20 chapters · by Rabbi Heschel Greenberg
Light from the Future: Haggadah Shel Pesach
Published by the Jewish Discovery Center. Every chapter is free to read below.
- Haggadah – All Dressed Up and Ready to Go Pesach Matzah and Maror Passover - the Passover-lamb that our fathers ate during the time of the Beit Hamikdash - for what reason [did they do so]?
- Haggadah – Ask, Child On all nights we need not dip even once, on this night we do so twice!
- Haggadah – Chad Gadya One of the hymns sung by many at the end of the Seder is the Chad Gadya hymn, although it is not included in the Chabad version of the Haggadah it is…
- Haggadah – Four Cups Plus One This week’s Torah portion features the four expressions of Redemption: “I will take you out...rescue you...redeem you...take you... bring you to the…
- Haggadah – Innocent by Association Blessed is the Omnipresent One, blessed be He! Blessed is He who gave the Torah to His people Israel, blessed be He! The Torah speaks of four…
- Haggadah – It’s a Command! The wise one, what does he say? "What are the testimonies, the statutes and the laws which the L-rd, our G-d, has commanded you?" You, in turn, shall…
- Haggadah – Magid Tell the Story Freedom of Speech Pesach, our sages tell us, is more than just a commemoration of an ancient people’s drive for independence saga. One of the salient themes of the…
- Haggadah – Reach for the Highest: The Sky Is Not the Limit It happened that Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah, Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Tarphon were reclining [at a seder] in B'nei Berak.…
- Haggadah – Shabbos Hagadol- Shabbos of Maturity There are many reasons given for the designation of the Shabbat that precedes Passover, as Shabbat Hagadol-the Great Sabbath. The primary reason given…
- Haggadah – Staff Eats Staffs "And with signs," this refers to the staff, as it is said: "Take into your hand this staff with which you shall perform the signs."
- Haggadah – The Four Answers One of the significant aspects of the Seder is the emphasis we place on questions; specifically, the Four Questions.
- Haggadah – The Four Sons in Ascending Order Blessed is the Omnipresent One, blessed be He! Blessed is He who gave the Torah to His people Israel, blessed be He! The Torah speaks of four…
- Haggadah – The Seder: The New World Order The obsession with doing things in their proper order is exemplified in the Passover evening service known as the Seder, which means order. Despite…
- Haggadah – The Sixteen Sons? The wise one, what does he say? "What are the testimonies, the statutes and the laws which the L-rd, our G-d, has commanded you?" You, in turn, shall…
- Haggadah – The Ten Plagues (I) Blood. Frogs. Lice. Wild Beasts. Pestilence. Boils. Hail. Locust. Darkness. Slaying of the First-born.
- Haggadah – The Ten Plagues (Ii)-The Last Three Blood. Frogs. Lice. Wild Beasts. Pestilence. Boils. Hail. Locust. Darkness. Slaying of the First-born.
- Haggadah – The Ten Plagues (Iii) Blood. Frogs. Lice. Wild Beasts. Pestilence. Boils. Hail. Locust. Darkness. Slaying of the First-born.
- Haggadah – The Ten Plagues the First Step to Freedom Blood. Frogs. Lice. Wild Beasts. Pestilence. Boils. Hail. Locust. Darkness. Slaying of the First-born.
- Haggadah – This Is the Bread of Affliction “A Kosher and Happy Passover” This is the bread of affliction that our fathers ate in the land of Egypt. Whoever is hungry, let him come and eat; whoever is in need, let him come…
- Haggadah – Windows 2448-5776 man of seventy years old, yet I did not succeed in proving that the exodus from Egypt must be mentioned at night-until Ben Zoma explained it: "It is…