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Pesach פסח

1The Meaning of the Holidayא - משמעות החג
  1. 1.The Festival of Matzot and the Festival of Pesah
  2. 2.The Festival of Freedom : the Revelation of Morality
  3. 3.Spiritual liberation from Material Enslavement
  4. 4.At the Exodus, the Material World Became a Vehicle for God's Shekhina
  5. 5.The Meaning of the Prohibition against Hametz : Pride in Relation to God
  6. 6.The Meaning of Matza
  7. 7.One Who Demeans the Holy Days
  8. 8.One Inquires about the Laws of Pesah Beginning Thirty Days before Pesah
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2General Rules of the Prohibition against Hametzב - כללי איסור חמץ
  1. 1.Four Mitzvot Concerning the Prohibition against Hametz
  2. 2.The Times When Hametz Is Prohibited by Torah Law and by Rabbinic Law
  3. 3.What Is Hametz and What Is Se'or?
  4. 4.The Definition of Leavening Dough
  5. 5.Hametz Nuksheh (Hardened Hametz)
  6. 6.Hametz So Spoiled That a Dog Would Not Eat It
  7. 7.Ways in Which There Is No Leavening
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3The Mitzva of Getting Rid of Hametzג - מצוות השבתת החמץ
  1. 1.The Mitzvot Associated with Getting Rid of Hametz
  2. 2.The Prohibition against Hametz One Owns
  3. 3.Hametz That Has Been Guaranteed by a Jew and the Status of Stocks
  4. 4.How One Fulfills the Mitzva of Removing the Hametz
  5. 5.The Essence of the Mitzva
  6. 6.When the Prohibitions of Eating and Benefiting from Hametz Begin
  7. 7.The Procedure for Getting Rid of Hametz
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4Bedikat Hametz : the Search for Hametzד - בדיקת חמץ
  1. 1.The Time for Bedikat Hametz
  2. 2.Activities Rabbinically Forbidden before Bedikat Hametz
  3. 3.The Berakha
  4. 4.Places That Must Be Searched
  5. 5.The Candle and the Flashlight
  6. 6.Must One Search for Less than a Kezayit of Hametz?
  7. 7.Do Books Require Bedikat Hametz?
  8. 8.Do We Rely upon the Cleaning Done before Pesah?
  9. 9.Hiding Pieces of Bread and Receiving Help from Family Members
  10. 10.One Who Travels
  11. 11.Does Renting One's Entire House to a Gentile Exempt It from Bedikat Hametz?
  12. 12.Bedikat Hametz after the Proper Time and the Status of One Who Rents a Hotel Room
  13. 13.Synagogue, Dormitory, and Yeshiva
  14. 14.Hametz Buried under a Pile of Dirt and the Question of Searching a Storeroom
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5Bitul and Bi'ur Hametzה - ביטול חמץ וביעורו
  1. 1.Bitul Hametz in the Evening and Morning
  2. 2.The Significance of Bitul Hametz
  3. 3.Laws Regarding Bitul Hametz
  4. 4.The Custom of Bi'ur Hametz by Burning
  5. 5.Hametz in the Garbage
  6. 6.Hametz Found after the Onset of the Prohibition
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6Mekhirat Hametz : the Sale of Hametzו - מכירת חמץ
  1. 1.Sparing Hametz from Destruction by Selling It to a Gentile
  2. 2.How the Practice of Selling Hametz Spread
  3. 3.For Whom Is the Hametz Sale Intended Today?
  4. 4.The Laws of the Sale
  5. 5.The Deadline for Selling Hametz and the Status of One Visiting Israel or Abroad
  6. 6.Hametz That Was Sold : Its Status after Pesah
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7Hametz Mixturesז - תערובת חמץ
  1. 1.Even a Drop of Hametz Renders Food Forbidden
  2. 2.Can a Mixture Containing a Drop of Hametz Be Salvaged?
  3. 3.Can Hametz That Was Nullified before Pesah Regain Its Status ("Hozer VeNe'or") on Pesah?
  4. 4.Hozer VeNe'or in Practice
  5. 5.Does Hametz That Imparts Foul Taste ("Noten Ta'am Li'fgam") Render a Mixture Forbidden?
  6. 6.The Torah Law Concerning Hametz Mixtures
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8Pesah Kashrutח - מהלכות כשרות לפסח
  1. 1.Matza Ashira ("Egg Matza")
  2. 2.Becoming Hametz Once It Has Been Baked, and the Status of Matza Sheruya (Soaked Matza; "Gebrokts")
  3. 3.Sephardic and Ashkenazic Approaches to Keeping Kosher on Pesah
  4. 4.Principles of Kosher Supervision on Pesah
  5. 5.Milk from an Animal That Ate Hametz
  6. 6.Meat and Eggs
  7. 7.Medicines on Pesah
  8. 8.Citric Acid
  9. 9.Soaps and Cosmetics
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9Kitniyotט - מנהג איסור קטניות
  1. 1.The Origins of the Ashkenazic Custom
  2. 2.The Sephardic Custom
  3. 3.Spouses from Different Communities
  4. 4.Prohibited Species
  5. 5.Rules Governing This Custom
  6. 6.Kitniyot That Never Touched Water and Kitniyot Oils
  7. 7.Extenuating Circumstances, the Sick, and Babies
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10The Principles of Hagalat Kelimי - כללי הגעלת כלים
  1. 1.When Does Taste Absorbed into Utensils Render Their Contents Forbidden?
  2. 2.Hametz Utensils on Pesah
  3. 3.Releasing through the Same Method as Absorption ("Ke'bole'o Kakh Polto"): Hagala and Heavy Libun
  4. 4.Defining the Difference between Absorption through Liquid and Absorption through Fire: the Status of a Frying Pan
  5. 5.Heavy and Light Libun: Does Temperature Affect Absorption?
  6. 6.Koshering Vessels That Absorbed Hametz Prior to the Onset of the Prohibition
  7. 7.Utensils Likely to Be Damaged by Libun; Baking Trays
  8. 8.The Principles of Hagala
  9. 9.What Determines the Type of Hagala: Main Use or Most Intense Absorption?
  10. 10.Cleaning and Preparing Utensils for Hagala
  11. 11.The Reason to Wait Twenty Four Hours before Hagala
  12. 12.Hagala in Practice
  13. 13.Koshering Pots via Hagala
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11Koshering the Kitchenיא - הכשרת המטבח לפסח
  1. 1.Countertops
  2. 2.The Sink
  3. 3.Grates, Burners, and Stovetops
  4. 4.Ovens
  5. 5.Warming Trays (Shabbat "Plata"s)
  6. 6.Microwave Ovens
  7. 7.Dishwashers
  8. 8.The Dining Table
  9. 9.The Refrigerator and Kitchen Cabinets
  10. 10.Pots, Skillets, Silverware, and (Non Earthenware) Bowls
  11. 11.Blenders and Mixers
  12. 12.Other Utensils
  13. 13.Earthenware and Porcelain Utensils
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12The Laws of Matzaיב - הלכות מצה
  1. 1.The Mitzva of Eating Matza
  2. 2.Shmura Matza
  3. 3.Does the Guarding Have to Be with the Intent to Fulfill a Mitzva?
  4. 4.Handmade versus Machine Made Matza at the Seder
  5. 5.Is There Value in Eating Handmade Matzot All Pesah?
  6. 6.Water That Has Stayed Overnight
  7. 7.Preventing Leavening during Kneading
  8. 8.More Laws about Matza
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13The Laws and Customs of Erev Pesahיג - הלכות ערב פסח ומנהגיו
  1. 1.The Prohibition against Work (Melakha) on Erev Pesah
  2. 2.Which Melakhot Are Forbidden?
  3. 3.Ta'anit Bekhorot : the Fast of the Firstborns
  4. 4.Who Is Included in the Custom to Fast?
  5. 5.The Custom to Rely on a Siyum Masekhet
  6. 6.The Prohibition on Eating Matza on Erev Pesah
  7. 7.Summary: What Can Be Eaten on Erev Pesah
  8. 8.Baking Matza and Reciting Seder Korban Pesah
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14When Erev Pesah Falls on Shabbatיד - ערב פסח שחל בשבת
  1. 1.Bi'ur Hametz and Shabbat Meals
  2. 2.Additional Laws
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15The Hagadaטו - ההגדה
  1. 1."Tell your Child"
  2. 2.The Mitzva to Tell the Exodus Story on Pesah Night
  3. 3.The Mitzva to Begin the Seder with a Question
  4. 4.The Text of "Ma Nishtana"
  5. 5.The Torah Speaks of Four Children
  6. 6.The Main Message of the Hagada
  7. 7.From Indignity to Praise
  8. 8.The Meaning of the Ten Plagues
  9. 9.Pesah, Matza, and Maror
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16The Seder Nightטז - ליל הסדר
  1. 1.Introduction
  2. 2.Preparing for the Seder
  3. 3.The Seder Plate
  4. 4.Arranging the Seder Plate
  5. 5.Kadesh; Kiddush
  6. 6.The Four Cups
  7. 7.The Wine
  8. 8.The Amount of Wine and Cup Size
  9. 9.How Much Wine Must Be Drunk?
  10. 10.The Mitzva of Reclining
  11. 11.How to Recline
  12. 12.If One Forgets to Recline
  13. 13.May One Drink after the First Cup?
  14. 14.Rahatz; Washing Hands before Eating Karpas
  15. 15.Karpas
  16. 16.Yahatz; Breaking the Middle Matza
  17. 17.Magid; Beginning the Hagada
  18. 18.Laws of Reciting the Hagada
  19. 19.Customs Regarding the Recitation of the Hagada
  20. 20.The Mitzva to Recite Hallel on the Seder Night
  21. 21.The Laws of the Second and Fourth Cups
  22. 22.The Mitzva to Eat Matza and Maror
  23. 23.Calculating the Size of a Kezayit for Torah Commandments
  24. 24.The Sephardic Custom Regarding a Kezayit
  25. 25.Shi'ur Akhilat Pras?
  26. 26.The Procedure of Eating Matza
  27. 27.The Mitzva to Eat Maror
  28. 28.Korekh
  29. 29.Those Who Have Difficulty Eating Matza
  30. 30.Those Exempt from Matza and Maror
  31. 31.The Time for Eating the Matza, Maror, and Afikoman
  32. 32.Meal Customs: Roasted Foods, Eggs
  33. 33.Tzafun; the Afikoman
  34. 34.The Afikoman: Two Reasons, Two Kezeytim
  35. 35.Hallel, the Great Hallel, and the Concluding Berakha
  36. 36.The Fifth Cup; Eliyahu's Cup
  37. 37.Drinking Coffee or Juice after the Seder
  38. 38.The Mitzva to Recount the Exodus and Study the Laws of Pesah All Night
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