Mark H. Levin

Rabbi Mark H. Levin, DHL April 16, 2021 This week’s double Torah portion, Tazria-Metzora, plunges for three long biblical chapters into...

Haggadah #11 Arami Oved Avi: A Wandering Aramean Tried to Kill My Father, and Dayeinu: It would have been enough. Three Torah sections...

Haggadah #10 Metehillah: In the Beginning Our Ancestors were Idol Worshippers Now we begin once again to recite the story from a...

Haggadah #9 The Four Sons (Children) We recite our Magid section, telling the story of the Exodus from Egypt, over the second cup of...

Haggadah #8 Rabbis Eleazar, Yehoshua, Elazar ben Azariah, Akiva, Tarphon, and ben Zoma: five of the most famous Tannaim, discuss all...

Haggadah #7 Avadim Hayinu: We Were Slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt We intend to tell the central Jewish story: How God brought us out of Egypt...

Haggadah #6 Mah Nishtanah: The Four Questions You’ve learned the most important lesson of your life! What do you do now? You want to...

Haggadah #5 Yahatz and Ha Lachma Anya Yahatz On the seder table you’ve placed a stack of 3 matzahs, often termed “Cohen, Levite and...

Haggadah #4 The first hand washing and eating a spring green Why do we wash our hands? During this Covid pandemic, “to save my life”...

The seder consists of 15 parts, laid out in order at the very outset of the ritual. The first is Kiddush, the blessing for the wine and...