Passover
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B'nai Zion will have a Congregational Seder 6pm Wednesday, April 5.
In-person attendance is only for people who made reservations by March 22.
The Seder will be live-streamed on YouTube
[Note: some things about Passover are still being updated for the current year.
Please notify the Rabbi if you find out-of-date information or links.]
Go Rabbi Jana's HebrewDoc Passover page for more information about Passover, including our family-friendly 5782 Haggadah Book (for printing), 5782 Slide Show Haggadah (great for Zoom), videos, Afikoman prizes, learning the Hebrew songs and more.
CLICK HERE for the Video to Practice the Four Questions
with Rabbi Jana
Red River Radio will be airing Passover Programs this year:
(Details can be found at our Red River Radio Holy Day page HERE.)
A Musical Feast for Passover (Perlman) Monday, Apr. 3, 2pm
The Four Cups – A Celebration of Passover Monday, April 3, 8pm
Passover’s Most Soulful Songs and Acute Comedy Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2pm
The Witches of Lublin – Passover Special Tuesday, April 4, 7pm
Passover Dreams Tuesday, April 4, 8pm
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Rabbi Jana will sell all of your chametz (also spelled 'hametz') whether it is in your home, office, or vehicles. Use the online Sale of Chametz form and pay online, or get the printable form to the office. Traditionally a donation is made to B'nai Zion to sell your chametz. The donation will be used to offset the costs of helping people during Passover.
Click here for the form to sell Chametz.
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Beginning the second night of Passover we count the Omer - seven times seven weeks = 49 days until Shavuot. Two of Rabbi Jana's favorite Omer counters are:
Count the Omer with Hillel Smith's animated artwork. (Cool designs that blend the Hebrew letter with the number it represents.)
Count the Omer with Homer Simpson (D'oh - way better than you think - a great source of Omer information, and even some details about what's Jewish with the Simpsons.)
*Note that these sites "reset" for the second night of Passover. If you go to them during the rest of the year, the count will show completed, because it is from last year.
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PASSOVER AND YIZKOR / MEMORIAL SERVICES
The first day of Passover we will have a service in the morning. We plan to offer the service in person and streamed on the B'nai Zion YouTube channel.
The last day of Passover B'nai Zion will have a service that includes Yizkor. We plan to offer these services in person and on the B'nai Zion YouTube channel.
The current Memorial / Yizkor Book was used beginning Yom Kippur this year. It can be found HERE.
During the service we will read all of the names of people who have died during this Jewish year who are connected to our B'nai Zion family. The current year Yizkor list is HERE.
Contact Rabbi Jana if you want the names of your loved ones to be added to the list of those who died this year.
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