Pesach

MEKHIRAT HAMETZ, SALE OF HAMETZ
Remember to appoint Rabbi Zuckerman as your agent to sell your hametz.
Fill out the online form for the Authorization to Sell Hametz no later than 7:00 am on Wednesday, April 8.

For information on how to make your kitchen ready for Passover and what foods are permitted during the holiday, see the Pesach Guide.

Fast of the Firstborn
SIYYUM ON TRACTATE BERAKHOT
Wed / Apr 8 / 7:00 am
Rabbinical Intern Viktoria Bedo
Did you know the obligation to celebrate the completion of study outweighs the obligation to fast? Following morning services help us finish Talmud Bavli Tractate Berakhot in recognition of Ta’anit Bekhorot, the Fast of the Firstborn.
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Due to Mayor De Blasio’s ban on communal gatherings, along with our concern for the safety of everyone in our community, we have canceled our Passover seders. Please rest assured that you will receive a full refund if you have already registered.

We have collaborated with our panel of caterers to offer alternative menu options for your seder at home. 

• Pride Caterers
• Foremost Caterers
• Michael Scott Events 

Thank you for your patience and understanding in this crisis. The safety of our community remains our top priority. Please contact us with any questions or concerns. We look forward to sitting at the table together for seders in future years.

Virtual Seders

Family Seder
Wed / Apr 8 / 5:00 pm
Join us for song and storytelling as we recount our people’s journey toward freedom. Sign on to social media to #ShareYourSeder.
Link information coming soon.

Communal Seders
Wed / Apr 8 / 6:00 pm
Thu / Apr 9 / 6:00 pm
Help us tell the story of redemption as we celebrate Pesah together. Sign on to social media to #ShareYourSeder.
Link information coming soon.

All programs will be held via Zoom.

How is This Night Different?
RUNNING YOUR OWN SEDER (TWO TIME OFFERINGS)
Mon / Mar 30 / 5:00 pm
Thu / Apr 2 / 5:00 pm
Rabbi Philp and Rabbinical Intern Viki Bedo
Learn the basics of hosting your own Seder, from choosing a haggadah to prepping your table. Find out how you can make this night different - and uniquely your own. This class will also be offered on Thursday.
ZOOM

Under the Circumstances / B’dievad
PASSOVER IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
Mon / Mar 30 / 6:00 pm
Rabbi Witkovsky
Given the constraints of the current public health crisis, learn how we can observe Passover to the best of our abilities (even if our grocery store has run out of matzah).
ZOOM

From Mah Nishtanah to Afikomen
PRE-PASSOVER LEARNING
Tue / Mar 31 / 7:00 pm
Rabbanit Adena Berkowitz
Explore what biblical and rabbinic sources teach us about the development of the Passover Seder and the haggadah from ancient rituals to today's practices.
ZOOM

From Generation to Generation
HOW TO LEAD A SEDER WITH CHILDREN
Wed / Apr 1 / 8:00 pm
Rabbi Witkovsky and Jennifer Stern Granowitz
Join other Congregational School parents to find out how we can create engaging seder experiences for all our children, whether they are wise, a little naughty, easily bored, or simply don't know what questions to ask.
ZOOM

Ritual Workshop
KASHERING YOUR KITCHEN FOR PASSOVER
Thu / Apr 2 / 6:00 pm
Rabbi Philp
Learn the ins-and-outs of kashering your kitchen for Passover in a judgment-free environment where no experience is required and all questions are welcome.
ZOOM

And You Shall Tell the Story
THREE RABBIS, THREE TEXTS: PREPARING FOR YOUR SEDER
Thu / Apr 2 / 7:00 pm
UES rabbis from three movements get together to talk Torah. Rabbis Angela Buchdahl (Central Synagogue), Chaim Steinmetz (Congregation Kehillath Jeshurun), and our own Rabbi Cosgrove bring their favorite Passover texts to the table as we prepare to retell the Exodus story.
REGISTER FOR ZOOM LINK

Spring Into Passover
VIRTUAL PRE-PASSOVER PARTY FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN 3-5
Sun / Apr 5 / 10:30 am
Zoom

Moses Meets Melton
PASSOVER MELTON LEARNING
Tue / Apr 14 / 12:00 pm
Rabbi Zuckerman’s annual text-based, Melton-style Passover class will take on the subject of our spring Reading Jewish Lives book, the hero who’s absent from the Haggadah. Open to everyone – current, past, and possible future Melton students.
ZOOM

All programs and services during Pesach will be held via Zoom and Livestream.

WED / APR 8 / 14 NISAN / EREV PESACH, FAST OF THE FIRSTBORN
7:00 am / Shaharit and Siyyum for Ta’anit Bekhorot 
7:00 am / Last opportunity to submit Mehirat Hametz form
10:47 am / Time to stop eating hametz food
11:52 am / Sale or disposal of hametz must be completed
6:30 pm / Festival Evening Service –  First Night of Pesach

THU / APR 9 / 15 NISAN / FIRST DAY OF PESACH
9:45 am /  Festival morning service – 1st Day of Pesach
The musaf service on the first day of Pesach begins with the cantor's recitation of the hymn Tal, the prayer for dew. Beginning with this service, until the end of Sukkot next fall, we no longer say mashiv ha-ruah u-morid ha-gashem (You cause the wind to blow and the rain to fall) at the start of the Amidah.
30 mins after morning services / Minha
11:00 am / A Soecial Passover Tot Tefillah / Zoom
6:00 pm / Festival Evening Service – 2nd Night of Pesach
Begin counting the omer - the 49 days from Pesach to Shavuot - at the second seder.

Omer calendar coming soon.

FRI / APR 10 / 16 NISAN / SECOND DAY OF PESACH
9:45 am / Festival Service – 2nd Day of Pesach
30 mins after morning services / Minha
6:15 pm / Kabbalat Shabbat

SAT / APR 11 / 17 NISAN / THIRD DAY OF PESACH, SHABBAT HOL HA-MOED
9:00 am / Shaharit and Parashat HaShavua
9:45 am / Shabbat morning service
12:30 pm / Minha

SUN / APR 12 / 19 NISAN / FOURTH DAY OF PESACH, HOL HA-MOED 
9:00 am / Morning minyan with Hallel, Torah Reading and Musaf
5:45 pm / Minha/Ma'ariv

NOTE:
  - Morning minyan begins at 7:00 am on weekdays of hol ha-moed, the intermediate days of the holiday.
  - YFE classes, PASECC, Congregational School, High School, and most adult classes do not meet this week. See below for special Passover classes.

MON / APR 13 / 18 NISAN / FIFTH DAY OF PESACH, HOL HA-MOED 
7:00 am / Morning minyan with Hallel, Torah Reading and Musaf
5:45 pm / Minha/Ma'ariv

TUE / APR 14 / 20 NISAN / SIXTH DAY OF PESACH, HOL HA-MOED 
7:00 am / Morning minyan with Hallel, Torah Reading and Musaf
12:00 pm / Moses Meets Melton: Passover Melton
5:45 pm / Minha and Festival Evening Service

WED / APR 15  / 21 NISAN / SEVENTH DAY OF PESACH
9:45 am / Festival Morning Service
30 mins after services / Minha
5:45 pm / Minha and Festival Evening Service

THU / APR 16  / 22 NISAN / EIGHTH DAY OF PESACH
9:45 am / Festival Morning Service
30 mins after services / Minha
5:45 pm / Minha (No Ma'ariv)
8:19 pm / Pesach ends. OK to purchase and eat hametz!
9:20 pm / OK to eat Hametz sold through PAS