ט"ו – כ"ב ניסן תשפ"דApril 22-30 2024
חג הפסח
A PEEK AT THE PARSHIOT On Pesach, the Torah is read every day, but only parts of parshiot, not entire ones. On the 1st day, we read - from Parshat Bo - about the bringing of the Korban Pesach in Egypt, and Makat Bechorot. On the 2nd day, we read - from Parshat Emor - a list of the holidays on the Jewish calendar, the mitzvah of Sefirat Ha’Omer, the 49-day count to Shavuot which begins on the second night of Pesach, and the mitzvah to journey to the Beit Hamikdash on Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot. On the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th days (Chol Hamo’ed), we read - from Parshat Bo - about the mitzvot of
CHAMETZ FOR SALE! CHAMETZ FOR SALE! On Pesach, not only can’t we eat chametz, we can’t even own it! So what do we do with all the chametz in our homes? One thing we do is sell it to someone who isn’t Jewish. We don’t sell it ourselves. We give permission to a rabbi to sell it for us. And since the rabbi doesn't know exactly how much the chametz is worth, he sells it for a dollar as a down payment, and a�er Pesach, if the buyer wants the chametz, they can nego�ate a price. Usually, the buyer ends up selling it back to the rabbi for that same dollar. If you haven’t sold your chametz yet, go to the KJ website and fill out a form. Or email permission to your rabbi to sell your chametz. Make sure to include the addresses of all the places you might have chametz (homes, school, office).
Pidyon HaBen (redeeming the firstborn male in a family), not eating chametz and eating Matzah on Pesach, telling one's children the story of Yitzi’at Mitzrayim, and wearing Tefillin. Then - from Parshat Mishpatim - we read about the holidays. Then - from Parshat Ki Tissa - we read about Moshe getting the 2nd Luchot (Tablets), and the 13 attributes of God (“13 are the ways in which God is good!” from Echad Mi Yodea!), and the laws of the holidays, including Shabbat (on the Shabbat of Chol Hamo’ed). Then - from Parshat B’ha’alotcha - we read about the 2nd Pesach, celebrated 30 days after the 1st Pesach, by those who weren’t able to bring the Korban Pesach the first time because they weren’t pure. On the 7th day of Pesach, we read - from Parshat Beshalach - the story of Kri’at Yam Suf (the splitting of the sea), and on the 8th day, we read - from Parshat Re’eh - the cycle of holidays again and the korbanot that are sacrificed in the Beit Hamikdash.
TIMES (in NY) - זמנים Bedikat Chametz:
Sunday after 8:18pm Stop eating chametz: Monday 10:38am Bi’ur Chametz: Monday by 11:46am