Pesah 5784
We invite you to celebrate Pesah at Shearith Israel. To sell your hametz, sponsor a kiddush, give Maot Hittim, learn about our traditions, and more, click below.
Service Times This Week
April 22-24 - Passover 1st & 2nd Days of Yom Tob 5784
Sunday Morn, Apr. 21 Shahrit: 8:05 am
PASSOVER: PREPARATIONS
Sale of hametz before Sunday. Apr. 21
Sunday, April 21 Minhah & Arbit: 6:30 pm
Search for hametz Sun., Apr. 21 after 7:42 pm
Mon. Morn Apr. 22 – Fast of First Born
Fast Begins at Dawn, 4:44 am | Sunrise 6:06 am
Shahrit & First-Born Siyyum 7:05 am
Stop eating hametz 10:39 am| Dispose of hametz 11:47 am
1st & 2nd DAYS OF YOM TOB PESAH
EVE OF 1st DAY Mon. Eve Apr. 22
Evening Services: 7:15 pm | Candles 7:25 pm
Begin the First Haggadah (Seder) after 8:08 pm
1st DAY PESAH MORNING Tue. Apr. 23
Zemirot: 8:15 am | Shahrit: 9:00 am
Tikkun HaTal inserted in Musaf, 10:30 am
EVE OF 2nd DAY Tue. Eve Apr. 23
Men’s Shir HaShirim 7:00 pm | Services: 7:15 pm
Omer, Candles & 2nd Haggadah (Seder) after 8:09 pm
2nd DAY PESAH MORNING Wed. Apr. 24
Zemirot: 8:15 am | Shahrit: 9:00 am
2nd DAY PESAH CONCLUSION Wed. Apr. 24
Men’s Shir HaShirim 7:15 pm
Minhah/Arbit 7:30 pm | Habdalah: 8:11 pm
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Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik
Rabbi Soloveichik is a much-beloved speaker and teacher, who can be experienced in-person at Shearith Israel nearly every Shabbat throughout the year.
His popular Friday Night Lights talk follows Friday Evening Services during the colder months, and his Shabbat Afternoon class takes place every week (with occasional substitutes or guest speakers).
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