Pesah

Leah Cypess imagines the what-ifs of Pesach cleaning.

Can we imagine a world in which the Exodus never occurred? David Curwin suggests that this - as well as a broader dispute about the relationship between Torah and history - is subject to a dispute between The Rav, R. Joseph Dov he-Levi, and his namesake, the Beit ha-Levi.

Shlomo Zuckier surveys and analyzes the debate over Zoom Seders during coronavirus.

Yosef Lindell offers a brief history of Pesah guides.

What led the Rabbis of the Seder to present Laban as a more diabolical enemy of the Jews than Pharaoh? Erica Brown shows how Laban took advantage of Jacob's insecurities as he arrived empty-handed at Laban's home.

Zach Truboff draws on personal experience in considering the place of Yizkor on Yom Tov.

Ben Lorber reflects on the meaning of ya'aleh ve-yavo.

Why is the Haggadah such a disorganized text? Lehrhaus editor Yosef Lindell offers a strikingly novel approach to the dynamic nature of the Passover seder.

Shmuel Hain comments on the leap year parshah-gap between Israel and the Diaspora.

Leah Sarna argues that this is the Passover to tell the stories of enslaved Jewish women: of the victims of October 7, who were and likely still are subjected to sexual violence, and of the heroic women in the era of the Exodus, who fought to ensure the perpetuation of the Jewish people.