellectual exercise. It’s a spiritual invitation to ask ourselves: am I willing to get free?
Rabbi Kerry Chaplin
April 3, 2022
Passover
Preparing for Passover
What are Kitniyot and when can I eat it?
In the early medieval period, it became customary for Ashkenazi Jews to not eat a category of foods called kitniyot. What are they?
Exploring Judaism
March 31, 2022
CJLS
Halakhah
Spiritually Cleaning the Hametz Within Our Souls
With all of this physically taxing work, it can be easy to miss the spiritual preparation for this celebration of our collective redemption.
Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz
March 31, 2022
Passover
Preparing for Passover
7 Tips for Hosting Your First Passover Seder
If this is your first-time hosting a Passover Seder, here are seven tips to make it a memorable and meaningful experience!
Rabbi Adam Greenwald
March 30, 2022
How to observe Passover
Passover
Freedom and Food Allergies
How is one with food allergies supposed to feel free when they can’t partake in the matzo balls, charoset, cake, or anything else?
Rachel Packer
March 29, 2022
Food
Health
Bringing Teens to the Seder Table
We have the opportunity to help teens create long-lasting positive connections to the very traditions they are appropriately questioning.
Rabbi Janet Ozur Bass
March 29, 2022
Passover
Passover with Children
What is an Eiruv Tavshilin?
One is only permitted to cook on festivals to make food for the holiday itself, not for other days. There is an exception: eiruv tavshilin.
Rabbi Alan Lucas
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The Observant Life (Book)
March 22, 2022
Holidays
Passover
How to Kasher Your Kitchen: A Simplified Guide
This is a simplified guide on how to kasher (make kosher) various items in your kitchen, especially for Passover.
Rabbi Jeremy Markiz
March 17, 2022
Guidelines for a Kosher Kitchen
Holidays