Pesach 5784 / Passover 2024

IMPORTANT PESACH INFORMATION

Acts of Loving-Kindness 

• Invite a guest to join you for Seder. If you have an open seat or if you are in search of an open seat, please contact Elise at 248.357.5544. 
• The term Me’ot Chetim is Hebrew for “wheat money.” It refers to the collection of funds to ensure that the needy can properly celebrate Passover. There are needy families in our community who depend upon these funds to celebrate Passover. Congregation Shaarey Zedek welcomes donations. We strongly recommend as well that you donate directly to Yad Ezra,JFS, the Jewish Federation, or the charity of your choice.  
• Donate to a charity supporting Israel: Jewish Federation’s Israel Emergency Fund
• Donate to a charity supporting humanitarian efforts in Ukraine Jewish Federation’s Ukraine Emergency Fund
• Support the IDF soldiers still fighting for our freedom: FIDF

Prayer and Ritual

• Download and send in your form  Selling Your Chametz 
• Submit an Online form to Sell your Chametz
• Download and print the Counting the Omer Calendar
• Yom Tov Services: We will gather in prayer every day of Passover, morning and night. Special services are conducted the first two days and the last two days of the holiday, including the eighth day of Pesach on which we will offer Yizkor. 

The Three Mitzvot of Passover
Click HERE to read the letter from the CSZ Clergy.

Preparing your kitchen for Passover and need questions answered?
Many of the answers might be HERE. If questions remain, contact Rabbi Aaron Starr at rabbistarr@shaareyzedek.org. 

Seder Songs to enhance your service
Click HERE to listen.

UPCOMING PASSOVER PROGRAMS

Live the Story! Passover Learning with Rabbi Yoni Dahlen – Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. 
Live the Story! Making your Pesach Seder fun, accessible, and memorable for all ages. The Passover Seder can be many things, but it should NEVER be boring! In this special shiur, Rabbi Yoni will give practical tips and tricks to make your sedarim engaging, insightful, and most importantly, FUN! Breakfast will be served for all who attend. Register Here

The Amazing Passover Race – Sunday, April 21, 2024 – 9:30 a.m. – In-person at CSZ
Calling all CSZ Families! Join us for our next Family Program on Sunday April 21st, 9:30-12noon as we celebrate Passover! We’ll enjoy time with our clergy, a yummy bagel brunch, crafts, songs, and a special “Get out of Egypt!” obstacle course! All families with children 0-12 are invited and welcome to participate – something for everybody! Register HERE

Siyyum B’Chorim – Monday, April 22, 2024  at 7:30 a.m. in the Bernstein Chapel
On the principle that fasting is prohibited on a joyous occasion, Judaism allows for anyone who attends a religious feast to forego fasting. It is customary to hold a celebratory meal on the completion of study of a tractate of Talmud, called a siyyum (conclusion). Rabbis initiated the practice of studying a portion of a Talmud tractate after morning services, held especially early on Erev Pesach. All firstborn are invited to be present for the conclusion, and share a seudal mitzvah (meal in honor of a commandment; in this case, studying the Torah).

Family Pesach Experiences – Tuesday, April 23 and Tuesday April 30, 2024 at 10:30 a.m.  – Brodsky Tikvah Chapel
Join us each of these Yom Tov mornings in the Tikvah Chapel for songs, prayer, games, matza and grape juice snack, and fun with your Shul friends. Open to the congregation and the community. Activities for kids ages 0-12.

For more information call the synagogue office (248) 357-5544.

PASSOVER SERVICES

FAST OF THE FIRST BORN / EREV PESACH – First Seder – Monday, April 22, 2024
Stop eating Chametz at 11:20 a.m.
– Shacharit and Siyyum of the First Born – 7:30 a.m. Bernstein Chapel and on Zoom
– Leil Pesach Minchah/Ma’ariv – 5:00 p.m. – Bernstein Chapel and on Zoom
Candle Lighting – 8:06 p.m.

FIRST DAY of PESACH / Second Seder – Tuesday, April 23, 2024
– Festival Morning Services – 9:30 a.m. – Bernstein Chapel and on Zoom
The CSZ Clergy, lay leaders and Gabbai welcome you to an engaging morning service for the First Day of Pesach followed by Kiddish. You may also join on Zoom.
– Family Pesach Experiences – Tuesday, April 23 and Tuesday April 30, 2024 at 10:30 a.m.  – Brodsky Tikvah Chapel
Join us each Pesach morning in the Tikvah Chapel for songs, prayer, games, matza and grape juice snack, and fun with your Shul friends. Open to the congregation and the community. Activities for kids ages 0-12.
– Minchah & Ma’ariv – 5:00 p.m. – Bernstein Chapel and on Zoom
Candle Lighting at 9:07 p.m.

SECOND DAY of PESACH – Wednesday, April 24, 2024
– Festival Morning Services – 9:30 a.m. – Bernstein Chapel and on Zoom
The CSZ Clergy, lay leaders and Gabbai welcome you to an engaging morning service for the Second Day of Pesach followed by Kiddish. You may also join on Zoom.
– Minchah, Ma’ariv, Havdalah  – 8:45 p.m. – Bernstein Chapel and on Zoom
Yom Tov ends at 9:11 p.m. 

THIRD DAY of PESACH – Thursday, April 25, 2024 – Chol HaMoed Pesach
– Shacharit – 7:30 a.m.  – Bernstein Chapel and on Zoom
– Minchah / Ma’ariv – 5:30 p.m. – Bernstein Chapel and on Zoom

FOURTH DAY of PESACH – Friday, April 26, 2024 – Chol HaMoed Pesach
– Shacharit – 7:30 a.m.  – Bernstein Chapel and on Zoom
– Minchah / Kabbalat Shabbat / Ma’ariv – 6:00 p.m.  – Bernstein Chapel and on Zoom

FIFTH DAY of PESACH / SHABBAT CHOL HAMOED PESACH – Saturday, April 27, 2023 
– Timely Torah – 9:00 a.m. – In-person – Hermelin Hall
Join our clergy for a relaxed discussion before Shabbat morning services using traditional and contemporary commentaries on the weekly Torah portion to mine our sacred scripture for wisdom, truth, and a better understanding of the human condition. 
– Shabbat Morning Services – 9:30 a.m. – in the Sanctuary
We gather in-person in the sanctuary for a participatory, clergy-led service, a triennial Torah reading, a sermon, and songs of the Musaf service. Following services, we join together for a festive Passover Kiddish. You may also join our services on our Live Stream. or on Zoom
– Family Pesach Experiences  – Brodsky Tikvah Chapel
Join us each Shabbat morning in the Tikvah Chapel for songs, prayer, games, matza and grape juice snack, and fun with your Shul friends. Open to the congregation and the community. Activities for kids ages 0-12.
– Havdalah – 9:16 p.m. – on Zoom Only

SIXTH DAY of PESACH – Sunday, April 28, 2024 – Erev Yom Tov
– Shacharit – 8:30 a.m. – Bernstein Chapel and on Zoom
– Minchah & Ma’ariv – 6:00 p.m. – Bernstein Chapel and on Zoom
Candle Lighting at 8:12 p.m.

SEVENTH DAY of PESACH – Monday, April 29, 2024 – Yom Tov
– Festival Morning Services – 9:30 a.m. – Bernstein Chapel and on Zoom
The CSZ Clergy, lay leaders and Gabbai welcome you to an engaging morning service for the Seventh Day of Pesach followed by Kiddish.
– Minchah & Ma’ariv – 5:30 p.m. – Bernstein Chapel and on Zoom
Candle Lighting at 9:14 p.m.

EIGHTH DAY of PESACH – Tuesday, April 30, 2024 – Yom Tov
– Festival Morning Services, with Yizkor Service and Choir – 9:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary 
The CSZ Clergy, lay leaders and Gabbai welcome you to an engaging morning service for the Eighth Day of Pesach followed by Kiddish. You may also join on our Live Stream.
– Family Pesach Experiences – Brodsky Tikvah Chapel
Join us each Pesach morning in the Tikvah Chapel for songs, prayer, games, matza and grape juice snack, and fun with your Shul friends. Open to the congregation and the community. Supervised activities for kids ages 0-12.
-Yom Tov Mincha / Ma’ariv & Havdalah – 8:55 p.m. – Bernstein Chapel and on Zoom
Yom Tov ends at 9:19 p.m.