Episode 194 The Midnight Ride and the Nighttime Mitzvah
The poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” helps provide a better understanding of the commandment to eat the paschal lamb on Passover’s first night.
Supplemental Materials:
- Click here to read “Paul Revere’s Ride.”
- Click here to read the article from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on “Paul Revere’s Ride.”
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Rabbi Soloveichik’s yearlong “Ten-Minute Mitzvah” podcast is generously sponsored by Ivan and Suzana Kaufman.
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