It is the first day of Chol HaMoed, the in-between days of Pesach. Chol, the ordinary, and Moed, the sacred. These days are weekday and holiday, at the same time. They are the strange, sacred middle: ...

The blessing we make at Havdalah to distinguish between the first two days of Sukkot or Pesach and the onset of Chol HaMoed, “Baruch hamavdil bein kodesh lechol,” suggests that Chol HaMoed is weekday.

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Answer: Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Friedman (Likutei Maharich, Seder Chol HaMoed Pesach, p. 38-39) states as follows, citing the Rema (Orach Chayim 490:9): “And it is the custom to read Shir HaShirim on the ...

In the Diaspora, Jews may observe chol hamoed (the intermediate days of Sukkot and Pesach), but only in the land of Israel do Jews actually celebrate chol hamoed. Over the last thirty five years chol ...

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The Torah reading for Shabbat Chol Hamoed Pesach is from Ki Tisa, where God orders Moses to sculpt fresh stones for the second set of Tablets. Moses ascends the mountain where God proclaims His ...

Close your eyes and think back to Pesach when you were a child. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Your 8, 9, or 10 years old, and sitting at your Pesach Seder. What’s the first memory that pops into your head? Is ...

A person who goes outdoors during the month of Nissan and sees trees blossoming, blesses: “Blessed are You, Our Lord, King of the Universe, who has not left anything lacking in his world, and created ...