SCROLL DOWN, PACKED SCHEDULE!
'Twas great to spend time with family over the intermediate days.
The Uptown Pesach Seders - The Great Escape were a great success! Described by participants as transformative and liberating, using the escape room theme, we escaped Egypt as Jewish geniuses using the #hpyermodernancientwithittraditionalhaggadah!!
Final days of Pesach begins tonight with Shabbos-like services and Kiddush following. Yizkor is on Shabbos. Complete schedule below. Please let us know if you will be joining us for either dinners, lunches or Moshiach Seudah by replying to this email.
Next week, is the first week of May! That means it'sYJP #FirstFridays: "Cinco de Mayo" Shabbat!! Celebrate Cinco De Mayo with Young Jewish Professionals
in their 20s and 30s at this month's Mexican Style First Friday Shabbat Dinner & Cocktails! Expect refreshing, specialty margaritas and authentic Mexican cuisine.
Here are some laws and customs for the last days of Pesach:
- ERUV: When Shabbat occurs immediately following a festival -- as it does this year -- an "eruv tavshilin" (i.e., food for at least one "meal" that is set aside in advance for Shabbat) must be prepared prior to the festival, so that it should be permitted to prepare food for Shabbat during the festival. For more on Eruv Tavshilin and how it is made click here
- ALL NIGHT LEARN-A-THON: It is customary to remain awake on the eve of the Seventh of Passover (i.e., tonight) and spend the entire night in Torah study and joyous celebration of the great miracle of the splitting of the sea.
- SPLIT THE SEA: On the Seventh Day of Passover we read, with great fanfare in the Shul at 11:15 am, how on this day the sea split for the Children of Israel and drowned the pursuing Egyptians, and the "Song at the Sea" sung by the people upon their deliverance (Exodus 13:17-15:26; full summary with commentary here).
- YIZKOR, the remembrance prayer for departed parents, is recited on the last day of Pesach after the morning reading of the Torah at 11:15 am. Links: The Yizkor Prayer, Honor Due to Parents, On Breavement and Mourning
- MOSHIACH'S MEAL: The last day of Passover ("Acharon Shel Pesach") is particularly associated with Moshiach and the future redemption. The Haftarah (reading from the Prophets) for this day is from Isaiah 11, which describes the promised future era of universal peace and divine perfection. Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov instituted the custom of partaking of a "Moshiach's meal" on the afternoon of the last day of Passover; in addition to the matzah eaten at "Moshiach's meal", the Rebbes of Chabad added the custom of drinking four cups of wine, as in the seder held on Passover's first days. Links:, Haftarah for 8th of Passover, The Third Seder,Moshiach: an Anthology
Pesach Final Days
Thursday, April 28
Make an Eruv Tavshilin!
- Before 7:39 pm Light Yom Tov Candles (Blessing 2)
- 7:40 pm Mincha & Maariv Services
- 12:00 am Late night Torah Study
Friday, April 29, 7th Day of Pesach
- 10:00 am Morning Services (Shacharit)
- Before 7:40 pm Light Shabbos & Yom Tov Candles ( Blessing 3)
- 7:30 pm Mincha & Maariv Services
Shabbos, April 30, Acharon Shel Pesach
- 10:00 am Morning Services (Shacharit)
- 11:15 am Yizkor Memorial Service
- 6:45 pm Mincha
- 7:15 pm Moshiach Seudah followed by Maariv Services
- 8:36 pm Holiday Ends
Have a good Yom Tov and Good Shabbos!
Rabbi Chaim & Chanie
