Chametz

Hadi Falach's service and recovery: Not your average IDF soldier - opinion

Hadi and Akiva had become close friends over their time in Beit Hanun, sharing many good conversations over coffee.

|ByHAYIM LEITER
FROM LEFT: Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon, Hadi Falach, and Rabbi Zeev Weitman shake hands on the sale of leaven at Sheba Medical Center just before Passover.
A man is seen performing the ritual of bedikat hametz, looking for traces of bread by candlelight to be swept with a feather, in Jerusalem.

The history of bedikat hametz: From Talmudic era until today

Over the generations bedikat hametz (searching for leaven) has become a wonderful bonding opportunity for parents and children as we usher in the Passover holiday.

|ByDAVID GEFFEN
Bread

Interesting question: Is it permissible to order Chametz online during Pesach?

|ByDAVID BERGER