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Pesach
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What is Pesach?
Pesach is a festival that celebrates the Exodus of the Am Yisrael from the Slavery of the Egyptians.
It is celebrated for seven days in the land of Israel and 8 days outside of Israel. It is celebrated on the 15th Nissan. The night in which the Exodus Began.
What Do We Do On Pesach?
MITZVOT OF Pesach
No Chametz Allowed
Eating Matzah
Seder Night & Reading the Hagaddah
No Chamets?
Chamets or leavened bread is strictly avoided on Pesach. This includes any product that has one of the 5 grains, Wheat, barley, rye, oats and spelt. If one of these grains are in a food and that food has been allowed to rise by being left to stand for 18 minutes according to Halacha, that food becomes Chmets, and can not been eaten, benefitted from or owned on Pesach
Nowdays The Beis Din brings out a guide. Showing what foods are Kosher for Pesach.
Click Here for the Jsor Pesach Guide, a comprehensive guide for what foods are sold Kosher for Pesach, and guide for foods that can be bought (like fruit and vegetables, and how to prepare them.
Jersy Shore Orthadox Rabbinate Pesach Guide
Taste the Chamets? Kosher Your Kitchen
Utensils used in the year also need to be Kosher for Pesach.
This is either done by purchasing new, or Koshering.
Check out the Yalkut Yosef guide below for Koshering your kitchen
Sell Your Chamets
For the entire festival of Pesach it is Forbidden to
Eat
Own
Benefit
from Chamets
What if you have a large amount of Chamets too valuable to destroy?
Chazal instituted a way of selling Chamets. This is done through a Beit Din.
Please make sure chamets is sold by 11:45am EDT on 22nd April 2024
Click Here to sell your Chamets
Eating Matzah
There is a Mitzvah in the Torah to eat Matzah on Seder night. While leaving Egypt, the Jews had to rush out so fast that' there was not even time for the bread to rise '.
Therefore, the Torah commands to eat unleavened bread on Seder night.The Matzah is also a symbol of leaving Egypt, and commemorated becoming a 'free people'.
Seder Night & Reading the Haggadah
Seder night (The first night of Pesach inside of Eretz Yisrael and first two nights outside)
Is a very special night, with a big potential to bring a lot of Bracha. In order to bring down this blessing, Chazal instituted a 15-step guide to go through
known as the Hagaddah
Click Below to download our BH Pesach Haggadah
Basic Laws of Pesach
Preparing for Seder Night
Kimha D'Pisha
There is a special Mitzvah to give money for poor families to be able to make Pesach, as this can be very expensive.
Many Families Will Be Getting Food Baskets From Us As We Do Each Year.
Your Pesach Donation Will Help Us Feed Thousands of Poor Jews, Widows and Orphans In Israel While Also Bringing Protection To Klal Yisrael.There Is No Better Way To Fulfill The Clear Instructions Of The Sages This Pesach Than This.
Preparing the Haggadah
Try to prepare the Hagaddah before seder night, so that one can go through it smoothly.
Check out this video for inspiration.
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