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Here is a look at our offerings for 5783:

Passover is Coming! (Passover Prep Classes)
Passover is just around the corner. Join us for these in-person classes where our clergy will help you prepare for Passover.

[logo] Create a Meaningful SederTuesdays, March 21 and 28, 2023 starting with minyan at 7:00 PM
"The Stories We Tell and What Stories Tell Us: Storytelling on Passover and Beyond." in conjunction with Project Zug

Telling our story is something we do so frequently that we rarely think about it. Unconsciously, we choose how long to speak for, which details to highlight and which to omit, and look for the impact our telling has on the listener. On Pesah, this process is moved to our conscious behavior as we're called upon to recount the Exodus from Egypt as if we were there, as if it were our own personal story.

In this class we'll investigate the role of storytelling in the Seder and also beyond it. What are the stories that we tell? Why do we tell them? How can we get more out of them? And how can telling a familiar story in a new way change who we are?

 


Second Night Community Passover Seder
Celebrate our freedom with your friends and family at Temple Emanu-El. This staff led congregational Seder will be a traditional, lively, and song-filled seder complete with a delicious meal.

Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 6:30 PM
(Reservations are closed)

 


Passover Resources

Rabbinical Assembly Pesah Guide
The Pesah Guide for 5783 is now available.

Is it kosher for Passover?
Here is the 2023 list of kosher for Passover foods from kashrut.org.

Haggadah Resources

>> Large Print Haggadot From the Jewish Braille Institute of America

>> With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Haggadahs-R-Us is again offering free downloads of several hagaddot. Click here for more information.

>> Learn about the history and structure of the Haggadah at MyJewishLearning.com.

>> Passover materials including song parodies at his site, www.jewishfreeware.org.

>> Make your own Haggadah at haggadot.com.

>> Download "The Wandering is Over Haggadah" a modern, customizable and free Haggadah by Jewish Boston 

>> Here is a very inclusive Haggadah from JewBelong. It is very accessible and user friendly.


Selling of Hametz/Mekhirat Hametz
Since ownership of hametz (bread and other leavened products) is not allowed during Pesah, ideally all hametz in one's possession would be given away or destroyed before the holiday begins. This often represents a financial hardship, therefore the practice arose for people to store away their hametz before Pesah and arrange to sell it for the duration of the holiday.

Click here to appoint Rabbi Fel to arrange a sale of your hametz.
(All forms must be received by the synagogue by 4/4/2023 at 8:00 AM.)

 


Service Times & Candlelighting

[logo] Service Times & Candle-Lighting

Wednesday, April 5 – Erev Passover

  • 7:30 AM - Shaharit & Siyyum - Teaching by Rachel Levy - Fishbein Chapel
  • 10:39 AM - Last Moment to Eat Hametz
  • 11:44 AM - Last Moment to Possess Hametz
  • 5:45 PM - Z'man Kodesh with Cantor Mayer (Zoom only)
  • 6:57 PM - Candle Lighting

Thursday, April 6 - Passover Day 1

  • 9:15 AM - Yom Tov Services - Main Sanctuary
  • 10:30 AM - Family First Passover Service with Rabbi Fel and Rachel Cohn - Fishbein Chapel
  • 11:15 AM - Tot "Shabbat" - Sisterhood Lounge
  • 11:15 AM - Cantor Mayer:   Unpacking the Poetry and Meaning of Tal
  • 12:00 PM - Light Lunch* following services with Birkat Hamazon
  • 12:45 PM - Learning and Minhah with Cantor Mayer - Fishbein Chapel 
  • 6:30 PM - Community Seder - Bohnen Vestry (Registration is Closed)

Friday, April 7 - Passover Day 2

  • 9:15 AM - Yom Tov Services - Main Sanctuary with Teachings by Rabbi Fel
  • 11:00 AM - Family Passover activity with Rachel Cohn - Learning Lab
  • 12:00 PM - Light Oneg following services
  • 6:00 PM - Shabbat Services with Rabbi Fel 

Saturday, April 8 - Shabbat

  • 8:00 AM - Early Service - Fishbein Chapel
  • 9:15 AM - Shabbat Services with Shir Hashirim - Sanctuary
  • 9:15 AM - Minyan Hadash - Fishbein Chapel
  • 11:15 AM - Tot Shabbat 
  • 11:15 AM - Junior Cong with Rabbi Fel
  • 11:15 AM - Rabbi Ami Hersh teaching - Sanctuary 
  • 12:00 PM - Light Lunch* with Birkat Hamazon following services
  • 12:15 PM - Open Gym - Goldberg Gym
  • 1:10 PM - Shabbat Minhah with Rabbi Fel 
  • 8:15 PM - Zoom Havdalah with Cantor Mayer

Sunday, April 9 - Hol Ha-moed

  • 8:00 AM - Shaharit Services - Fishbein Chapel
  • 5:45 PM - Z'man Kodesh on Zoom 

Monday, April 10 - Hol Ha-moed

  • 7:15 AM - Z'man Kodesh on Zoom
  • 5:45 PM - Z'man Kodesh on Zoom 

Tuesday, April 11 - Hol Ha-moed

  • 7:15 AM - Shaharit Services - Fishbein Chapel
  • 5:45 PM - Yom Tov Services with Cantor Mayer - Fishbein Chapel
  • 7:03 PM - Candle Lighting 

Wednesday, April 12 - Passover Day 7

  • 9:15 AM - Yom Tov Services with Shirat Hayam
  • 12:00 PM - Light Lunch* following services with Birkat Hamazon
  • 1:15 PM - Minhah with Rabbi Fel - Fishbein Chapel
  • 8:05 PM - Candle Lighting

Thursday, April 13 - Passover Day 8

  • 9:15 AM - Yom Tov Services with Yizkor -  Sanctuary
  • 11:00 AM - Yizkor Speaker:  Tish Brennan 
  • 11:00 AM - Matzah Pizza Factory and Games!
  • 7:35 PM - Minhah/Ma'ariv with Cantor Mayer - Fishbein Chapel
  • 8:08 PM - Havdalah
  • 8:30 PM - Eat Hametz!
Thu, September 21 2023 6 Tishrei 5784