Week 46 · The Jewish Year
Pesach I: Chametz and Preparation
Questions 805–827
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Objectives
Explain this week’s central concepts accurately, respectfully, and in clear language.
Answer Questions 805–827 in complete sentences and correct them after discussion.
Connect belief and law to observable practice in home, synagogue, and community.
Core content
Chametz; kitniyot customs; cleaning; sale; bedikah and bittul; kashering; firstborn fast.
Required reading
Siddur and machzor; Haggadah; practical festival guide; selected Tanakh and rabbinic sources for each season.
Practical observance
Make a room-by-room Pesach plan and learn the community’s kashering standards.
Hebrew strand
Practice 10–15 minutes daily: festival texts, Haggadah, and calendar terms. Record one passage that became easier this week.
Homework and reflection
Complete written responses for 805–827; mark every answer that depends on local custom or rabbinic ruling.
Write 150–250 words: “How should this week’s learning change the way I live?”
Record attendance, practice completed, uncertainties, and one question for the sponsoring rabbi.
Rabbinic checkpoint
Distinguish dirt from chametz and plan carefully without turning preparation into panic.