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Starting Seder Earlier

28 03, 2025

Starting Seder Earlier

March 28th, 2025|Kiddush, Seudah, Havdalah, Marriage and Family, Orach Chayim, Pesach, Uncategorized|

QUESTION

What is the earliest time for the first cup for the start of the seder?

ANSWER
It is common during the summertime to bring in Shabbat early and to make kiddush and have our Friday night meal before it gets dark. This is based on the principle of tosefet Shabbat, extending the sanctity of Shabbat into the day before. However, when it comes to Pesach, many Rishonim rule that matzah may not be eaten before it is full nightfall (tzeit hakokhavim) because of a number of verses that state that matzah and the korban pesach (Pesach

Whiskey sold after Pesach

1 05, 2023

Whiskey sold after Pesach

May 1st, 2023|Moadim, Pesach|

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QUESTION

Ohio

When whiskey is sold to gentiles for פסח, does it wipe away any labelling of it as חמץ שעבר עליו הפסח? E.g. when a Bourbon had been created by Jews (and unquestionably is חמץ שעבר עליו הפסח), but is then sold to gentiles, does it lose its status as חמץ שעבר עליו הפסח? And, if not, is it still permissible to drink?

Here are three real-life situations I have encountered with regard to this question:
1) My gentile neighbor offers me to drink of his own bottles of a Bourbon that had been

2 04, 2023

Managing Environmental Concerns: Glass Dishes and Glass Serving Plates from Goodwill for Pesach

April 2nd, 2023|Hechsher Keilim, Moadim, Orach Chayim, Pesach|

QUESTION

Denver, CO

It seems environmentally wasteful to buy a new set of dishes to be used one week per year. Would it be acceptable to buy glass dishes and glass serving plates from goodwill to use for Pesach?

ANSWER

While I think there are cases where you can assume that glass isn’t boleya/that it is kasherable, we tend to be quite strict around these things over Pesach, and the environmental cost of buying one set of dishes for a one-week-a-year use seems to me to

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