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Overview of Passover, which combines the Festival of the Paschal Offering and the Festival of Matzos, as well as an overview of Tractate Pesachim. The Torah’s laws of Passover are actually quite brief for such a complex holiday. The search for chametz, leavened bread in our homes begins on the “Ohr” of the 14th of the Hebrew month of Nissan. Ohr means light. In this context, does the “Light of the 14th” mean the evening of the 14th (all Hebrew dates begin on the night before) or the morning of the 14th? Scriptural, Talmudic and logical proofs follow…