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The Halachic and Mystical Reasons To Prepare For Pesach 30 Days Before

323 views · Mar 15, 2026

Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

A discussion on the halachic and mystical preparation for Pesach.

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Okay, good morning everyone. Shalom aleichem. Baruchim haba'im. We're continuing in Hilchos Pesach. So, here's a little intro. We know the Gemara says in Maseches Megillah vav, sho'alin v'dorashin b'hilchos haPesach kodem l'Pesach shloshim yom. Why? Why 30 days? Where does this come from? Who decided 30 days? Why do Why does it take so long? By the way, the Beis Yosef gives three answers. Beis Yosef says not necessarily that it takes 30 days. It's just for that 30-day period, if someone asks a question about Hilchos Pesach, we'll deem it that he's asking a relevant question. Not that it literally takes 30 days to learn Hilchos Pesach. Number two, the Beis Yosef says there are a lot of halachos. And number three, because of carbon, because of carbonais. That you need to get a good sheep, and you have to make sure that your sheep is not a mum, doesn't have a mum in it. And it could take time to to search out and investigate and find a sheep. I have a cousin in Eretz Yisrael who uh noticed that the Israeli government ear tags all the sheep. Now, if you ear tag the sheep, it's a mum. So, he went to Rav Chaim Kanievsky, and he got Rav Chaim Kanievsky to endorse his movement that the Israeli government should not ear tag sheep for 30 days before Pesach, because if Mashiach comes, we're not going to have sheep to be makriv the korban Pesach. And Rav Chaim endorsed it.

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  1. 0:00Okay, good morning everyone. Shalom aleichem. Baruchim haba'im. We're continuing in Hilchos Pesach. So, here's a…
  2. 0:32period, if someone asks a question about Hilchos Pesach, we'll deem it that he's asking a…
  3. 1:02I have a cousin in Eretz Yisrael who uh noticed that the Israeli government ear tags…
  4. 1:32Anyway, those are the three reasons to uh to learn Hilchos Pesach 30 days before. Those…
  5. 2:05The Baal Shevet Mussar. Actually, there's a young man standing in the back by the kurog.…
  6. 3:11give a boost to the forces of kedushah that are on the rise. But let's develop…
  7. 3:42hu yatza miMitzrayim. Why? There's no obligation to view yourself as if Haman wanted to kill…
  8. 4:13would sin 400 consecutive days, then you would fall into the 50th level of tumah. You…
  9. 4:49gates of tumah until erev Pesach we're at the precipice of kedushah. Basically, for 30 days…
  10. 5:25But you have to help him. You need to let go of all the things that…

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