Just a short reminder of what it is happening over the next few days, the final Yom Tov days of Pesach.
Service times:
- Services and customs are similar to Shabbos.
- Evening services tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30 pm.
- Morning services, Monday and Tuesday morning at 10 am (with Yizkor on Tuesday morning after the Torah reading).
- Tuesday evening at 6 pm followed by Moshiach Seudah.
Here are the highlights:
- Tonight, Sunday, we will have an all night study marathon beginning at 12 am.
About: 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. - Tuesday morning is Yizkor at approximately 12 pm.
About: Yizkor, the remembrance prayer for departed parents, is recited on Tuesday after the morning reading of the Torah. Links: The Yizkor Prayer; Honor Due to Parents; On Breavement and Mourning. - Tuesday, at 6 pm will be Mincha, followed by Moshiah Seudah with four cups wine and matzah.
About: 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 - The complete Chabad of Uptown Pesach schedule can be found online at www.chabaduptown.org/Seder
Looking forward to seeing you!
Rabbi Chaim & Chanie