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Prepare for and celebrate Passover with Beth Sholom!

To download the Rabbinical Assembly Guide to Pesach, click here. Learn more about Passover rituals and preparations here.

Please note: Not all times indicate an opportunity to meet in person. Please make sure to check whether the listed time is in person, on Zoom or simply a guide to ritual practice in your home (for example: candle lighting times). All Zoom links can be found on the Beth Sholom calendar of events.

CBS Family Preschool Passover Resources

  • Tuesday, March 31

    ~8:11 p.m. or as soon after as possible
    Check for hametz at “nightfall”

    Prepare for Pesach by selling your hametz through Rabbi Russell by April 1st.

    Sell Your Hametz!

  • Wednesday, April 1

    5:35 a.m.
    Ta’anit Bechorot, fast of the first born begins

    7:15 a.m.
    Morning minyan on Zoom, followed by a pre-Pesach Siyyum Bekhorot (fast of the first born) with Rabbi Dorothy Richman at ~8:15 a.m. for 30 minutes

    11:07 a.m.
    Latest time for eating hametz

    12:10 p.m.
    Latest time for burning hametz

    1:00 p.m.
    Preschool closes

    3:00 p.m.
    CBS office closes

    7:14 p.m.
    Candle lighting & first night Seder at home

  • Thursday, April 2

    First Day of Passover

    9:30 a.m.
    Traditional Passover Morning services in the Chapel

    5:30 p.m.
    Second Night Community Seder at Beth Sholom

    Celebrate the story of freedom, community, and tradition at our annual second Seder. Gather with family and fellow congregants as we retell the Exodus story, enjoy a festive (meat) meal, and engage in song and discussion.

    SOLD OUT — Please contact Adie to be added to the waitlist.

  • Friday, April 3

    Second Day of Passover

    9:30 a.m.
    Traditional Passover Morning services in the Chapel

    NO Friday evening services

  • Saturday, April 4

    Shabbat Hol HaMoed Pesach

    9:30 a.m.
    Traditional Shabbat and Passover services in the Sanctuary

    8:16 p.m.
    Shabbat ends

  • Sunday, April 5–Tuesday, April 7

    Hol Hamoed Days 1–4 (Days 4–6 of Passover)

    We will meet in person every day of Hol Hamoed. Zoom is also available for these morning services.

    8:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 5
    7:15 a.m. on Monday, April 6 & Tuesday, April 7
    Hol Hamoed Morning Minyan with Hallel and Torah reading

    Help Us Make a Minyan!

  • Wednesday, April 8

    Seventh Day of Passover

    9:30 a.m.
    Traditional Passover Morning Services in the Chapel

  • Thursday, April 9

    Aharon shel Pesach (Final Day)

    9:30 a.m.
    Traditional Passover Morning Services with Yizkor in the Sanctuary

    8:20 p.m.
    Passover ends (enjoy a donut!!)

  • Saturdays, April 11–May 16

    From Pesach to Shavuot

    1:00 p.m
    It is a custom to study one chapter of Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) on each Shabbat afternoon between Pesach and Shavuot. Pikrei Avot focuses on lessons of ethics and humility, which the Rabbis felt would help us to prepare for “receiving the Torah” on Shavuot!

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