Enjoying Pesach? "Sick of matzah"? Try this on for perspective...
This crisply handwritten “Chametz on Passover Prayer” from Bergen Belsen Passover 1944 was on display at the Ghetto Fighters Museum in Tel-Aviv.
It was written or at least dictated by Rabbi Aharon Bernard Davids, leader of the Dutch community of Rotterdam in Holland, and perhaps also by Rabbi Simon Dasberg of Gronigen Holland, for their communities who had been interned first in the Westerbork Holland transit camp and then sent to Bergen Belsen concentration camp.
Read the translation on the blog of my brother in law, Rabbi Mendel Rubin, here.
The final days of Pesach we celebrate the miraculous splitting and crossing of the sea. Please let us know if we can count on you for the minyan (and which minyan) and if you plan on joining us for any of the highlights, especially Moshiach Seudah, so we can plan accordingly.
On the eighth and final day of Pesach, let's close out the holiday together with a special farewell meal, called the Moshiach Seudah.Enjoy wine and matzah, discuss words of Torah and inspirational stories, sing Chassidic melodies, and find out why this day has a special energy related to the coming of Moshiach. Facebook event
The final Pesach days highlights (times and complete schedule below):
- Tonight, all night Torah study, 12 am
- Shabbos, Yizkor in Morning service, approx., 11:30 am
- Inspirational Moshiach Seudah closes out the holiday, 6:45 pm
Join us this Wednesday for a special screening of a wonderful film, at AMC Studio 30 on Dunvale, nominated at the WorldFest Film Festival, www.worldfest.org and meet the featured Rabbi Manis Friedman for a post film Q & A.Buy tickets here. (YJP Wed. social joining as well).
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Passover Final Days Service Schedule
Thursday, April 9
Make an Eruv Tavshilin (What's that?)
- Before 7:27 pm Light Yom Tov Candles (Blessing 2)
- 7:30 pm Mincha, Maariv Services & Omer Count
- 12:00 am Late night Torah Study
Friday, April 10, 7th Day of Pesach
- 10:00 am Morning Services (Shacharit)
- Before 7:28 pm Light Shabbos & Yom Tov Candles (Blessing 3)
- 7:30 pm Mincha, Maariv Services & Omer Count
Shabbos, April 11, Acharon Shel Pesach
- 10:00 am Morning Services (Shacharit)
- 11:30 am APPROX. Yizkor Memorial Service - Add your loved one's name to Yizkor Book
- 6:45 pm Mincha with Shabbos Torah reading
- 7:15 pm Moshiach Seudah followed by Maariv Services & Omer Count
- 8:22 pm Holiday Ends
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