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The Haggadah Collection At The Library Of Agudas Chassidei Chabad

The prestigious Haggadah collection of Chabad’s Central Library began in December 1924, when the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, acquired the collection of…

By Staff Writer

April 21, 2024

Passover

Preparing for Passover Under Fire

Chabad Centers Will Welcome Seder Guests in a Changed World

By Tzemach Feller

April 18, 2024

Passover

The Annotated Seder Plate: Insights, Tidbits, and Fun Facts

Haggadah Since escaping Egypt, the Jewish people have celebrated Passover by telling the story of the Exodus. Over time, the story became more formal and…

By Boruch Werdiger

April 18, 2024

Passover

Seders To Remember: Pickpocket At The Prison Seder

Rabbinical students travel the world, bringing the entire Seder to Jews who live far from the madding crowds. Here are some glimpses of their experiences.

By Staff Writer

April 15, 2024

Passover

Sell Your Chametz – Online

SELL YOUR CHAMETZ ONLINE

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

April 15, 2024

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Editorial

Sons And Daughters At The Seder Table

It was unseasonably cold on the first night of Passover back in 1979. Snow had fallen the day before and melted into slush puddles that…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

April 14, 2024

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Passover

Five Communal Leaders Share Their Dream Seder Guest

We asked Chabad representatives to tell us which biblical, Talmudic or medieval personality they'd like to have at their Seder table.

By Staff Writer

April 14, 2024

Passover

More Questions For The Seder Table

Jewish people love to ask questions. As part of the Passover tradition, we ask four at the Seder table. We asked four Chabad representatives our…

April 12, 2024

Boxes and suitcases came and went, but not ours. We tried not to panic.

By Danny Denburg

April 15, 2022

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Passover

Massive Pesach Seders Welcome Refugees Across Europe

This Pesach, Chabad centers across Europe are hosting the largest seders in their history

By Yoni Brown

April 15, 2022

Passover

Seder In The Bar

It was past midnight. The grand communal Seder ended on a high note. But this rabbi wasn’t about to call it a night.

By Rabbi Berel Levertov

April 14, 2022

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Passover

Haggadah Marginalia

The Haggadah is one of those oceanic Torah texts. It invites continual return and reengagement, as we come back each year at the seder, to…

By Boruch Werdiger

April 13, 2022

Passover

Guest Editorial: Why Is This Night’s Matzah Different?

It’s 2022, and this year your matzah may likely taste radically different from all other Passover matzahs. The simple Passover matzah, made of nothing but…

By Rabbi Gedalia Potash

April 10, 2022

Hospital

A Stranger in the Land

I had never seen thirty-three degrees Fahrenheit on the weather forecast. My English isn’t great, and I felt so alone.

By Staff Writer

March 25, 2021

Editorial

A Personal Affair

In the days leading up to the Seder last year, as I scrubbed my kitchen clean of chameitz, I questioned the point of this highly…

By Baila Olidort

March 25, 2021

Passover

Frissons Of Redemption

The theme of redemption is universal, and, perhaps this year more than ever, it resonates on many levels. Here, we invited some writers and poets…

By Staff Writer

March 17, 2021

Passover

“And You Shall Tell Your Child” Part 1

We asked individuals engaged in various Jewish educational models to explore "how we might better nurture Jewish children today to grow proud to identify with…

By Staff Writer

March 16, 2021

Hospital

A Warm Hug on a Cold, Lonely Street

About five years ago, I was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), which causes thickening of the heart muscle.

By Ashira Weiss

January 6, 2021

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