5780 Schedule for Pesah

ONGOING
Mechirat Hametz (Sale of Hametz) until Tuesday, April 7 at 5 PM:  online form here

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How to Lead a Seder – Click here to access the video.
Many of us are unexpectedly in the position of leading a seder, and may want a refresher. In Rabbi Zeff’s online class, “How to Lead a Seder,” you will hear ideas from Rabbi Zeff and other that explore ways that allow us to celebrate Pesah in a different way this year.  Click here for the slides and click here for the chat transcript.

Shir HaShirim: The Song of Songs – Click here to access the video.
Prepare your heart for Passover by learning about one of the most beautiful poems ever written!

TUESDAY, APRIL 7

5:00 PM:  Mechirat Hametz (Sale of Hametz) concludes
Evening:  Bedikat Chametz (Search for Leaven)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8

7:00 AM:  Morning Minyan & Siyyum

10:00 AM: Biyur Chametz (Removal of Leaven)
6:00 PM:  Online Seder with Rabbi Zeff

Evening: First Seder in homes

THURSDAY, APRIL 9

10:00 AM:  Pesah Day 1 Audio-Stream Service with Rabbi Zeff – click HERE.

  • There will also be a text study as part of the service. The study for Day 1 focuses on the prayer for dew that we say on the first day of Pesah. What is it and why do we say it at this time? If you would like to follow along with the text study, or if you would simply like to have some sources to reflect on over the holiday, you can download and print the Day 1 text study sheet here.

10:00 AM:  Dorshei Derekh Pesah Service via Zoom.

  • If you would like to join via Zoom, please email Mark Pinsky for the link and login information.

Evening: Second Seder in homes

FRIDAY, APRIL 10

10:00 AM:  Pesah Day 2 Audio-Stream Service – click HERE.

  • There will also be a text study as part of the service. The study for Day 2 focuses on the story told in the haftarah for that day, of King Josiah finding a scroll of Torah and transforming the practices of the kingdom because of it. Can we imagine such a transformation? And what might prompt it? If you would like to follow along with the text study, or if you would simply like to have some sources to reflect on over the holiday, you can download and print the Day 2 text study sheet here.

6:00 PM:  Erev Pesah Day 3 & Erev Shabbat Audio-Stream Service – click HERE.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11

10:00 AM:  Pesah & Shabbat Audio-Stream Service with Rabbi Zeff – click HERE.
10:00 AM:  Dorshei Derekh Pesah & Shabbat Zoom Service

SUNDAY, APRIL 12

9:00 AM:  Morning Minyan

MONDAY, APRIL 13

7:15 AM:  Morning Minyan

TUESDAY, APRIL 14

7:15 AM:  Morning Minyan

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15

10:00 AM:  Pesah Day 7 Audio-Stream Service with Rabbi Zeff – click HERE.

As part of the services, Rabbi Zeff will also be teaching a text study focusing on the Song at the Sea, the moment when the Israelites, led by Moses and Miriam, break out into a song of praise after having escaped from Egypt.  If you would like to follow along with the text study, or if you would simply like to have some sources to reflect on over the holiday, you can download and print the text study sheet here.

10:00 AM:  Dorshei Derekh Pesah Service with Yizkor via Zoom.

  • If you would like to join via Zoom, please email Mark Pinsky for the link and login information.

THURSDAY, APRIL 16

10:00 AM:  Pesah Day 8 with Yizkor Audio-Stream Service with Rabbi Zeff – click HERE.

Rabbi Zeff will be leading services on Thursday morning at 10:00 AM from the Charry Sanctuary, including the Yizkor memorial prayers that we say for those whom we have loved and lost.  The Rabbi’s d’var Torah will focus on how we carry those who are no longer in this world with us as we move forward on our journey.