Pesach Schedule 5775
Thursday, April 2nd: 
Search for Chametz at night

Friday, April 3rd:
8:00 am-Main Sanctuary-Morning Services followed by a siyyum (study for the first born) and chametz burning in the Beth El parking lot at approximately 9:15am
Eat chametz until 11:12am/burn/sell chametz before 12:15pm
12:00 pm-Office closes and re-opens on Monday, April 6th
7:21 pm-Candle lighting
First Seder

Saturday, April 4th   (Pesach I):

9:00 am-Orthodox Kehillah

9:30 am-Main Sanctuary 

9:30 am-Parsha Study with Laurie Patton

No B'nai Mitzvah Tutoring Class
Second Seder / Begin counting the Omer                                                   8:22 pm-Havdalah and Candle Lighting


 

Sunday, April 5th (Pesach II): 
9:00 am-Main Sanctuary - Morning Services
9:00 am-Orthodox Kehillah - Morning Services

Babysitting Available

No Talmud Torah
8:22 pm-Yom Tov ends


 

Thursday, April 9th:

7:26 pm-Candle Lighting

 

Friday, April 10th:

9:00 am-Morning Services

Office closed

7:27 pm-Candle Lighting

 

Saturday, April 11th:

9:00 am-Orthodox Kehillah Shabbat Services

9:00 am-Chavurah Minyan

9:30 am-Main Sanctuary Shabbat Services including Yitzkor

8:28 pm-Havdalah

8:35 pm-Chametz may begin
Let All Who Are Hungry Come and Eat
Beth El wants to assure that all of our members are welcomed at a seder. As the Haggadah says, "Let all who are hungry come and eat." That means, if you have extra places at your seder, please open your home to one or more members of the Beth El family or Triangle community. If you do not have a place for a seder for this wonderful holiday, please give a member of the Beth El family the privilege of sharing a seder with you. The seder hospitality initiative is headed by the Synagogue Life Committee, and we will be pleased to arrange for hosts and guests to enjoy the seders together. 
To invite someone, or to request a place, please contact Sheri at Beth El  (919-682-1238 ) .
Passover Food Drive
Regarding the Passover meal marking the journey from slavery to freedom, God tells Moses that "The entire community of Israel is to do it." (Exodus 12:47)

But what of our fellow Jews who may not be economically able to provide any traditional foods for their families?

Jewish Family Service of Durham - Chapel Hill is collecting specific Passover items for distribution to Jewish families in need: matzah, gefilte fish, matzah ball soup, coconut macaroons, and holiday candles.

Please consider donating 2015-dated packages or jars of any of these items,
and help all Jews in our community to be able to observe Passover. There is
a large plastic tub in the Beth El lobby - fill it to overflowing before March 31!

Questions? Ask Bob Wechsler (919-937-9542) or Sally Hicks (919-667-1405).
 --your Social Action Committee
How to Kasher for Pesach
Click here for the packet by the Rabbinical Assembly with a full descprition on how to kasher for Pesach 2015.  
MAZON's "Fifth Question"
Beth El has MAZON "Fifth Question" table tents available for pick up in the main office and lobby.

For more information about MAZON, visit MAZON Passover 2015
To make a donation to MAZON, visit Donate to MAZON
Last Call to Sell Your Chametz
Due by April 2nd @ 5:00pm
Need an easy way to sell your chametz? Visit, Sell Your Chametz 
The Chametz Brigade is Coming!
Thursday, April 2nd 
Passover is arriving soon! Our tradition teaches that we sell or donate our chametz as  a way of entering fully into the Passover experience.

Beth El's Social Action Committee is planning to send one of its members to your house  on Thursday afternoon or evening, April 2 to pick up some or all of your chametz for  distribution to local homeless shelters on Friday, April 3 (the day before Passover). 

Unopened products containing chametz are perfect. Partially-used products in closeable  containers and in glass containers are also acceptable. Your donation should be in a  cardboard box or bag so the Brigade drivers can collect it easily.

Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity to perform two important mitzvot: ridding  your house of chametz and feeding the hungry.   Questions? Please contact Sandy Kessler or Sheva Zucker at 919 286-3628 .

Share your bread with the hungry
Isaiah 58:7

To sign up for the chametz brigade, visit  Chametz Brigade Sign Up
Join us for Lerner School's 1st Annual Passover Workshop for Preschool Families 
Sunday, March 29th @ 1:00pm  
Preschoolers will learn about Passover by traveling though engaging, sensory activity stations, like musical matzah, frog jumping, parting of the Red Sea and more!  All are welcome and the program is free!
Lerner School, 1935 West Cornwallis Road, Durham. 
RSVP at  [email protected] .
Community Passover Seder
Sunday, April 19th @ 5:00-8:00pm, Jewish Community Center
The Community Relations Council of the Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation is hosting a Passover Seder at the Jewish Community Center, 1937 West Cornwallis Road, Durham.  The Seder is a communal meal on the Jewish holiday of Passover, celebrating the story of the Exodus, Moses leading the Jews in ancient Egypt from slavery to freedom.  We are reaching out to members of the Triangle's various Asian and Southeast Asian immigrant communities to invite their participation in the Passover Seder, based on the theme of liberation from oppression and injustice.  
This is an event where members of the Jewish community and immigrant communities can informally get to know each other better and learn about each other's immigrant story and struggle for freedom from injustice and oppression. Everyone attending is encouraged to prepare a vegetarian dish shared that will serve 5-6 people.  The Jewish community hopes this event can be a starting point to also begin to learn about other issues and problems experienced today by our immigrant friends and use this event to build a bridge for possible future work together on immigration reform and other issues of mutual interest. 
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Rachel Bearman.
Attention shoppers, the Harris Teeter at University Mall is well stocked for Pesach products this year. If you are interested in working with a small group in late 2015 to approach local groceries about carrying kosher l'Pesach foods, please contact Laura Flicker, Mary Joan Mandel, or any other member of Sisterhood's board. Chag Pesach sameach!

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