Passover 5786

As we begin preparing for Passover, how good it is to be celebrating together as a community! Below you will find resources to help you prepare for the holiday, as well as our full service schedule. We will also post any updates here, so check back as the Seder approaches.  

Tikvat Israel aims to provide a meaningful Passover experience from our wisest members to those too young to ask. See below for everything you need to prepare for a zissen Pesach. We look forward to celebrating with you and your whole family!

Community Seder

Thursday, April 2 at 7:00 pm

Join us on Thursday, April 2nd, the second night of Passover, for a Community Seder at Tikvat Israel! Our seder will contain elements for people of all ages to engage in our annual retelling of our people’s formative story.

Pre-Seder snacks and schmoozing will begin at 6:30 pm, and the seder itself will begin promptly at 7 pm. 

Services Schedule

Wednesday, April 1

  • Fast Begins: 5:32 am
  • Shacharit Morning Minyan: 7:15 am (In-person and on Zoom)
  • Siyyum B’chorim  & Breakfast: 8:00 am
  • Final Burning of Chametz: 8:30 – 10:00 am
  • Last Chametz: 11:06 pm
  • Candle-lighting: 7:14 pm

NO EVENING MINYAN

Passover Day 1, Thursday, April 2

  • Passover Day 1 Services: 9:45 am 
  • Community Seder: 7:00 pm
  • Candlelighting: 8:15 pm

NO EVENING MINYAN

Passover Day 2, Friday, April 3

  • Passover Day 2 Services: 9:45 am 
  • Minchah and Kabbalat Shabbat: 6:00 pm
  • Candle-lighting: 7:16 pm

Passover Day 3, Saturday, April 4

  • Shabbat Chol HaMoed : 9:30 am 
  • Candle-lighting: 8:17
  • Maariv/Havdalah: 8:20 pm (Zoom)

Passover Day 4, Sunday, April 5

  • Chol HaMoed Morning Minyan: 9:00 am
  • Evening Minyan (including Minchah): 7:30 pm

Passover Day 5, Monday, April 6

  • Chol HaMoed Morning Minyan: 7:15 am
  • Evening Minyan (including Minchah): 7:30 pm

Passover Day 6, Tuesday April 7

  • Chol HaMoed Morning Minyan: 7:15 am
  • Minchah and Festival Maariv Services: 6:00 pm
  • Candle Lighting: 7:20 pm

Passover Day 7, Wednesday, April 8

  • Passover Day 7 Services: 9:45 am (In-person and on Livestream)
  • Festival Minchah/Maariv (Zoom)

Passover Day 8, Thursday, April 9

  • Preliminary Service: 9:15 am
  • Passover Day 8 Services: 9:30 am (In-person and on Livestream) – Yizkor will be around 11:15 am
  • Evening Minyan and Havdalah: 8:25 pm (Zoom)
  • Havdalah: 8:22 pm
  • Chametz Reverts to Original Owner: 8:40 pm

Virtual Service Links


Join via Livestream


Join via Zoom

Sell Your Chametz Through TI

If you would like TI to help sell your chametz, please complete this form complete the form online, or print it out and return to TI, by Tuesday, March 31, 9:00 am. As the form notes, you should set aside any chametz that you will need for Shabbat that will not be included in the sale. It is customary at this season to donate money, meot chitim, to feed the hungry. The funds we collect are distributed to local Jewish and non-Jewish charities. To donate online, please log into your ShulCloud account and pay by card or bill to your account; you can also send a check to the TI office with “meot chitim” in the memo line.


Sell Your Chametz

RA Pesach Guide

Preparing for Pesach can be a daunting task. The Rabbinical Assembly Pesach Guide aims to make the process less intimidating and to answer common questions about getting ready for the holiday. Please note that there are several unique aspects to Passover preparation when the Seder begins on Saturday night. The rabbi will send an email highlighting these differences. If you need clarification on anything in this guide, please contact Rabbi Israel. If it is an urgent issue, please make sure to send him a text message. 


RA Pesach Guide

Home Hospitality: Host or Be Hosted

In order to ensure that we fulfill the mandate of the Hagaddah “Let all who are hungry come eat,” we seek hosts and guests to join in in-person or on-line seders. A couple, family or individual can volunteer to serve as host and use Zoom or another virtual platform to bring in guests who aren’t able to attend a seder with others. A couple, family or individual can volunteer to serve as host for an in person seder. If you would like to host or be hosted, please complete this form by April 4.


Register Here

Give Tzedakah for Passover

Celebrate Pesach By Helping Others!

You can donate to the Tzedakah Havurah by going to Shulcloud and selecting “Tzedakah Havurah” from the donation drop-down list. Or donate directly to the charities below by visiting their websites. 

  • B’nai Brith’s Project Hope
    Answers the call to “let all who are hungry come and eat” by providing Passover food or a seder to sick, poor, and elderly Jews.
  • The Good People Fund
    Inspired by the Jewish concept of tikkun olam (repairing the world), addresses the societal challenges of poverty, gender inequality, inclusion, mental health, antisemitism and other bigotries in the US and Israel.
  • Leket Israel
    Help Israel’s national food bank provide fresh produce and meals to over 200,000 poor Israelis every week.
  • Nourish Now
    Food donations are given to children, families, seniors and veterans in need in our area in collaboration with area restaurants, grocery and big box stores, sporting venues, catererers, farms, and many more.
  • Ogen — Israel Free Loan/Israel Social Loan Fund
    Maimonides wrote: “A loan is better than charity, for it enables one to help himself.” Since 1990 the Association in Jerusalem has been bringing this ideal to reality.