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Passover commemorates the exodus from Egypt, the journey toward redemption, and our personal paths as we move toward freedom.
Celebrated with the Passover Seder, an organized meal, we tell the story of the exodus, the trials and tribulations of the people, and the rabbinic interpretations of the text.
In 2025/5785, the first night of Passover begins Saturday evening, April 12th, with two days of holiday observance. The intermediate days of Passover are from April 15th to April 18th, with the final two days of Passover beginning on Friday evening, April 18th, and concluding on Sunday night, the 20th.
The Passover seder (literally, “order”) is one of the most celebrated and beloved of Jewish home rituals. It is believed that the obligation to tell the story of the Exodus was observed by Jews ever since the actual Exodus itself. The scriptural command to tell the story of the Exodus to our children is interpreted as a mitzvah.
The seder permits Jews to worship God through prayer, study, and learning by taking part in what is essentially a lesson of Jewish history, literature, and religion. Participation in the seder lets one symbolically and vicariously relive the Exodus.
Learn more, or sign up for our seder at TBE now!
The Torah, at Exodus 12:15–20, prohibits the eating of leavened food, called hametz, during the entire festival. Hametz is defined as any food made of any of the five species of grain—wheat, barley, oats, spelt, and rye—that has been made wet with water, then left unbaked for more than eighteen minutes.
Ideally, we burn or remove all hametz from our premises which may be done through donations to a local food pantry. In some cases, however, this would cause prohibitive financial loss. In such cases, we arrange for the sale of the hametz to a non-Jew and its repurchase after Passover. You can arrange for the this sale of your hametz by sending this form to Rabbi Bitran at the Temple Office no later than Monday, April 7.
Read more from our Kol on the laws of Passover.
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