Episode 104 Hametz, Matzah, and the Journey of Love
A 19th-century seder painting captures the role of love in the prohibition of eating hametz on Passover.
Supplemental Materials:
- Click here to see Moritz Daniel Oppenheim’s seder painting.
- Click here to read Richard McBee’s analysis of Moritz Daniel Oppenheim’s seder painting.
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Rabbi Soloveichik’s yearlong “Ten-Minute Mitzvah” podcast is generously sponsored by Ivan and Suzana Kaufman.
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