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Passover 2024-5784

    Pesah 2024 at BZBI 

    Authorization to Sell Hametz 

    The deadline to sell Hametz online is 8:45 AM on Monday, April 22.

    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 8:45 AM on Monday, April 22.

    BZBI’s Pesah Schedule 

    Monday, April 22 – Erev Pesah 

    • Temple Office Closed

    • Exploring the Talmud with Rabbi Stone – No Class

    • Early Childhood Education Program on Break – Classes Resume May 1

    • No Evening Minyan 

    7:45 AM – Morning Minyan with Siyyum in the Klinghoffer Chapel & on Zoom; small festive meal to follow

    8:45 AM – Deadline for the sale of Hametz (online and in-person)

    10:43 AM – Stop eating Hametz at this time

    11:51 AM – Destroy or dispose of all Hametz not sold

    7:28 PM – Light Yom Tov Candles

    AFTER NIGHTFALL – First Seder

    Tuesday, April 23 – Pesah 1

    • Temple Office Closed

    • The 12 Minor Prophets with Rabbi Stone – No Class 

    • Early Childhood Education Program on Break – Classes Resume May 1

    • No evening minyan

    9:30 AM – Yom Tov service in Goldberg Sanctuary and on Zoom followed by kiddush meal. A donation to the Kiddush fund was received by the Cohen-Ludwig family in loving memory of Arthur, Miriam and Marvin Cohen on their Yahrzeits. 

    8:31 PM – Light Yom Tov candles from a pre-existing flame

    AFTER NIGHTFALL – Second Seder – begin counting the Omer 

    Wednesday, April 24 – Pesah 2

    • Temple Office Closed

    • Neziner Hebrew School on Break – Classes Resume May 1

    • Early Childhood Education Program on Break – Classes Resume May 1

    • No evening minyan

    9:30 AM – Yom Tov service in Goldberg Sanctuary and on Zoom followed by kiddush meal sponsored by Rabbi Abi Weber & Diana Tamir, Donna Shear & Joseph Weber and Ron & Lois Tamir in honor of Raz Tamir-Weber’s first birthday

    8:32 PM – Havdalah (no candle or spices)

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    HOL HAMOED PESAH (INTERMEDIATE DAYS)

    Thursday, April 25 – Pesah 3 (Hol HaMoed Day 1) 

    • Early Childhood Education Program on Break – Classes Resume May 1

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

    12:00 PM – Hol Hamoed Pesah Lunches at BZBI – please see below for ordering  information & deadline

    Friday, April 26 – Pesah 4 (Hol HaMoed Day 2)

    • Early Childhood Education Program on Break – Classes Resume May 1

    7:45 AM – Morning Minyan on Zoom 

    12:00 PM – Hol Hamoed Pesah Lunches at BZBI – please see below for ordering information & deadline

    7:32 PM – Candlelighting 

    Shabbat, April 27 – Pesah 5 (Shabbat Hol HaMoed) 

    • Neziner Hebrew School on Break – Classes Resume May 1

    9:30 AM – Shabbat Services with Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs) in the Goldberg Sanctuary and on Zoom followed by kiddush meal sponsored by Janice Fisher & Steven Rothman, Carol Tycko and Ellen Rothman in memory of their mother, Ruth Rothman on her first yahrzeit

    8:35 PM – Havdalah

    Sunday, April 28 – Pesah 6 (Hol HaMoed Day 4) 

    9:00 AM – Morning Minyan in the Klinghoffer Chapel & on Zoom 

    7:34 PM – Light Yom Tov Candles 

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    YOM TOV SHEL PESAH (FINAL DAYS)

    Monday, April 29 – Pesah 7 (Shvi’i shel Pesah)

    • Temple Office Closed

    • Exploring the Talmud with Rabbi Stone – No Class

    • Early Childhood Education Program on Break – Classes Resume May 1

    • No Evening Minyan

    9:30 AM – Yom Tov service in Goldberg Sanctuary and on Zoom followed by kiddush meal. Kiddush sponsored by Joshua & Nathan Weingram in honor of Ivy’s birthday falling on the 7th day of Passover and her being really upset about it. 

    8:38 PM – Light Yom Tov and Yizkor candles from a pre-existing flame 

    Tuesday, April 30 – Pesah 8 (Aharon shel Pesah)

    • Temple Office Closed

    • The 12 Minor Prophets with Rabbi Stone –  No Class 

    • Early Childhood Education Program on Break – Classes Resume May 1

    9:30 AM – Yom Tov service with Yizkor in Goldberg Sanctuary and on Zoom followed by kiddush meal. Kiddush is sponsored by Ellen Goldberg in honor of Rabbi Abe and Rabbi Abi and the entire office staff. 

    8:39 PM – Havdalah (no candles or spices)

    Pesah Lunches at BZBI 
    Thursday, April 25 & Friday, April 26 

    Join us at BZBI for Pesah lunches in the Klinghoffer Chapel! This year we will be serving hot lunches catered by Panache. Each lunch is $28 per person, with a maximum of 20 people for each day. Thursday’s lunch will feature sweet and sour meatballs, potato and onion kugel, rolled eggplant with roasted peppers and mushroom stuffing, string beans and pickles. Friday’s lunch will feature half roast apricot glazed chicken, mixed vegetables, herb roasted potatoes and pickles. 

    Click here to place your order.

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