Passover

Post Passover Reflections:

Linking the past, present, and future

What does Passover-now behind us-ask of us today?

Chag Sameach from Israel National News!

Wishing a joyous holiday to all our readers. News coverage ends this evening, resumes Saturday evening.

Chag Sameach from Israel!

Updates continue from North America

Seventh Day of Passover begins in Israel. INN's North America desk will continue to update the site until it begins in New York.

Passover in Ukraine - from prisons to the presidential office

Despite the war, thousands of Jews celebrated the Passover Seder in the Ukrainian capital. Soldiers returned from the front, President Zelensky sent greetings, and matzah was delivered to prisoners.

Parenting on Passover:

Teach your children the truth

This is what every parent should teach his children this year during Pesach. This is what every Rabbi should teach his congregation. This is what every head of every Jewish organization should make his number one priority.

Trump hosts haredi leaders at the White House for Passover

US President hosts special Passover event at the White House with prominent haredi leaders and freed Hamas hostage Edan Alexander. Trump speaks warmly about redemption while putting Ivanka and Jared Kushner on speaker phone.

The Progressive Passover

Passover teaches freedom, but some progressive prophets insist it’s just another homework assignment in lecturing the Israelis. Opinion.

Chilling stories from captivity:

'I saw death before my eyes, G-d was with me'

Former hostage Rom Braslavski recounts near-death moments, a failed suicide attempt, and unwavering faith during brutal Hamas captivity in Gaza.

Moadim Lesimcha: To those who lead when it matters most

Different arenas, the same instinct, to step forward, to speak, to stand firm, to refuse to bow, to cower, or to wait.

Rain and storms to continue through Passover's end

Winter's cooler temperatures, rain and storms expected through the last days of Passover.

Live:

Western Wall blessing - without public attendance

Traditional Priestly Blessing ceremony to take place Sunday in a limited format, without public participation, due to current security conditions and Home Front Command guidelines, Western Wall Heritage Foundation announces.

Court rules Passover sacrifice attempts a legitimate protest

Judge Shmuel Herbst in his decision reviewed the importance of the commandment of the Passover offering and declared that there were no grounds for an extended order removing those attempting it from the city.

Herzog and Pope Leo XIV stress interfaith unity in phone call

Israel's President Isaac Herzog, Pope Leo XIV, exchange holiday greetings, discuss Iran threat and situation in Lebanon.

Watch live:

Moving holiday prayers from Tzfat

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu leads festive holiday prayers from Tzfat, thousands of viewers join livestream.

Trump:

May G-d continue to watch over the Jewish people

President Trump marks Passover, highlights faith and national strength

Watch:

Seder with the Chief of Staff

Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir read the Hagaddah with the 146th brigade during the Passover Seder.

Ma Nishtana 2026:

Seven ways this Passover is different from all other Passovers

What has changed and what has not changed this year?

Chag Sameach from Israel National News!

Wishing a joyous Passover holiday to all our readers. News coverage ends this evening, resumes Thursday evening.

Freed hostage Alon Ohel celebrates first Passover after Gaza hell

Freed Hamas hostage Alon Ohel shares an emotional video celebrating his first Passover since release, contrasting his captivity in a Gaza tunnel - shackled and helpless - with the simple joys of freedom today.

Chag Sameach from Israel!

Updates continue from North America

Passover begins in Israel. INN's North America desk will continue to update the site until it begins in New York.

Israel's 1st Chief Rabbi: Passover

Who is free?

What makes a person truly free?

'Shape of the Land of Israel'

Smotrich shows the piece of shrapnel that wounded his son

In a personal post, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich shared a photo of the shrapnel that was removed from his son's body after he was wounded in Lebanon.

Putin's message to Russian Jews for Passover

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his annual official Passover greeting to the country's chief rabbi, Rabbi Berel Lazar.

Herzog to world Jewry:

'In dark times, Passover reminds us of resilience'

In a video statement for Passover, President Isaac Herzog urges global Jewry to draw strength from tradition, embrace faith, and look toward a future of safety and peace as “one nation, Am Echad."

Gourmet field rations

How the IDF prepares to feed thousands of troops on Passover

Arutz Sheva speaks with IDF Food Distribution Department chief Lieutenant Colonel Ortal Gavish to learn how the military prepared to feed troops on all fronts this holiday.

Watch:

Israel sells leavened foods ahead of Passover

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and the Chief Rabbis of Israel held a ceremony to formally sell all leavened foods owned by the state to a Gentile ahead of Passover.

In wake of war:

New site finds Passover meals for Diaspora Jews in Israel

Yehudah Honickman launched IsraelForPesach.com to connect Israelis willing to host with Jews needing Passover meals. Speaking to Arutz Sheva-Israel News, Honickman urges Diaspora Jews: the greatest support is aliyah.

Due to Mamdani participation

Jewish comedian Modi pulls out of Passover event

Jewish comedian Modi announces he will not attend the annual Downtown Seder in Lower Manhattan after learning that NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is participating.

“This is the real victory"

Nova survivors bake matzah together

An emotional ceremony of baking matzot for Passover was held by a group of survivors of the Nova festival massacre: “It connects us to our roots in the strongest possible way."

Rabbis release Passover guidelines for wartime conditions

Tzohar issued halachic guidelines for Passover amid war, advising how to conduct the Seder and handle siren interruptions during key rituals.

Passover’s hidden imprint on American Liberty

The legacy of Passover deeply impacted the Early Pilgrims and the Founding Fathers, and was essential in shaping of the US culture and political discourse. Op-ed.

In first since 2005: Passover Seder to be celebrated in Sa-Nur

Families from Sa-Nur to celebrate Passover in their community, ahead of permanent resettlement of the area.

Legal battle in Florida: Elections scheduled during Passover

Petitioners are seeking to postpone the election by one week, arguing that thousands of observant Jewish residents will be unable to reach polling stations due to holiday restrictions.

Preparing for the holiday:

Koshering the kitchen for Passover

Cleaning the kitchen for Pesach (Passover) should be done more carefully than cleaning the house, to ensure that not even a small crumb of chametz (leavened food) remains. Added links: OU guides to Passover and medications as well as Israeli Health Miinistry guide for medicatiions.

Passover 2026:

Last stop, Jerusalem

Although we were born and set apart in Egypt, our soul and our light and our purpose and our uniqueness are revealed in their full strength in the Land of Israel and Jerusalem.

Watch: Matzah baking in Syria

IDF reservists on the front in Syria film themselves baking Matzahs for the Passover holiday.

From Egypt To Today:

A faith-based look at the steadily appearing redemption

The thanksgiving offering teaches us that not only does deliverance require gratitude, but also the possibility of continuing to live and act in the world.

Haredi leaders demand: Release draft-evaders before Passover

Haredi rabbis, public figures, demand yeshiva students arrested for refusing to enlist be released to celebrate Passover with their families. 'Torah is the true shield.'

Nachala's message to Netanyahu and Katz ahead of Passover

Movement leaders appealed for the reclamation of Gaza in celebration of Passover.

Ukraine:

Schoolchildren send matzah to Jewish soldiers on the front

As Russia intensifies its offensive in eastern Ukraine, Jewish communities press ahead with Passover preparations, delivering aid to tens of thousands.

In those days and in our times:

Passover blessings and victories for Israel

God orchestrates destiny and history so that the Jewish People always win.

Amb. Huckabee:

No one is stranded in Israel

U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee pushed back Wednesday against criticism that the American mission in Israel is neglecting citizens amid the ongoing conflict with Iran.

Warning to yeshiva students: Do not travel abroad

Leading haredi figures issue instructions for yeshiva students, urging them to avoid involvement in arguments, maintain rigorous Torah study schedule.

Education Min.: 'Holiday school' to operate during Passover break

School-based Passover break programs to operate in areas where Home Front Command permits such activities, Education Ministry announces.

PLO warns against Passover Sacrifice on Temple Mount

The Palestine Liberation Organization denies the historical and religious Jewish connection to the Temple Mount and warns against plans to perform the Passover sacrifice during the upcoming holiday.

Thousands of prayer notes removed from Western Wall

Tens of thousands of prayer notes were removed from the stones of the Western Wall ahead of Passover, including prayers from citizens of Iran and other hostile countries.

Minister Nir Barkat: We will reduce the price of Passover matzah

Joint Price Committee recommends 26.16% reduction in price of kosher for Passover flour sold to matzah bakeries, examines possibility of price controls.

Passover Sabotage:

Arab states tried to undermine Israel's sale of leavened food

Hussein Jaber, the man who annually buys Israel's chametz, says Qatar, Dubai, and Kuwait offered to buy it all — not to eat, but to destroy.

An expensive protest:

Haredi man pays for 83K NIS of beer and pizza and destroys it

A haredi man who visited a spring fair in Haifa over Passover paid the price of all the chametz pizza and 30 kegs of beer and ensured that it all would be thrown in the trash, burned, and poured down the drain.

Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sameach from Israel!

Updates continue from North America

Shabbat and the Seventh Day of Passover begin in Israel. INN's North America desk will continue to update the site until they begin in New York.

Did you know...?

Little known facts about Passover

Passover, the "holiday of freedom", is also the "holiday of Spring" in the Torah - and is "the Spring of the entire world" in the words of Rav Avraham Yitschak HaCohen Hook, Israel's first chief rabbi and founder of Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

'In distress I call'

Watch: Youth group members sing at the scene of the Nova Massacre

Delegates from the National Conference of the Bnei Akiva youth group prayed at the scene of the music festival massacre and met with bereaved families in the Gaza envelope.

'Hungry on the front'

Troops in Gaza left with nothing but matzah with chocolate spread

Since the holiday began, some soldiers on the front were only fed one warm meal and were forced to eat cold field rations in the best case, matzah and chocolate spread in the worst.

A Jewish Army:

How the IDF Rabbinate prepared for Passover

Over 200,000 pounds of Matzah and combat-friendly “Seder kits” - and that's for starters.

They chose values:

Robotics team forfeits international contest to observe Passover

The student robotics team of the Lapid Bnei Akiva Yeshiva High School gave up on their chances of taking 1st place since the final rounds fell out on the last day of Passover.

Bereaved families pray at Joseph's Tomb

Families of Ben Yosef Livnat, who was murdered at Joseph's Tomb, and Sergeant First Class (res.) Shuvael Ben-Natan, who fell in the war, pray at Joseph's Tomb in special Passover visit.

God fought for us then, we fight for Him now

The story of the Exodus says that God fights his people's oppressors at the Red Sea. Now, it is our turn to fight for freedom.

Ukraine War:

Small matzot sent to Jewish soldiers

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent a Passover message to the Jews of his country: 'This is a special holiday marking a long-awaited liberation after long periods of suffering and slavery.'

Watch Live:

Mass Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall

The ceremony will be attended by the Chief Rabbis of Israel, hostages and their families, and the Mayor of Jerusalem.

Herzog visits hostages' family:

'On Passover, all hostages deserve freedom & must be released'

President Isaac Herzog visited the family of twin brothers Ziv and Gali Berman, who remain in Hamas captivity in Gaza.