Questions tagged [passover]
The holiday of Pesach, or Passover, occurs for 7 days in Israel or 8 days in diaspora in the Spring, and celebrates the Exodus from Egypt in ancient times.
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If the last day of Passover is Friday, may I eat chametz on the Shabbat right after?
This year, 5778, the last day of Pesach in Israel is on Friday. Is there any possible way that one could contrive to eat chometz on the shabbos immediately following Pesach?
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If chametz is batel before Pesach
If chametz can be batel before Pesach, why don't we buy (before Pesach) any commercially produced product with year-round (i.e., not Pesach-specific) kosher certification which does not list chametz ...
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Chabad custom of not allowing water to touch matzah on Pesach
What is the origin of this custom? This must be fairly recent and "Lubavitch-specific", because my grandparents, who were very observant, always had matzah ball soup and fried matzah with eggs for ...
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What are the minimum required sections of the Hagadah that must be said?
I am leading the Seder for my family, many whom are older people and young children who must be on a strict schedule. I.e., they have to eat by a certain time and must be asleep by a certain time, etc....
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Can you have chometz in your birdfeeder during Pesach?
I know that we are not allowed to derive benefit from chometz during Pesach, and that this prohibition extends to feeding our pets food containing chometz. (Source: http://cor.ca/view-515-pet-food-on-...
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Why are Oats Chametz if oats cannot rise
Oats do not have gluten so they cannot rise - like rice and other such grains. I could understand why they would be kitniot but why are they chametz? I know in arvei psachim there is an opinion that ...
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why do the festivals of sukkot and pesach last seven days
What is the reason for the festivals of sukkot and pesach lasting seven days.
Is there a significance/reason to the number seven here?
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Matza on 14 Iyar
I have seen a custom (it seems to me primarily among Chassidim) to eat matza on 14 Iyar (known as Pesach Sheni). What is the earliest source for this custom? What are the reasons given for following ...
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Nozir and four cups of wine
How can a nozir fulfill the mitzvah of drinking four cups of wine at the passover seder?
p.s. It is not a riddle. My son asked me this question, and I don't know what to answer him.
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tap water on Pesach
The New Croton Reservoir supplies much of New York City's tap water, and people are allowed to — and do — go out on boats and fish. I'd venture a guess that almost every Saturday and Sunday, a piece ...
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Trash as Chometz
Is the trash in my trash cans that must stay on my property during Passover still considered under my ownership?
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Is a Gentile allowed to store his/her chometz in your fridge during Pesach?
A woman has a Gentile helper live with her. She brings her own food during the year and stores it in the woman's fridge.
The fridge is cleaned for Pesach. The Gentile buys her own food and it is ...
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What happens if the non-Jew the chometz was sold to dies?
I can't imagine it has never come up before:
Someone sells their chometz before Pesach to a non-Jew. On Pesach the non-Jew dies. What happens now?
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How much is 2 Zuz worth in current USD?
As mentioned in the Passover Hagaddah, how much is "2 Zuz" worth in March 2013 US Dollars?
Please note there may be different types of Zuz: "זוזי פשיטי" and "זוזי ממש" (Ketuvot 67a).
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