MONDAY, APRIL 15: PESACH HEBREW LANGUAGE FOR KIDS
4-6 PM ON ZOOM, WITH MORAH SHARON
5784 PESACH HANDBOOK, available in the lobby this entire month
Dedicated by our Chabad House, to our dearest sisters and brothers in captivity. We pray for your miraculous and immediate release. May you return home, and each sit at your family's Pesach Seder this year. We are heartbroken - like a broken Matzah, until you come home.
With love, Chabad of Asheville, North Carolina and the WNC Mountains
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 4:30 PM: “HONEY, I SHRUNK THE SEDER”
Pre-Passover family experience, bringing the Passover Seder to Life
Hosted by Chabad Hebrew School of the Arts
Free for CHS Students, $18/child for non-students, ages 6-13
RSVP: www.chabadasheville.org/rsvp
All families who attend receive Shmurah Matzah, and the 5784 Pesach Handbook
THURSDAY, APRIL 18: PRE-PESACH TORAH AND TEA: LADIES PESACH PARTY!
- Enter the Pesach season with friends and community, who are like family
- Enjoy Kosher for Passover goodies
- Be inspired with a pre-Pesach take-home message
- Pre-Pesach gift and complimentary Shmurah Matzah for all!
- Bring a Pesach memory/tip/recipe for all to enjoy
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 4:00-4:30 PM: SHMURAH MATZAH DRIVE-BY AT CHABAD
Because the spiritual emphasis of the first night of Passover is to strengthen our emunah (faith in G‑d), and the spiritual strength of the second night of Passover is refuah (healing), it is best to have some matzah each night, to receive the blessing and spiritual powers of the Matzah of that evening. Eating it on the same day and time it was eaten originally, is a testament to the strength and eternity of the Jewish people. The optimal time to eat it is at the Seder, after nightfall, on the nights of Monday, April 22 and Tuesday, April 23, in Asheville, NC, this year.
SHABBAT, APRIL 20, SHABBAT HAGADOL - THE GREAT SHABBAT!
- 10:00 AM Shabbat Hagadol services
- Kosher L'Pesach Refreshments following services, sponsored by Harry Pierson in honor of his parents' yahrtzeit, and in commemoration of Jack Doloboff's 2nd yahrtzeit
The Shabbat which precedes Passover is called Shabbat haGadol, the Great Sabbath, for many and varied reasons. There are many special customs associated with this Shabbat, and we will discuss them at services. It was in Egypt that Israel celebrated the very first Shabbat Ha-Gadol on the tenth of Nissan, five days before their redemption. On that day, the Children of Israel were given their first commandment which applied only to that Shabbat, but not to future generations: On the tenth day of this month [Nissan]... each man should take a lamb for the household, a lamb for each home (Exodus 12:3).
SUNDAY, APRIL 21: SEARCH FOR CHAMETZ
- Bedikat Chametz: formal search for Chametz after nightfall, at 8:36 pm
MONDAY, APRIL 22: EREV PESACH, SEDER NIGHT
- Fast of the Firstborn
- Finish eating Chametz before 11:13 am
- Burn Chametz at Chabad – 11:45 am, done before 12:21 pm
- Light the Yom Tov Candles at 7:52 pm
- Reminder to light the pre-existing candle to use for the second night of Yom Tov candle lighting
- Eat the Shmurah Matzah after nightfall, 8:37 pm
- Seder at home or at host family. Please PM if you still need a place for Seder night, or would like to host a guest/s
TUESDAY, APRIL 23: FIRST DAY OF PASSOVER
- Passover Services, Hallel, and Torah Reading: 10:00 am
Followed by light refreshments - 2nd Seder Night: light candles after 8:51 pm, from a pre-existing flame
- Eat the Shmurah Matzah after nightfall
- Count the Omer after nightfall
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24: SECOND DAY OF PASSOVER
- No CHS this afternoon – Pesach
- Holiday ends at 8:52 pm
FRIDAY-SHABBAT, APRIL 26: SHABBAT, DAY 4/5 OF PASSOVER
- Light candles on Friday by 7:55 PM
- Shabbat ends at 8:36 pm on Saturday
SUNDAY, APRIL 28, SECOND DAYS BEGIN
- Teen Pesach Hike, email us to RSVP
- Light the pre-existing flame candle
- Light Yom Tov candles at 7:57 pm
MONDAY, APRIL 29, SEVENTH DAY OF PASSOVER
Light Yom Tov candles after 8:56 pm, from a pre-existing flame
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, FINAL DAY OF PASSOVER - PM FOR ADDRESS IN NORTH ASHEVILLE, BY RSVP
- Morning Services, Hallel and Torah Reading: 10:00 am
- Yizkor Sermon & Memorial Service: 11:45 am
Light refreshments following services - Passover holiday ends at 8:57 pm