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Passover 2025-5785

    Pesah 2025 at BZBI 

    Authorization to Sell Hametz 

    The deadline to sell Hametz online is 9:00 AM on Friday, April 11.

    Please complete our online form on ShulCloud, allowing Rabbi Abi Weber to sell all of your Hametz on your behalf. A donation to tzedakah is required to make this a valid transaction. Our rabbis recommend a donation to the Passover League.

    The Passover League distributes grants throughout the Philadelphia region to groups that provide Seders to individuals who would otherwise not have the resources or ability to attend. The Passover League also provides Passover food for home-bound Jews and distributes boxes of Passover food to hospitalized Jewish veterans. Choose the charity you wish to support when you complete the online form.

    Paper authorization forms are available in the Temple Office for those who prefer – the final deadline to turn in paper authorizations is 5:00 PM on Thursday, April 10.

    PESAH RELATED EVENTS AT BZBI

    SCHEDULE

    Monday, March 24 

    6:00 PM – Passover Q&A with Rabbi Abe Friedman

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    Thursday, April 10

    7:45 AM – Morning minyan with siyyum and festive meal

    • Fast of the Firstborn

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    Friday, April 11

    7:45 AM – Morning Minyan on Zoom

    9:00 AM – Deadline for the sale of hametz 

    3:00 PM – ECE Early Dismissal

    7:17 PM – Light Shabbat candles

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    Saturday, April 12 – Shabbat HaGadol

    9:30 AM – Shabbat Services in the Goldberg Sanctuary

    • Shabbat No’ar (including Bonim) on break – Program Resumes April 26

    10:50 AM – Stop eating hametz at this time

    11:55 AM – Destroy or dispose of all unsold hametz in a Shabbat-appropriate manner

    12:00 PM – Kiddush in the Kahaner Auditorium *(Matzah Ashirah available for Hamotzi)

    After Kiddush: WhyDoWe?: Seder Sharing with Davida Charney in the Kahaner Auditorium

    8:18 PM – Light Yom Tov candles from a pre-existing flame – First Seder

    * Because this Shabbat is erev Pesah, we are not allowed to eat hametz after 10:50 AM and also not allowed to eat matzah at all throughout the day. The middle ground is matzah ashirah (“Egg Matzah”), which is not hametz and also not Seder matzah. Matzah ashirah (“Egg Matzah”) may be eaten until 5:24 PM, after which no meals should be eaten until the Seder.

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    Sunday, April 13 – Pesah Day 1

    9:30 AM – Yom Tov Services in the Goldberg Sanctuary 

    • Kiddush is supported by the Cohen/Ludwig Family in loving memory of Arthur, Miriam and Marvin Cohen on their yahrzeits. We thank Shoshana Bannett for volunteering during Kiddush.

    Additional support opportunities are available for this day, please contact Aleksandra from the Temple Office at akonior@bzbi.org or call 215.735.5148. 

    8:19 PM – Light Yom Tov candles from a pre-existing flame – Second Seder

    • begin counting the Omer

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    Monday, April 14 – Pesah Day 2

    9:30 AM – Yom Tov Services in the Goldberg Sanctuary

    • Kiddush is supported by Ellen Goldberg in memory of her maternal grandparents Tillie & Edward Waldman. We thank Esta Schwartz for volunteering during Kiddush.

    Additional support opportunities are available for this day, please contact Aleksandra from the Temple Office at akonior@bzbi.org or call 215.735.5148. 

    8:21 PM – Yom Tov ends

    • Temple Office Closed
    • ECE Program on break – Class Resumes Monday, April 21
    • Neziner After School Hebrew Program on break – Ulpan – Resumes on Monday, April 21
    • Teen Beit Midrash on break – Class Resumes Monday, April 21
    • No Evening Minyan
    • Rabbi Stone’s Classes – on break April 14, 15, 21 & 22
    • Rabbi David Greenstein’s Zohar Class on break

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    HOL HAMOED PESAH (INTERMEDIATE DAYS)

    Tuesday, April 15 – Hol HaMoed Day 1

    7:45 AM – Morning Minyan in the Klinghoffer Chapel and on Zoom

    • ECE Program on break – Class Resumes Monday, April 21
    • Rabbi Stone’s Classes – on break April 14, 15, 21 & 22

    12:00 PM – Pesah Lunch (pre-registration required)

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    Wednesday, April 16 – Hol HaMoed Day 2

    7:45 AM – Morning Minyan in the Klinghoffer Chapel and on Zoom

    • ECE Program on break – Class Resumes Monday, April 21
    • Neziner After School Hebrew Program on break – Garinim – Resumes Wednesday, April 23
    • Hebrew Class with Davida Charney on break

    12:00 PM – Pesah Lunch (pre-registration required)

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    Thursday, April 17 – Hol HaMoed Day 3

    7:45 AM – Morning Minyan in the Klinghoffer Chapel and on Zoom

    • ECE Program on break – Class Resumes Monday, April 21

    12:00 PM – Pesah Lunch (pre-registration required)

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    Friday, April 18 – Hol HaMoed Day 4

    7:45 AM – Morning Minyan in the Klinghoffer Chapel and on Zoom

    • ECE Program on break – Class Resumes Monday, April 21

    7:24 PM – Light Shabbat & Yom Tov candles

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    YOM TOV SHEL PESAH (FINAL DAYS)

    Saturday, April 19 – Pesah Day 7 

    9:30 AM – Yom Tov Services in the Goldberg Sanctuary followed by Kiddush meal supported by Ellen Rothman and Steven Rothman & Janice Fisher on their mother Ruth Rothman’s yahrzeit. Additional support opportunities are available for this day, please contact Aleksandra from the Temple Office at akonior@bzbi.org or call 215.735.5148. 

    • Shabbat No’ar (including Bonim and Tot Shabbat) on break – Program Resumes April 26
    • Board Game Shabbat WILL occur

    8:26 PM – Light Yom Tov & Yizkor candles from a pre-existing flame

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    Sunday, April 20 – Pesah Day 8 

    9:30 AM – Yom Tov Services with Yizkor in the Goldberg Sanctuary followed by Kiddush meal sponsored by Diana Tamir & Rabbi Abi Weber in honor of their daughter Raz’s second birthday.

    8:27 PM – Yom Tov Ends

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    Monday, April 21 

    ECE RESUMES

    NEZINER PROGRAM RESUMES

    TEEN BEIT MIDRASH RESUMES

    Rabbi David Greenstein’s Zohar Class Resumes

    Rabbi Stone’s Classes – On Break April 14, 15, 21 & 22
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