Pesach Information and Service Times

Pesach (Passover) 2026 is from April 1 to April 9, 2026

Passover commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and the birth of the Jewish people as a nation. Families gather for a Seder to retell the story of freedom, and throughout the holiday, chametz (leavened grain products) is not eaten or owned. In the Diaspora, Passover lasts eight days (seven in Israel).

Don’t forget to sell your chametz by March 31 using this form. 

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Service Times

NOTE: No chametz should be eaten until after Yom Tov ends.

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PESACH SUPPLEMENTS

Leading the Seder conversation is a challenge. Let Beth El’s Seder Supplement help you. Consider printing copies of these handouts in advance to spark a Passover discussion at the Seder table. The first handout is for all the guests: it contains a Torah text study and a series of quotes for discussion. While the second handout is for the Seder leader. This one contains Rabbi Freedman’s insights on the Torah study, as well as a series of Seder trivia questions to keep things interesting. Enjoy!

They are two PDF handouts that you can download below:

Download First handout for the guests:

Text Study: The Seeds of Oppression
What motivates Pharaoh to enslave the Israelites? |Torah: Exodus 1:8-14

Download Second handout for the Seder leader:

Text Study: The Seeds of Oppression
What motivates Pharaoh to enslave the Israelites? | Torah: Exodus 1:6-14

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PESACH RESOURCES

• The JTS 5786 Passover Reader, Tze Ulemad: Go Out and Learn, features pieces from JTS faculty and students in various formats, including an interview with our chancellor, essays, brief insights, and images from The JTS Library’s Special Collections. https://www.jtsa.edu/blog-content/tze-ulemad-go-out-and-learn/
• Exploring Judaism, the digital home for Conservative/Masorti Judaism, provides numerous online resources to help you prepare for Passover including The Passover Preparation Checklist, Passover Kashrut Questions and Answers, Engaging Kids of All Ages in the Passover Seder, and more. https://www.exploringjudaism.org/holidays/passover/
• The Shalom Hartman Institute explores Pesach’s many questions beyond the class four. https://www.hartman.org.il/topic/passover/
• As you prepare for Passover, we invite you to explore The Seder’s Call: Moving Beyond the Table, a collection of thought-provoking essays to deepen your holiday experience. This year’s edition examines the Seder not just as a retelling of the Exodus, but as a call to reflection and action. How do its themes of liberation and responsibility shape our commitments today? What do we want to take away from this night of storytelling, memory, and ritual? https://www.jtsa.edu/blog-content/the-seders-call/
• Ritualwell has created a new resource to help spark meaningful conversation at your table: “Holding The Sweet and The Bitter: Four New Questions for Passover 2026.” Inspired by the traditional Four Questions, this new booklet offers thoughtful prompts for the moment we’re living in, inviting curiosity, compassion and deeper reflection among family and friends. The questions can be woven into your seder to help open conversations about freedom, resilience and what it means to celebrate even in complicated times. https://ritualwell.org/holding-the-sweet-and-the-bitter-four-new-questions-for-passover-2026/
• Enhance your Pesach experience with halachic guides, Torah insights, and fun activities from Hadar. https://www.hadar.org/torah-tefillah/seder-resources

Passover Resources from our Joseph and Mae Gray Cultural & Learning Center