We are delighted to share our Passover 5783 guide with you. Please read below and let us know if you have any questions. All KI services and programs will be at 384 Harvard St. in Brookline. A reminder: if you plan on joining us virtually, please use the “services” button linked below. “Midday mincha” can be found on its corresponding button.
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Preparation for Passover: Getting Rid of Hametz
We prepare for Passover by eliminating hametz from our homes, cars, desks, and anywhere we might spend time over the holiday. We render our surroundings completely hametz-free, sealing off and selling any items that remain in our dwellings, but may not remain in our possession. You may sell your hametz online here until April 5 at 10:00 am.
Bedikat Hametz (Searching for Hametz)
Tuesday evening, April 4 after 7:56 pm
After cleaning out and selling our hametz, we do bedikat hametz (the ritual search for small pieces of leavened food) at home at nightfall. Place 10 morsels of hametz around a room. Search for and collect them using a candle, a wooden spoon, and a feather. Before beginning the search, recite the blessing al biyur hametz. After the search is completed – with the sack of hametz carefully set aside for burning in the morning – recite a declaration nullifying any remaining traces of hametz of which we may not be aware. You can find these blessings and declarations at the beginning of many Haggadot or in a siddur.
Fast of the Firstborn and Siyyum
Wednesday morning, April 5
- Shacharit services, Sanctuary and online, 7:00 am.
- Siyyum, 7:45 am.
- Those who are firstborn in their families fast the day before Passover to acknowledge the suffering of the firstborn in Egypt. You may exempt yourself from fasting by participating in a meal following a siyyum (the completion of a significant piece of Jewish learning), which will be led this year by Bruce Weinstock from 7:45 am to 8:10 am and available online,
Biyur Hametz (Burning Hametz)
Wednesday, April 5
- Shacharit services Sanctuary and online 7:00 am Biyur hametz, KI courtyard, 8:15 am.
- The sale of hametz may be completed by 9:30 am.
- The final time for burning of hametz is 10:38 am, and the final time to eat hametz is 11:42 am.
- Mincha online service 12:20 pm.
- Light a yahrzeit candle prior to Festival Candles 6:56 pm (which enables the lighting of Festival and then Shabbat candles from an existing flame the next two nights). It’s also customary to arrange an eruv tavshilin (a party baked egg and piece of matzah) prior to the beginning of the Festival to facilitate cooking on the Festival in preparation for Shabbat.
- Mincha following by Maariv in-person and online begins at 6:45 pm
Passover Day 1
Thursday, April 6
- Festival Shaharit services, Sanctuary, 9:00 am.
- Sarah Kraft Prize: For the twenty-second year, we honor a college student on the first day of Passover, in memory of Sarah Kraft. Seth Williams, this year’s awardee, will deliver the sermon.
- Tal (Prayer for Dew): During Musaf services, the leader, Ariel Wyner, will don a kittel and chant tal. We begin to include the prayer for dew in our daily tefillot, setting aside our prayers for winter rain.
Second Night of Passover
Thursday, April 6
- Festival Mincha at 7:00 pm followed by Ma’ariv.
- Light festival candles (from an existing flame) at home with two blessings (ner shel yom tov and Sheheheyanu), no earlier than 7:58 pm. Be sure to begin sefirat ha-omer, counting the omer, which appears in the Haggadah
Passover Day 2
Friday, April 7
- Festival Shaharit services, Sanctuary and online 9:00 am.
- Mincha followed by KICKS 6:00 pm. Shabbat Candles are at 6:58 pm. Count the omer.
Shabbat Hol HaMoed Passover
- Shabbat Hol HaMoed Morning Services (including Shir HaShirim) begin at 8:30 am.
- KI’s Adult Bnei Mitzvah Celebration will take place during this morning’s service.
- Mincha begins at 6:45 pm followed by learning with Rabbi Hamilton.
- Maariv begins at 7:40 pm, followed by Havdallah at 8:00 pm. Count the omer.
Hol HaMoed Passover (Intermediate Days of the Festival)
Sunday-Tuesday, April 9-11
- Sunday Shaharit services begin at 8:00 am.
- Adam and Michael Sandel Event at 4:30 in the Sanctuary/online
- Monday-Tuesday Shaharit services, 6:45 am. In-person and online
- Sunday-Tuesday Midday Mincha at 12:20 pm, Mincha /Ma’ariv services, 7:00 pm Count the omer.
Passover Days 7 and 8
Tuesday night-Thursday night April 11-13
Tuesday, April 11
- Light Festival candles 7:03 pm (once again, its customary to light a yahrzeit candle in advance to enable the lighting of Festival and Yizkor candles the next night)
Wednesday, April 12
- Shacharit services begin at 9:00 am
- Mincha followed by Maariv at 7:00 pm.
- Light Festival candles 8:04 pm Count the omer.
Passover Day 8
Thursday, April 13
- Festival Shaharit services, Sanctuary, 9:00 am
- Yizkor: the memorial service takes place at approximately 10:45 am, prior to Musaf.
- Mincha begins at 7:00 pm. Learning with Rabbi Hamilton is followed by Maariv at 7:55 pm
- Havdallah at 8:05 pm at the conclusion of the Festival. Count the omer.
Rabbi Hamilton will purchase back the hametz she sold on your behalf by 8:30 pm, after which you may resume possession of your hametz.
KI wishes you and your family a sweet, healthy, and joyous Passover 5783.
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