This Shabbat is a banner Shabbat in the Jewish calendar. We read parshat Pekudei, which completes our yearly reading of the book of Exodus. It is also Shabbat HaHodesh, which is the last of the ...

This Shabbat will mark the last of the 4 special Parshiyot that are read as a buildup to Pesach–the Parshah of “HaChodesh”, in which the Jews are given their first Mitzvah as a people ...

The Shabbat which either coincides with or immediately precedes Rosh Chodesh Nissan is Shabbat HaChodesh, and the Maftir, instead of being a repetition of the last several verses of the Torah ...

We’re now three weeks out (!), and Shabbat Parah always occurs the week before Shabbat HaChodesh which is right before the start of the month of Nissan. In the days of the Temple, the priest ...

Last Shabbat, we read Parshat Hachodesh (Exodus 12:1-20), the special Torah portion that prepares us for the upcoming ...

He explicitly ties this relationship to the twelve tribes of Israel, establishing a resonance between all these disparate threads that have joined in this Shabbat. Ramchal explains that when ...

When the 14th of Nissan falls on Shabbat, certain halachot must be adjusted to ensure proper observance of both Shabbat and Pesach preparations. Chametz meals should be eaten carefully to avoid ...

at West 34th Street, in 1997. Like its founders, many of B&H’s employees are Satmar Hasidic Jews — the shop is closed on Saturdays in observance of Shabbat, and kosher candies are available ...

This week, we read the final of the special Torah readings leading up to Passover. In their own ways, each of these readings helps us prepare for the festival: In one of them, we learn about the ...

And this year there’s the added logistical burden of Seder celebrations starting hot on the heels of Shabbat. It’s the second Saturday start this decade. It also fell this way for Passover 2021.