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Passover 2026

April 12, 2022 By Melissa Schapiro in Passover

Registration is now closed. Chag Sameach!

Congregation Beth Israel will host a Community Seder on the second night of Passover, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2, 2026 (doors open at 5:00 p.m.), at the synagogue, 751 San Juan Blvd., which is wheelchair accessible.

The seder will be catered for the 4th year by A Taste of Elegance, and will include a delicious Passover buffet dinner with salmon or vegetarian, gluten-free and dairy-free options, as well as kosher for Passover wine. You may bring your own wine if you like.

Join us for a fun, lively and upbeat retelling of the Exodus story, sure to please young and old alike.

For questions, contact Nicole Samuels, nicolesamuels@gmail.com or Jane Hammerstrom, janeboman@gmail.com

The History and Origins of Passover

March 28, 2012 By urjnetworkadmin in Passover

*The History and Origins of Passover
Pesach, known as Passover in English, is a major Jewish spring festival, commemorating the Exodus from Egypt over 3,000 years ago.

The ritual observance of this holiday centers around a special home service called the seder (meaning “order”) and a festive meal; the prohibition of chametz (leaven); and the eating of matzah (an unleavened bread). On the eve of the fifteenth day of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar, we read from a book called the hagaddah, meaning “telling,” which contains the order of prayers, rituals, readings and songs for the Pesach seder. The Pesach seder is the only ritual meal in the Jewish calendar year for which such an order is prescribed, hence its name.