articles on The Month of Nissan
Uprooting a tree for Birchat Ha'ilanot
Is one allowed to uproot a tree in order to help others make a Birchat Ha'ilanot, or is it complete Prohibition to uproot fruit trees ("Bal Tashchit")?
The First Month and Renewal
We are responsible for providing new understandings of the Torah every day in accordance with the changing times. “God renews the act of creation on a daily basis.”
Birkat Ha’Ilanot on Shabbat
This year Rosh Chodesh Nissan occurs on Shabbat. When should we bless Birkat Ha'Ilanot? on Shabbat or on sunday? Can we make the blessing on Motze'ey Shabbat?
Birkat Ha'Ilanot
What are the principles of Birkat Ha'Ilanot?
Lessons on The Month of Nissan
The Positive Side of Pesach Preparations
Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | 28 Adar 5785
The Month of Turning Sins into Merits
Rabbi Yosef Nave | 4 Nissan 5784
What's So Special About the Month of Nissan?
Rabbi Chaim Avihau Schwartz | 26 Adar II 5784
The Beginning of History
...With the arrival of the Exodus, a new era dawns upon humanity. The month of Nissan is when time was essentially born in the world, as the Torah declares: 'This month is for you the head of the months, the first for you of the months of the year" (Sh'mot 12,2). In Nissan, history sets out on its journey. From now on, there is a beginning, there is renewal, and there is the beginning of historic memory...
Rabbi Haggai Lundin | Nissan 9 5783
The Bracha on Blossoming Trees
May I recite birkas ilanos when I see only one blossoming tree? Must it be a fruit-bearing tree? Must I recite this bracha in the month of Nissan? I live in Australia!
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Adar II 27 5782
What's So Wrong With Bread?
Everyone knows you can't eat bread on Pesach, but what's so wrong with bread?
Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair | Nissan 13 5781
What Is Birkat Ha-ilanot, the Blessing on Trees?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Nissan 3 5781
