Episode Details

In this episode of The Daily Derech, Rabbi Marcus Rubenstein explores Parashat Parah, the laws of Erev Pesach, and the deeper meaning of exile and redemption.

From Me’am Loez, he reflects on the mitzvah of the Parah Adumah, the red heifer, and the mystery of purification from contact with death as preparation for Pesach.

In Hilchot Chametz uMatzah, he outlines when chametz becomes prohibited on Erev Pesach, explaining the Torah prohibition from halachic noon and the rabbinic fences that move the restriction earlier.

From Menorat HaMaor, he continues the teaching on the brit bein habetarim, emphasizing the Midrashic message that just as exile and suffering are certain, so too is redemption.

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