Jewish Holidays Explained!

Jewish Holidays Explained!

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Rabbi Haim Ovadia speaks about a plethora of topics on Passover. He discusses the wondrous Passover Seder, legumes for all, history of the holiday, sensitive toward others, and how to live in today's world.

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Understanding the Haggada

Published: March 27, 2020, 1:41 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 23 seconds

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Pesah means Protection - New Reading of the Last Plague and the Name of Pesah

Published: March 27, 2020, 1:40 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 59 seconds

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Thanksgiving Prayers and Practices

Published: Nov. 21, 2019, 9:08 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 48 seconds

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Soferim 12: Kiddush For Rosh Hodesh?

Published: May 14, 2018, 12:33 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 2 seconds

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Soferim 11: Tisha BeAv in Geonic times

Published: May 11, 2018, 8:50 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 16 seconds

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Seder Brief Guide 2

Published: March 29, 2018, 12:32 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 27 seconds

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Seder Brief Guide 1

Published: March 28, 2018, 1:45 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 10 seconds

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Seph. Cust. KST11: Celery & Egg

Published: March 27, 2018, 12:33 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 59 seconds

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Seph. Cust. KST10: 4 Cups- Only one person drinks.

Published: March 26, 2018, 12:42 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 47 seconds

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Haggadah - Sephardic/Iraqi tradition

Published: March 23, 2018, 3:13 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 56 seconds

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Seph. Cust. KST 9: Starting Early/leaning

Published: March 23, 2018, 1:27 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 45 seconds

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Cust. KST8: Ha Lahma Anya

Published: March 22, 2018, 12:53 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 38 seconds

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3 kashering Made Easy: Non Food Items

Published: March 19, 2018, 2:09 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 34 seconds

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Cust. KST 7: Matzah on Erev Pesah

Published: March 14, 2018, 2:17 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 14 seconds

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Purim Jewish Iraqi Songs

Published: Feb. 26, 2018, 4:55 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 44 seconds

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MLK Day - Torah and Judaisms Perspective

Published: Jan. 15, 2018, 1:41 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 7 seconds

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Shemini Atzeret: In the Sukkah? - Identity Crisis

Published: Oct. 10, 2017, 1:20 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 53 seconds

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Hoshaana Rabba 2: origins

Published: Oct. 9, 2017, 12:39 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 47 seconds

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Hoshaana - brief guide

Published: Oct. 4, 2017, 3:25 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 18 seconds

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Traveling w/o Sukkah; What if it rains?

Published: Oct. 3, 2017, 12:15 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 30 seconds

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Sukkah building myths

Published: Oct. 2, 2017, 12:52 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 13 seconds

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Viduy HaGadol of Kippur

Published: Oct. 2, 2017, 12:51 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 18 seconds

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Praying in English, and Less

Published: Sept. 28, 2017, 12:56 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 29 seconds

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Kol Nidre and Praying with Sinners

Published: Sept. 27, 2017, 12:40 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 6 seconds

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Water on Kippur

Published: Sept. 26, 2017, 12:55 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 54 seconds

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Kapparot- Paganism or Holiness?

Published: Sept. 25, 2017, 12:39 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 16 seconds

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TBY RH 14: Shofar on Shabbat

Published: Sept. 19, 2017, 12:21 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 54 seconds

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Alien influence in RH prayers

Published: Sept. 18, 2017, 12:57 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 4 seconds

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TBY RH 13: Sunrise worship / counting voices

Published: Sept. 15, 2017, 12:34 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 4 seconds

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TBY RH 12: Commerce on Shabbat and hired Shofar

Published: Sept. 14, 2017, 12:56 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 53 seconds

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TBY RH 11: Shofar for hire

Published: Sept. 13, 2017, 12:48 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 31 seconds

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TBY RH 10: Stand/sit/blow/hear

Published: Sept. 12, 2017, 12:48 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 26 seconds

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TBY RH 9: Prayer practices/circumcision

Published: Sept. 11, 2017, 12:31 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 21 seconds

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TBY RH 8: Sleeping on RH

Published: Sept. 10, 2017, 4:37 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 15 seconds

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TBY RH 7: Simanim, Tashlich

Published: Sept. 8, 2017, 12:17 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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TBY RH 6: Apple, Honey, Dates

Published: Sept. 7, 2017, 12:35 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 3 seconds

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TBY RH 5: Counting words and letters

Published: Sept. 6, 2017, 1:56 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 56 seconds

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TBY RH 4: Washing, haircut, special prayers.

Published: Sept. 5, 2017, 12:58 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 10 seconds

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TBY RH 3: Fasting RH Eve

Published: Sept. 1, 2017, 12:36 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 11 seconds

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TBY RH2: Confusing Satan. Who can be Hazzan

Published: Aug. 31, 2017, 3:01 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 32 seconds

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TBY Rosh HaShana 1: Shofar on Elul

Published: Aug. 29, 2017, 1:25 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 58 seconds

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Should We Fast - Part 2

Published: July 11, 2017, 12:39 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 50 seconds

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Should We Fast? Part 1

Published: July 10, 2017, 12:30 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 8 seconds

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Hallel on Yom HaAtzmaut

Published: May 2, 2017, 12:31 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 4 seconds

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Yom HaAtzmaut Service, 2017

Published: May 2, 2017, 12:30 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 45 seconds

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Pesah Guide 1

Published: March 31, 2017, 12:52 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 14 seconds

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10: Haggadah- Dayennu; shortest Haggadah

Published: March 29, 2017, 1:57 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 17 seconds

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9: Haggadah- contemporary rebuke from old stories

Published: March 28, 2017, 12:32 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 2 seconds

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8: Haggadah- 2 more sons, Slavery, Martyrdom

Published: March 27, 2017, 1:05 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 5 seconds

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7: Haggadah- wicked and wise sons

Published: March 27, 2017, 12:54 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 25 seconds

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6: Haggadah - Five Sages All Nighter and Exodus at Night

Published: March 23, 2017, 2:32 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 35 seconds

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5: Haggadah- Bitter night, Eggs, and Theater

Published: March 22, 2017, 3:18 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 56 seconds

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4: Haggadah: 3,4,18 and Christianity

Published: March 20, 2017, 6:02 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 44 seconds

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3: Haggadah- Three Original Questions

Published: March 17, 2017, 12:49 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 18 seconds

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2: Haggadah- Seder at the Temple

Published: March 16, 2017, 12:25 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 4 seconds

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1: Haggadah: origins and meaning

Published: March 15, 2017, 6:26 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 56 seconds

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Gambling on Hanukkah

Published: Dec. 28, 2016, 1:34 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 36 seconds

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Thanksgiving Practices and Prayers

Published: Nov. 24, 2016, 2:23 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 2 seconds

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Brief Guide to Kippur

Published: Oct. 7, 2016, 12:54 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 3 seconds

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Shavout - Dairy, Meat, or Both? (class)

Published: June 9, 2016, 9:30 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 39 seconds

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Lighting Candles on Yom Tov - a late practice? (class)

Published: June 9, 2016, 9:29 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 25 seconds

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2 Israel Independence or Exile: Rav YM Toledano

Published: May 11, 2016, 1:38 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 6 seconds

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1 Israel Independence or Exile: Rav YM Toledano

Published: May 9, 2016, 2:36 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 37 seconds

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5 Omer: Rabbi Akiva's Military Campaign and Opposition

Published: May 6, 2016, 12:15 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 29 seconds

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4 Omer: R Akiva's Time Away From Home

Published: May 6, 2016, 12:14 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 1 second

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3 Omer: Why 33? & Reclaiming The Joy of Omer

Published: May 3, 2016, 12:16 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 42 seconds

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2 Omer: Mystical Origins in Shulhan Arukh

Published: May 2, 2016, 12:12 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 39 seconds

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1 Omer: History

Published: April 28, 2016, 12:22 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 32 seconds

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24,000 Disciples - Exaggeration? Omer

Published: April 27, 2016, 12:12 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 14 seconds

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2-R Akiva's Disciples: Who Are They?

Published: April 26, 2016, 12:53 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 57 seconds

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1- R Akiva's Disciples: Who Are They? Omer

Published: April 26, 2016, 12:52 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 42 seconds

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Sale of Hametz Explained

Published: April 21, 2016, 12:24 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 32 seconds

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Had Gadya&Who Knows One - Jewish or not?

Published: April 21, 2016, 12:23 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 7 seconds

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#2 Ma Nishtana - Key To The Seder

Published: April 20, 2016, 2:03 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 42 seconds

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#1 Ma Nishtana - Key To The Seder

Published: April 20, 2016, 2:03 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 33 seconds

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How Much Matzah and Wine?

Published: April 18, 2016, 12:12 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 44 seconds

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Tunes- Iraqi Haggada part 3

Published: April 15, 2016, 6:23 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 57 seconds

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Tunes- Iraqi Haggada part 2 w/ Arabic

Published: April 15, 2016, 6:04 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 21 seconds

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ELECTRICITY ON YOM TOV? Yes!

Published: April 15, 2016, 5:58 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 13 seconds

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2nd Yom Tov Solution

Published: April 15, 2016, 5:23 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 48 seconds

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#2 Seder Plate Evolution

Published: April 14, 2016, 12:04 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 25 seconds

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Desserts after Aphikomen- אפיקומן

Published: April 13, 2016, 1:47 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 54 seconds

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Desserts after Aphikomen-

Published: April 13, 2016, 1:47 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 54 seconds

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#1 Seder Plate Evolution

Published: April 11, 2016, 12:16 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes

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Gluten free & Vegans on Passover

Published: April 6, 2016, 4:05 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 5 seconds

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No work on Erev Pesah/14th of Nissan

Published: April 6, 2016, 3:08 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 40 seconds

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***Seder - GREATEST EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM EVER!

Published: April 4, 2016, 7:35 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 27 seconds

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Bake Matzah Home

Published: April 1, 2016, 12:08 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 20 seconds

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Legumes for all- קטניות

Published: March 30, 2016, 12:22 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 14 seconds

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Legumes for all-

Published: March 30, 2016, 12:22 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 14 seconds

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