Ok since I've seen a lot of people saying they haven't started yet:
START CLEANING YOUR HOUSE FOR PESACH IF YOU HAVEN'T YET. DON'T TRY TO DO IT ALL THE DAY BEFORE, IT WILL BE PAINFUL AND YOU KNOW IT!!
Alternatively, sell your chametz to a goy
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I must not buy chametz 2 weeks before Pesach. Buying more chametz is the mind-killer. Buying more chametz is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my my desire to buy more chametz. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the desire to buy more chametz right before Pesach has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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Sell your chametz...
SELL your Chametz online here. Passover is almost here! -> https://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/sell_chometz_cdo/sc/passover_home_button
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I may have achieved the ultimate Pesach jumpscare over chag: I reached into the tote bag that holds my tallis, only to discover an entire sourdough baguette.
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Wowwww, when we're supposed to be removing chametz from our homes, you give us more?
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Bagels arose as a distinct baked good as a direct result of antisemitism in Poland.
Passover has historically been a time of increased antisemitism.
Therefore, either bagels should be permitted as a "boiled" exception to the prohibition against consuming leavened bread during Passover, OR no one should get to have bagels during Passover.
It's only fair.
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Passover is over! Get in the calzone zone!
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Israel's Chief Rabbis David Lau (left) and Yitzhak Yosef (center) sell the state's chametz in
Jerusalem ahead of Passover, April 21, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Arab Israeli buys state’s chametz for $150b
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich authorized the chief rabbis to carry out the
transaction.
At the instruction of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the chief rabbis of Israel
sold all of the chametz (leavened foods) owned by the state to an Arab Israeli
businessman in accordance with the laws of Passover, the Chief Rabbinate of Israel
announced on Sunday.
Halachah, or Jewish religious law, forbids the eating or ownership of leavened products
during the seven-day holiday, in keeping with the story of the Exodus from Egypt.
Passover starts at sundown on Monday.
The sale has “halachic and legal validity and allows the citizens of Israel to properly
observe the commandments of Passover without the fear of chametz remaining in their
possession,” the Chief Rabbinate said.
Hussein Jabar, 64, from the Arab town of Abu Ghosh west of Israel’s capital, paid a
deposit of 20,000 shekels ($5,300).
After the holiday, he will be offered the possibility of completing the transaction, which has
an estimated total value of $150 billion.
“The ceremony took place at 11 a.m. at the Chief Rabbinate of Israel in Jerusalem. It felt
very dignified. It made me proud and it was moving,” Jabar told JNS on Sunday night after
signing the agreement.
“I put together a team of experts in the food and catering business from Abu Ghosh. We
are about 10 people, and we designed a plan to raise the money. Hopefully, this year, we
will make it happen,” Jabar said.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich sells the state’s chametz in Jerusalem, April 21, 2024. Photo by
Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
If Jabar and his partners fail to raise the total amount before the end of Passover on the
night of April 30, the ownership will revert to the state.
Jabar took over the task some 28 years ago after the previous buyer, also from Abu
Ghosh, was relieved of his duties when it was discovered his maternal grandmother may
have been Jewish.
At Jerusalem’s Ramada Hotel, where he has worked for about 40 years, Jabar met with
Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, then-Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel, who suggested he take the
job.
Jabar said on Sunday, “My family is really happy for me. They love it. By doing this, I feel
that I am creating a connection between the Jews and the Arabs in Israel, bridging the gap
between both communities.”
As Israel enters its seventh month of war in Gaza triggered by Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre of
some 1,200 people, Jabar expressed a wish for quieter times. “I hope we will soon have
peace and only good news for everyone. I wish the people of Israel a kosher and happy
Passover,” he told JNS.
As part of the ceremony, Smotrich authorized the chief rabbis, Rabbi David Lau and Rabbi
Yitzhak Yosef, to carry out the transaction on behalf of the state.
“Since the holiday of Simchat Torah, when the terrible disaster happened to us, we have
been praying for the success of the security forces,” said Yosef. “We need to continue to
pray for our soldiers, who give their lives and fight on the northern and southern borders
and wherever they are.”
Lau said, “Our neighbors want to destroy us and make us forget the joy, but the entire
nation of Israel has stood up to fight for its home, for our essence as the Jewish people—
we are not ready to give up on that.
By Amelie Botbol & Akiva Van Koningsveld
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Searching for the Chametz inside of Us
We are now one month away from Passover. It is a hectic time for most people as the month prior to Passover is spent planning, cleaning and preparing for the holiday. In addition to the physical components of preparing for Passover, there is a practice that begins the laws of Passover in the Shulchan Aruch, which states:
שואלים בהלכות פסח קודם לפסח שלשים יום:
1. We learn the halakhot of Pesach…
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