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At the half way mark into Pesach I am a little late posting this, but as they say better late than never! I stumbled on this great video over on the meaningfullife.com site while looking for some Omer Counting resources (BTW I will also be getting to a post on the Omer and yup [...]

I haven’t listened to this one yet but it looks interesting.
Chancellor Arnold Eisen discusses the message of the Passover seder and its instruction to engage the next generation, to engage their questions, and inspire their participation.
You can listen here.

Note: I suppose what follows is something of an “unintentional” follow up to Yair’s last post! I hope that I’m not treading on his toes but this post has been brewing in my minds eye for a week or two, and I really wanted to get it out there.  
This is the first year that my [...]

The following information about the order of the Seder was taken from The Interlinear Haggadah while the commentary is entirely my own.
Kaddesh - Recite the Kiddush

Just as we thank G-d for the sweet grapes that make the wine, I also thank G-d for the sweet taste of Torah that was given to the Jews and [...]

As most of you know I’m a huge fan of Reb Zalman so when I saw that www.rzlp.org  had posted his Pesach booklet, (not sure what else to call it) I thought I would whip up a quick post, letting people here know about it!  It really is worth reading!
While we are on the subject [...]