The Shabbat before Pesach is known as "The Great Shabbat" ("Shabbat HaGadol" in Hebrew) — see the first and last articles.
The second article, on the once-a-year blessing over budding/blossoming fruit trees, really should have been printed last week—Sorry!--but there is still plenty of time.
Articles 3 & 5 are from two of our popular running translations, while the 4th is from our Question-Answer series
Next week: special PASSOVER issue.