Question: If I am not eating any meals at home and do not plan on using them, do I need to cover my kitchen counters? If yes is a thin… Read more »
Category: Various questions on Passover
Pesach
Question: Should Tzedaka be given on Pesach? During which day of Pesach? Is there a fixed amount that is customary to give? What is the purpose of giving Tzedaka on… Read more »
Non pesach soda
Question: Can I bring a non pesadik soda in a bottle to drink in a room that is already pesadik? Answer: Yes you can, but don’t put the soda in… Read more »
Hotel during Pesach
Question: Dear Rabbi I am planning to attend a Pesach program for the first days of Pesach. If someone who is a non-Jew (e.g. a live in housekeeper or other… Read more »
Can I use the metal dish rack which I’ve used all year during the Pesach?
Question: Can I use the metal dish rack which I’ve used all year during the Pesach? Answer: Technically your can clean it and wash it well and that woild be… Read more »
Exodus and Archaeology
Question: Israeli archeology teams have combed the Sinai desert for decades and have found no evidence of a mass exodus. Egyptologists say there is no Egyptian records of Hebrew slaves… Read more »
Why dont we sell all our belongings in our house?
Question: In the mechirat chametz contract, why don’t we just sell all our belongings. This would remove the issue of finding some chametz over chag and removes the chances of… Read more »
Eating Chametz on Shabbos After Pesach
Shalom aleichem Rav Pfeffer, I saw your answer from 3 years ago about eating chometz on Shabbos Motzei Pesach. Can you tell me sources that I can look this up… Read more »
Laws of chametz
Question: Question: I have been thinking and reading a lot about this concept of selling our chametz. To be honest I think it’s wrong since today no one really takes… Read more »
Eating Matzoh On Pesach
Question: I just read the article http://dinonline.org/2015/04/03/eating-matzah-for-seven-days/ on (not) Eating Matzah for 7 Days. Frankly, I don’t understand: 1) The mitzva of EATING matza is mentioned more than almost any other in the… Read more »
Cleaning pesach pots without inspecting hands first.
Question: This actually happened last year right after pesach. (Not sure if it makes a difference) I never got around to ask the question. Anyway, I handled chamatz dough with… Read more »
Use of sealed Matzot on Pesach this year from a previous year
Question: I have 2 sealed boxes of hand-baked Shmura Matzos from last year. I know that they are still good and fresh as we had three boxes and I opened… Read more »
passover significance
Question: From what I have read, to Jewish people, the Passover is a remembrance of the time when the 10 plagues were unleashed upon Egypt and if the Jews killed… Read more »
Drinking wine spilled from kiddush
Question: I know many people are makpid not to drink the wine spilled during the seder. Is there any source not to drink the wine that spills over from the… Read more »
Mistaken Shehecheyanu in Kiddush
Question: On the night of shvii shel Pesach, or Aharon shel Pesach, a person accidentally recited, or began reciting, the bracha of Shehecheyanu. Is this a hefsek that would require… Read more »
Shir Ha’malos During Nissan
Question: We say shir ha’malos before birchas hamazon on days then we don’t say tachanun. Does that mean we say shir ha’malos during all of Nissan? Answer: Yes, the proper… Read more »
Shaving after Chatzos on Erev Pesach
Question: If one forgot to shave (assuming a kosher electric shaver) and/or clip nails before midday on erev Pesach, can one shave oneself and clip nails after midday? What about… Read more »
Chametz Spoon in Passover Soup
Question: Putting a chametz spoon in a pot of cooking Passover soup. What happens to the soup and pot? Answer: If the soup was 60 times the volume of the… Read more »
Pesach Cake
Question: Is one permitted to eat an entire “Pesach cake” (whose bracha is shehakol) right before alos (dawn), prior to davening Shaharis? Does one fulfill the mitzvah of melava malka… Read more »
Korban Pesach in Our Times
Question: I came across an article written by Harav Avraham Rosenthal on the issue of Korban Pesach. The Korban Pesach The only issue that I had with this article is… Read more »
Birkat Kohanim Pesach 2015
Question: When is birkat kohanim at the Kotel on Pesach 2015? Answer: It is often done on the second day of Chol HaMo’ed, which is 6th April 2015, at 09:00…. Read more »
Craftsment on Erev Pesach
Question: My question is regarding Daf Yomi of today 13A. The practitioners of 3 crafts may perform work on Pesach eve until midday – Tailors, Barbers and Launderers. My question… Read more »
Birkat Kohanim at the Kotel on Pesach 2014
Question: When is birkat kohanim at the Kotel on Pesach 2014? Thank you. Answer: Birkat Kohanim this year (2014) on Pesach will take place on Thursday 17 Nissan (17th April… Read more »
Shaving on Chol ha-Moed Pesach
Question: Can you shave on Chol ha-Moed Pesach? Thanks very much. Answer: It is prohibited to take a haircut on Chol ha-Moed (Shulchan Aruch 531:1-2), and according to many authorities,… Read more »
Shiva on Chol ha-Moed Pesach
Question: Does one sit shiva on Chol ha-Moed Pesach? Answer: No. Yom Tov, including the days of Chol ha-Moed, interrupt a shiva, and one does not sit shiva on Chol… Read more »
Tefillin on Chol ha-Moed Pesach
Question: Does one wear Tefillin on Chol ha-Moed Pesach? Answer: Many refrain from wearing Tefillin on Chol ha-Moed. Some wear Tefillin but refrain from reciting a berachah. You should follow the… Read more »
Music on Chol ha-Moed Pesach
Can one listen to music on Chol ha-Moed Pesach? Answer: Yes, it is permitted to listed to music, and to play music on Chol ha-Moed (Pesach, and likewise Sukkot). Best wishes.
Haircut on Chol ha-Moed Pesach
Question: Can you get a haircut on Chol ha-Moed Pesach? Answer: No, it is not permitted to take a haircut on Chol ha-Moed (Shulchan Aruch 531:1-2). It is only permitted… Read more »
Customs for Pesach
Question: I often feel that it’s hard to adhere to all of our parents’ chumros/minhagim. Can my husband and I decide as to which chumros/minhagim we will keep in our… Read more »
Eimurim of Pesach
Question: Where does it say what to do with the eimurim of a korban Pesach? Answer: The eimurim of the Pesach have to be burned like other offerings (Rambam, Korban… Read more »
When is Pesach 2014?
Question: When is Pesach 2014? Answer: Pesach starts on Monday 14th of April this year
Inviting Non-Jew to Pesach Seder
Question: Can a non-Jewish woman attend a Pesach seder? Does it make a difference if she is studying to become Jewish and has renounced her born religion? Does it make… Read more »
Fasting for a First-Born Daughter
Question: The Mechaber in Orach Chaim Siman 470 writes that there is an opinion that holds a woman that is a first-born should fast on Taanit bechorot. The Rema adds… Read more »
Berachah on Hallel (Pesach)
Question: I know that according to the psak of the Shulchan Aruch the Sephardim (among others — The Gra, many Kehillas in Yerushalayim including Chassidei Karlin, Chassidei Biyan — I… Read more »
Quick Siyum
Question: I missed attending a siyum this morning. Is there such a thing to download and listen to shiurim of a mecechta (perhaps whichever is the shortest one) and then… Read more »
Maaser for Maos Chittin (Kimcha de-Pischa)
Question: Can one deduct from one’s maaser in order to fulfill the minhag of Kimcha de-Pischa? Answer: Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichos Shlomo, Nissan 2) rules that one can certainly… Read more »
Offering Cleaning Services to Specific Client
Question: Last Pesach I was employed by a chametz cleaning company. They sent me to clean a woman’s house. The woman was satisfied with my work. This year I want… Read more »
Baking Shlissel Challos
Question: What is the “makor” for shlissel challos? Answer: The first place where the custom (of baking challot in the form of a key on the first Shabbat after Pesach)… Read more »
Mashiv Ha-Ruach on First Day Pesach
Question: 1) If one is davening in a nussach sefard minyan during Pesach (even though he usually davens in a nussach ashkanaz shul (with no morid hatal in Chutz Laaretz))… Read more »
Communal Recitation of Shiras ha-Yam
Question: Where does it come from (what is the makor) the minhag of saying Shiras ha-Yam in shul by chatzos on Shevi’i shel Pesach? Or some that have the minhag… Read more »
Making Kiddush Early on Seventh/Eighth Day of Pesach
Question: Can someone make Yom Tov early by making kiddush after plag hamincha on 7th day of Pesach? Also, in chutz la’aretz can one make kiddush after plag hamincha on… Read more »
Doubt over Yaaleh ve-Yavo
Question: If someone is mixed up what he said in Yaleh ve-Yavo while davening on Chol ha-Moed Pesach – “Pesach” or “Rosh Chodesh” – what should one do? Answer: I have… Read more »
Gift During Niddah for Pesach
Question: I’m currently a niddah and want to buy my husband a Pesach set for Pesach. Am I allowed to give it to him – I know we are not… Read more »
Haircut on Erev Pesach after Chatzos
Question: Is one allowed to take a haircut Erev Pesach after chatzos? Answer: This is not permitted if the barber is a Jew, but it is permitted if the barber… Read more »
Sheva Berachos on Pesach
Question: My chatan and I would like to marry before Pesach. But are there any restrictions about the sheva brachot overlapping with the Chag? Answer: It is permitted to get… Read more »
Shaving and Clipping Nails on Chol ha-Moed
Question: Is one allowed to shave on Chol ha-Moed Pesah? What about clipping nails? Answer: It is prohibited to take a haircut on Chol Hamo’ed (Shulchan Aruch 531:1-2), and according… Read more »
Pesach in the modern world
Question: What does Pesach mean to the modern Jewish community ? Answer: Pesach is the holiday which comes to remind us of the day of the redemption when God took… Read more »