Tag: Passover
First day of Passover sees 43% rise in Jewish visits to Temple Mount
Four hundred ninety-four Jewish worshippers ascended the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday, the first day of Passover, a 43% increase over 2024, when 345 visited Judaism's holiest site.
Hundreds of Jews took...
President Trump wishes Jews a ‘blessed Passover’
U.S. President Donald Trump published a video statement on Saturday evening wishing Jewish communities worldwide a "blessed Passover."
“I want to wish the Jewish people in America and Israel, and all around the world, a...
Renewing ‘tikkun olam’ in modern times
Moses stood up to the Egyptian slavemaster and then to Pharaoh for the freedom of his people, and with specific guidance from God, brought them through the desert to the Promised Land—today’s land of...
Passover: Long division and a short memory
It’s become fashionable—almost ritualistic—to lament the “unprecedented” disunity among Israelis today. Members of the public wring their hands over the loss of social cohesion that they insist used to characterize the country.
But let’s face...
Who will speak when the last survivors are gone?
As Holocaust survivors pass away, so, too, fades our most powerful defense against hatred: their stories. In a time when antisemitism is rising and historical distortion runs rampant, we must ask ourselves: Who will...
Di Fir Kashes – The four questions
פֿאַרוואָס איז די נאַכט פֿון פּסח אנדערש פֿון אַלע נעכט פֿון אַ גאַנץ יאָר?
Farvos iz di nakht fun peysekh andersh fun ale nekht fun a gants yor?
אַלע נעכט פֿון אַ גאַנץ יאָר עסן מיר...
What to do when Passover Eve falls on Shabbat?
Passover Eve falling on Shabbat is a rare occurrence, even in the days when months were sanctified by sighting the new moon. Years could pass without it happening. Even today, with our fixed calendar system,...
Pesach signifies the joining of the Jewish people
Passover has been described as the “Independence Day of the Jewish People”—the day of our national liberation. It is possible to describe the exodus from Egypt as the moment Jewish peoplehood was founded.
The fact...
Rare Haggadot up for auction in Bnei Brak
A remarkable Haggadah created by Jewish Brigade fighters for Passover, weeks before Israel's Declaration of Independence, recently come to light and will be auctioned today at the Brand auction house in Bnei Brak, alongside several other historically significant Haggadot.
The...
Israel warns citizens of heightened global terror risk ahead of Passover
Israel’s National Security Council issued a heightened travel advisory on Tuesday, warning that Iran, Hamas and other extremist groups could target Israeli and Jewish individuals abroad during the upcoming Passover holiday.
The NSC identified Iran as a primary actor...