Service Times This Week
April 1-3 - Passover 1st & 2nd Days of Yom Tob 5786
Weekday Service Times, March 29-31
Sunday Morn: 8:05 am
Monday & Tuesday Mornings: 7:05 am
Sunday-Tuesday Evenings: 6:30 pm
PREPARATIONS FOR PASSOVER 5786
Sale of hametz before Monday. Mar. 30: click here >>
Search for hametz Tue. Mar. 31, after 7:20 pm
Wed, April 1 – Fast of First Born
Fast Begins at Dawn | 5:23 am
Shahrit & First-Born Siyyum | 7:05 am
Stop eating hametz | 10:53 am
Dispose of hametz | 11:56 am
Prepare Erub Tabshilin | Wed. Eve, before Sunset, 7:21 pm
PESAH 5786 – For the full schedule, click here.
Pesah 5786
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.
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Coming Up
Faith, Freedom, and the First Amendment: A Symposium on Religious Liberty
June 8, 2026, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
At a Glance
Girls' & Women's Shir HaShirim Reading
April 4, 2026
, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
CSI YOUTH: Experience Ancient Egypt - Hol HaMoed Trip to the Met
April 6, 2026
, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
May Monthly Synagogue Tour
May 13, 2026
, 5:45 pm - 6:30 pm
Faith, Freedom, and the First Amendment: A Symposium on Religious Liberty
June 8, 2026
, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Meet Our Rabbi,
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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