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Passover 5783

Celebrate Passover  — And  Its  End  — With Temple Har Zion

TEMPLE HAR ZION SECOND SEDER

Thursday, April 6
Registration is required; last day to register is Monday, April 3.

6:30 PM Maariv Service
7 PM Seder

Click here or on the flyer for more information or to register.
 

AFTER PASSOVER MIMOUNA CELEBRATION, DESSERTS AND SCHMOOZING

Thursday, April 13, 8:15 PM, In person only.

Mimouna is a dessert celebration originating with the Jews of Maghrebi heritage, featuring many sweets. It is celebrated on the evening Passover ends, marking the return to eating chametz.

Click here or on the flyer for more information or to register. There is a suggested donation of $10 per person.

Passover 57823   Services, Seders and Programs  

All of the Zoom links below use the Temple Har Zion Zoom password. Ask the office during normal working hours if you need it.

Click here or on the image for a 1-page printable table summarizing the following information.

Sunday, April 3

Monday, April 3

Tuesday, April 4

Wednesday, April 5 — Erev Passover

  • Fast of the Firstborn
  • First Seder
  • 8 AM: Shohet Morning Minyan with Siyum for Firstborn,
    in person and Zoom; 
    Zoom ID# 799 405 500
    Link: https://zoom.us/j/799405500
  • 5:30 PM: Passover Maariv, Zoom only
    Zoom ID# 814 4591 5201
    Link: https://zoom.us/j/81445915201 
  • 7:03 PM: Candle Lighting
  • Temple Office and Preschool Closing at Noon
  • No KRS

Thursday,  April 6 — Pesach Day 1

  • Second Seder
  • 10 AM: Pesach Service, in person and streaming; 
    Zoom link, ID# 242 651 284
    Link: https://zoom.us/j/242651284 
    (This is the usual Saturday Morning Zoom link)
  • 6:30 PM: Maariv service, in person and streaming,
    Zoom ID# 814 4591 5201
    Link: https://zoom.us/j/81445915201 
  • 7 PM: Congregational 2nd Seder; click here or on the flyer for more information or to register. (Note that there is a price increase on March 30.) 
    LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR THE SECOND SEDER is Sunday, April 2.
  • 8:04 PM: Candle Lighting
  • Temple Office and Preschool Closed

Friday, April 7 — Pesach Day 2

  • 10 AM: Pesach Service, in person and streaming;
    Zoom link, ID# 242 651 284
    Link: https://zoom.us/j/242651284 
  • 6:30 PM: Kabbalat Shabbat Service, in person and streaming
    Zoom ID# 818 0357 8025
    Link: http://zoom.us/j/81803578025 
  • 7:05 PM: Candle Lighting
  • Temple Office and Preschool open usual hours

Saturday, April 8 — Chol Hamoed Pesach, Pesach Day 3

Sunday, April 9— Chol Hamoed Pesach, Pesach Day 4

Monday, April 10 — Chol Hamoed Pesach, Pesach Day 5

  • 8 AM: Shohet Morning Minyan, in person and Zoom;
    Zoom  ID# 799 405 500
    Link: https://zoom.us/j/799405500
  • Temple Office and Preschool open usual hours

Tuesday,  April 11 — Chol Hamoed Pesach, Pesach Day 6

  • 8 AM: Shohet Morning Minyan, Zoom only; 
    Zoom ID# 799 405 500
    Link: https://zoom.us/j/799405500
  • 7:10 PM: Candle Lighting
  • Temple Office and Preschool open usual hours

Wednesday, April 12 — Pesach Day 7

  • 10 AM: Pesach Service, in person and Zoom;
    Zoom link, ID# 242 651 284
    Link: https://zoom.us/j/242651284 
  • 8:11 PM: Candle Lighting
  • Temple Office and Preschool Closed
  • No KRS

Thursday, April 13 — Pesach/Yizkor, Pesach Day 8

  • 10 AM: Pesach Service, in person and Zoom;
    Zoom link, ID# 242 651 284
    Link: https://zoom.us/j/242651284 
  • 8:15 PM: Havdalah
  • 8:15 PM: Mimouna End of Passover Celebration, in person only
  • Temple Office and Preschool Closed

PASSOVER SCHEDULES OF TEMPLE HAR ZION SCHOOLS

EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: Closes at 11:30 AM on Wednesday, April 5; closed Thursday-Friday, April 6-7, and Wednesday-Thursday, April 12-13.

KOVEN RELIGIOUS SCHOOL PASSOVER BREAK: Begins on Sunday, March 26; classes resume on Sunday, April 16.

Selling Your Chametz and Passover How-To Information

Sale of Chametz
 

Click here for the online form to sell your chametz.
Forms for sale of chametz need to be submitted by the end of the day on Monday, April 3.

Passover Information
 

  • Passover 101:

  • USCJ Passover resources: Click here.

  • Star-K Kosher list of products that do not require Kosher for Passover Certification: Click here.

  • The Rabbinical Assembly's Kashrut  Subcommittee Passover Guides for 5783: Click here.

Returning this Year: The End of Passover Celebration Mimouna

Thursday, April 13, 2023

8:15 PM - 10:30 PM

Celebrate the end of Passover with the Temple Har Zion community and enjoy sweets, mint tea and honey, muflita pancakes, and each other’s company!

Mimouna is a dinner/dessert celebration originating with the Jews of Maghrebi heritage, featuring many sweets. It begins on the evening that Passover ends, marking the return to eating chametz. 

My Jewish Learning has more, click here. Do you have a subscription to the New York Times? Their article, "Celebrating Mimouna and Its Dose of Post-Passover Carbs," is quite good; click here.

Passover Cooking with the Temple Har Zion Family

Passover Cooking with Leah Koenig
 

Leah Koenig, daughter of Har Zion's Carol Koenig, is a prominent authority on Jewish cooking and the author of several excellent Jewish cookbooks. Her Passover recipies have been featured on many cooking websites.

Instead of picking just one for  you, click here for a Google search of Leah's Passover recipes.

Direct from Jay Michael's Kitchen to your Seder table...


Two marvelous Passover Dessert recipes to make for your Seder meal. 

Chocolate Almond Cake: 

 

The recipe: Click here

Jay's video:  

Chocolate Refrigerator Matzo Cake:

 

The recipe: Click here

Jay's video:  

See the Ultimate Passover Recipe Guide below for many more Passover recipes. 

Sing at Your Seder with Cantor Figa

The Passover Seder is a joyous family celebration featuring a multi-course feast accompanied by drama, music, choreography and fun. The mitzvah of retelling of our ancestors’ exodus from Egypt following the “script” of the Haggadah is a meaningful and uplifting spiritual experience. The symbols on the table connect us to the past and make us more aware of the here and now as life is renewed, and spring arrives. “For, lo, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone” we read in Shir Hashirim, the scripture which is linked to Pesach, The Song of Songs.

Kadeish Urchatz

Kiddush Pesach

HaLachma

Ma Nishtana

Avadim Hayin

Dayeinu

Eliyahu Hanavi

Adir Hu

Chad Gadya

Echad Mi Yodea

Let My People Go

Halleluyah

 

Music is essential to the Passover Seder, and everyone is encouraged to sing along. From the setting of the table to the evening’s conclusion, the Seder is full of opportunities to tell the Passover story in song. In the Haggadah, after lighting and blessing the Yom Tov candles (be sure to include Shehechiyanu), comes Kaddeish – Ur’chatz, a “Table of Contents” of the 15 highpoints of the Seder. It is customary for everyone sing this list as an overture.

Next comes the Kiddush, the sanctification of the holiday over the first of the 4 cups of wine. There is a special Yom Tov melody for this. We introduce the central symbol of Matzah early on by calling it “The Bread of Affliction” with a song Ha Lachma. The youngest at the table asks the Four Questions, Ma Nishtana, but it is fun for everyone to join in the chorus “halayla hazeh”.

Now that we have heard the four questions, we answer them, starting with the explanation told in a traditional melody with the words, Avadim Hayinu, “We Were Slaves”. The Haggadah tells of the many good things that G-d has done for us, and we sing the spirited Dayenu saying that each single thing alone “would have been enough for us!” In a more solemn vein, we sing Eliyahu Hanavi, to the guest at every Seder table, Elijah the Prophet, who returns to earth to help those in need.

Excerpts from Hallel, and closing songs such as Adir Hu, Chad Gadya, and Let My People Go add to the merriment. Of course, we conclude singing L’shana Haba’a, Next Year in Jerusalem!

 

Sun, October 1 2023 16 Tishrei 5784