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Holiday FAQ Series

Dairy Bread (Shavuot) FAQs

Dairy Bread (Shavuot) FAQs

  On Shavuot, many have the custom to eat dairy. When serving a dairy meal, one might consider baking dairy bread; however, if doing so, it is important to be...

Dairy Bread (Shavuot) FAQs

  On Shavuot, many have the custom to eat dairy. When serving a dairy meal, one might consider baking dairy bread; however, if doing so, it is important to be...

Eruv Tavshilin FAQs

Eruv Tavshilin FAQs

Eruv Tavshilin One should hold the bread and the cooked food, and recite the Beracha followed by the text of the Eruv: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה', אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ...

Eruv Tavshilin FAQs

Eruv Tavshilin One should hold the bread and the cooked food, and recite the Beracha followed by the text of the Eruv: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה', אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ...

Koshering for Pesah FAQs

Koshering for Pesah FAQs

Includes a step-by-step guide how to kosher and a list of common appliances and utensils.

Koshering for Pesah FAQs

Includes a step-by-step guide how to kosher and a list of common appliances and utensils.

Pesah FAQs Part 1 - Preparing for Pesah

Pesah FAQs Part 1 - Preparing for Pesah

To view/download this article in PDF click here.   Bedikat Hamets Our Sages teach us, “In the merit of the righteous women, we were redeemed from Egypt.” It seems that...

Pesah FAQs Part 1 - Preparing for Pesah

To view/download this article in PDF click here.   Bedikat Hamets Our Sages teach us, “In the merit of the righteous women, we were redeemed from Egypt.” It seems that...

Genizah FAQs

Genizah FAQs

  To view/download this article as a PDF click here.   Rabbi Yisrael Elgrabli Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi   What is Genizah? Genizah is the term used for burying, or literally...

Genizah FAQs

  To view/download this article as a PDF click here.   Rabbi Yisrael Elgrabli Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi   What is Genizah? Genizah is the term used for burying, or literally...

Eruv Tavshilin (Pesah 5786)

Eruv Tavshilin (Pesah 5786)

One should hold the matsah and the cooked food, and recite the Beracha followed by the text of the Eruv: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה', אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ...

Eruv Tavshilin (Pesah 5786)

One should hold the matsah and the cooked food, and recite the Beracha followed by the text of the Eruv: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה', אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ...