Chametz Sale:

By Friday morning April 11, 2025 authorize Rabbi Randall Mark

to sell any leavened products that you still have.

Click here for our online authorization form.

Click here for a printable form.

Schedule:

• Thursday, April 10: 1) 5 am – Fast of the Firstborn begins; 2) 7:45 am – In Person Minyan, Siyyum & Mechirat Chametz/Authorizing the rabbi to sell your chametz; 3) After dark – Bedikat Chametz/Search for Leaven (kits available in the office)

• Friday, April 11: 1) 10 am – Last chance to authorize the rabbi to sell your chametz; 2) Biur Chametz/Burning of Leaven – can be done anytime before Shabbat, but should be done in the morning, like usual – if you are removing all chametz before Shabbat, then you also make the declaration at this time; if you are keeping challah for your Friday night dinner, then you make the declaration Shabbat morning; 3) 7:14 pm Candle Lighting Time using a long-burning candle that can be use tomorrow night

• Shabbat, April 12: 9:30 am – Shabbat HaGadol Service; 10:45 am – Last time to eat chametz;

11:45 am – Annul chametz, if you did not yesterday; 8:15 pm – Shabbat Ends/Pesach Begins, use long-burning candle to light Festival candles

• Sunday, April 13: 9:30 am – Pesach Day 1 Service; 8:16 pm Candle Lighting Time/Pesach Day 2 Begins

• Monday, April 14: 9:30 am – Pesach Day 2 Service; 7:45 pm – Zoom Festival Mincha; 8:19 pm Transition to Intermediate Days/Chol HaMoed

• Tuesday – Thursday, April 15-17: 7:45 am In Person Chol HaMoed Minyan; 7:45 pm Zoom Minyan

• Friday, April 18: 7:45 am In person Chol HaMoed Minyan & Pesadik Breakfast; 5:45 pm Pesadik Oneg Shabbat; 6pm Shabbat/Pesach 7 Service; 7:14 pm Candle Lighting Time, including a long-burning candle that can be used Saturday night

• Saturday, April 19: 9:30 am Shabbat/Pesach Day 7 Service; 6pm Zoom only Shabbat/Pesach Mincha; 8:24 pm Candle Lighting Time, use flame from yesterday, transition from Shabbat to Pesach Day 8

• Sunday, April 20: 9:30 am Pesach Day 8 Service w/Yizkor; 7:45 pm Zoom only Festival Mincha; 8:26 pm Pesach ends; 9:30 pm the chametz sold by the rabbi becomes yours again

Rabbinical Assembly Pesah Guide

The Rabbinical Assembly Pesah guide (Spanish, French, Ukrainian) outlines the policies and procedures relevant to the preparation of a kosher for Pesah home in accordance with the principles of Conservative Judaism's understanding of Jewish Law. 

Egg Replacement Note For 2025: 

Egg Replacer Powder Products may not have kosher for Passover certification and are acceptable only if certified gluten free. Other substitutes sometimes suggested for eggs, such as flax seed, mashed bananas, potatoes, or sweet potatoes are acceptable if homemade, not canned. Aquafaba, the liquid from preparing chickpeas, is acceptable for those who consume kitniyyot on Passover.