Passover 5784

Arlington Cemetery is closed during Pesah:
Tuesday,  April 23, Wednesday, April 24, Monday, April 29, and Tuesday, April 30

Passover Festival Service Schedule:

Hol Hamoed Pesah 
Thursday, April 25 - Day 2 of the Omer - 7 am
Friday, April 26 - Day 3 of the Omer - 7 am
Sunday, April 28 - Day 5 of the Omer - 9 am
Minhah/Ma’ariv- 6 p.m.

Shabbat, Saturday, April 27 -  Hol Hamoed Pesah
Day 4 of the Omer
Brotherhood Shabbat
9:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Services
10:30 a.m. - Family Service
6:30 p.m. Shabbat Study Session
7:30 p.m. - Minhah/Ma’ariv Hoffberger Chapel
8:32 p.m. - Havdalah

Monday, April 29
Passover Festival Services - 9:30 a.m. 
Minhah/Ma’ariv - 6 p.m.
 
Tuesday, April 30
Passover Festival Services - 9:30 a.m. with Yizkor Sanctuary
Wings of Memory Book (PDF)
Minhah/Ma’ariv - 7:30 p.m.
Havdalah - 8:35 p.m.
Hametz may be eaten at 8:35 p.m.

Post Passover Food Drive
Wednesday, May 1-Tuesday, May 7 • 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.  Inside - bins in lobby
Didn't quite get to that last box of Matzah?  Cake mix? Soup?  No worries!  Donate your unopened, unexpired Passover items for donation to Paul's Place.

Coming to the Mimouna celebration with the Shinshinim on Wednesday, May 1 at Chizuk Amuno at 5:30 p.m.
Bring your food donations!

Resources

The Rabbinical Assembly produces an updated Pesah guide each year. It is a brief outline of the policies and procedures relevant to the preparation of a kosher for Pesah home. This guide is intended to help families maintain a kosher for Pesah home in accordance with the principles of Conservative Judaism and its understanding of Jewish Law. Download the Pesah Guide

Download the Pesah Guide

Haggadah Options:

If your family is into discussion:
https://www.amazon.com/Different-Night-Family-Participation-Haggadah/dp/0966474007/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1CZB8PWWA40KQ&keywords=a+different+night&qid=1647543726&sprefix=a+different+night%2Caps%2C74&sr=8-1

If your family is into art:
https://www.amazon.com/Lovell-Haggadah-Rabbi-Matthew-Berkowitz/dp/965710551X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=RSUYB3OHFZH3&keywords=the+lovell+hagaddah&qid=1647543795&sprefix=the+lovell+hagaddah%2Caps%2C65&sr=8-1

If your family is into the classics:
https://www.amazon.com/Passover-Haggadah-Freedom-English-Hebrew/dp/0870687824/ref=sr_1_1?crid=19C147GD59V13&keywords=feast+of+freedom&qid=1647543822&sprefix=feast+of+freedom%2Caps%2C66&sr=8-1

If your family is into graphic novels:
https://www.amazon.com/Passover-Haggadah-Graphic-English-Hebrew/dp/9657760038/ref=sr_1_23?crid=S3OR6SYYG1VS&keywords=hagaddah&qid=1647543846&sprefix=hagaddah%2Caps%2C71&sr=8-23

Ten-Minute Dayenu Seder
Our updated Ten-Minute Dayenu Seder is designed for multi-generational family seders whether held in person, virtually, or both.
The Dayenu Seder will take ten minutes without additional discussion. If your gathering explores the questions we suggest, plan for up to 30 minutes. We hope the Dayenu Seder will help you and your family start your Passover celebration with an experience that all will remember.  View PDF here

Passover Discovery Kit
Grandparents and families can enjoy a brand-new and easy-to-follow Passover Discovery Kit available to download for free this year from the Jewish Grandparents Network website. This interactive guide is designed especially for grandparents and grandchildren (ages 3–8) to use together — either in person or at a distance.

The kit offers ideas and activities to bring Passover to life through play, imagination, and hands-on discovery.

Download the free Passover Discovery Kit.

Recipes 

Special Haroset  - View Recipe here (PDF)
Dried Fruit Salad - View Recipe here (PDF)
Flourless Chocolate Cake - View Recipe here
Granola - View Recipe here