SHABBAT SHALOM!
CHAG PESACH SAMEACH!
Shabbat HaGadol • Parashat Tzav • Pesach
March 26th – 29th • 14th – 16th Nisan
Friday, March 26th
6:30 pm ... Erev Shabbat Service—NOW ON ZOOM!
7:28 pm ... Candle Lighting


Saturday, March 27th
9:00 am ... Traditional Shabbat Morning Service
8:29 pm ... Candle Lighting


Sunday, March 28th
9:00 am ... Pesach Day 1 Service
6:00 pm ... Second Night Community Passover Seder
8:30 pm ... Candle Lighting


Monday, March 29th
9:00 am ... Pesach Day 2 Service
8:31 pm ... Havdalah
Due to COVID-19, services will ONLY be held via livestream or Zoom.
Learn more about our Sunday, Monday, and Thursday Minyanim.
See this week's Yahrzeits and make a donation in their memory.
IMPORTANT UPDATE
We are currently discussing resuming live services at Congregation Kol Ami after Pesach. As always, the safety of our members and guests is our primary consideration. For now please wear a mask, stay socially distanced, and remember to schedule your vaccine! Stay tuned for more updates.
Rabbi Hirshel Jaffe, known as "The Running Rabbi" for his many marathons, is known as a hero by many. A five-time cancer survivor and a recipient of the Presidential Award of Courage in the Rose Garden, Rabbi Jaffe's most inspiring and heroic adventure may have been when he went on a daring journey to Iran during the American Hostage Crisis to try to help secure the freedom of the American hostages and visit the Jewish community of Tehran during their time of peril.

Rabbi Jaffe's story is documented in a BBC documentary that you can watch on your own or through a showing on Monday night with Kol Ami. Please make sure to register in advance for the Zoom links.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
We are commanded to remove all Chametz, "leaven" from our homes and possessions for the duration of the celebration of Passover. That is the reason why we painstakingly clean our homes prior to the holiday and why we search for crumbs of Chametz on the eve of the holiday with a candle and a feather. On the following morning, preceding Passover, we burn this leaven, thus symbolically proclaiming our completion of an action intended to physically remove all Chametz from our possession.

In fact, with the best effort and intention we will probably overlook some scrap of Chametz, so we proceed to ritually sell all leftover leaven. Since we no longer have ownership of this leaven, if some remains in our homes, we are nevertheless not violating the law.
PASSOVER SEDER CATERING
Kosher for Passover meals prepared by professional caterer,
Larry Stensrud, and delivered directly to your home.

Matzo, seder plates, matzo ball soup (vegetarian), brisket or roasted eggplant ratatouille over quinoa, roasted cauliflower, roasted potatoes, tzimmes, and chocolate-dipped macaroons.

Vegetarian: $46 per person | Meat: $52 per person
Pricing includes delivery

Place your order with Larry Stensrud by Thursday, March 25th
801-706-2050 • larry.stensrud@comcast.net

Made in Kol Ami's Kosher For Passover kitchens, but an independant service and not through Kol Ami. 
UPDATE FROM THE
CANTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE

We've made our recommendation to the Board of Trustees and they are in negotiations with a candidate. Stay tuned! Keep up to date here.
The Book of Job, the great tragic epic of the Tanakh, is our next text for careful study. Learn more.
Fulfill the Mitzvah of studying the Torah every Wednesday as we dive into the week's parashat.
SUNDAY, MARCH 28th
No Classes

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31st
No Classes

THURSDAY, APRIL 1st
No Class


Questions? Contact Tamara Kipper, Interim Religious School Director.
COMMUNITY EVENTS & RESOURCES
Monday, March 29th at 6:30 pm

Wednesday, April 7th at 10:30 am



For any member of the community to receive or provide a helping hand


Find great resources and activities for kids

Digital storytelling to spark connections to Judaism for learners of all ages
ARE YOU HAVING FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Rabbi Samuel L. Spector, Danny Burman, or Jim Isaacson. If you prefer, you can contact Ellen Silver at Jewish Family Services. We will do our very best to help you address those needs. Your community is here for you. We stand together during these difficult times, and Kol Ami will do what we can to help you through these challenges.
IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, THE OFFICE IS CLOSED AND ALL PROGRAMMING IS BEING HELD REMOTELY
Staff and clergy will be answering questions regarding office, religious school, and preschool related matters via email. We will respond to you as soon as possible. Contacts can be found below:

If you have an urgent matter and you need to speak to someone in the office please call Tracy Plotkin, Administrative Assistant, at 773-474-2672. If prompted to leave a message, please include the spelling of your name and the best phone number to reach you.

If you have an emergency such as an unexpected hospitalization or loss of a loved one, please call our emergency line at 801-742-1501.
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