Happy Passover! March 28, 2023

Here is your full guide to Passover Prep with Kol Ami!

Passover begins next week with the first Seder on Wednesday, April 5 and the second Seder on Thursday, April 6.

Click here for the form to sell your Chametz by 10:00am, Wednesday, April 5.

Click here for the 2023 Rabbinical Assembly Pesach Guide, which includes how to kasher, what doesn't need kashering, and what is kosher on Passover.

The Sedarim are held on

Wednesday evening, April 5, and

Thursday evening April 6, 2023.

RSVP by March 31 for our 2nd Night Seder on Thursday, April 6!

Hebrew Chant and Healing Drum Circle

Led by Neorah Garcia

Sunday, April 2nd at 10:30am

Join us for a healing and transformative experience, using meditation, Hebrew chant, and drums.We will soon be in the Hebrew month of Nisan, join us for a spiritually transformative experience, as we each prepare to leave our own “mitzrayim” behind.

No drumming experience or knowledge of Hebrew is necessary. If you have a drum or a hand shaker, please feel free to bring it, but some drums will be available.

This event is for adults only (16 years and up).

Taanit Bechorim

(Fast of the First Born)

Wednesday, April 5 at 7:30am

A first born should fast on the day before Passover immediately after Sunset. This is done in commemoration of the deliverance of the first-born Israelites from Egypt. It has become the custom for synagogues to make a “Siyyum” (public completion of a tractate of Mishnah or Talmud) on the morning before Passover. Since the “Siyyum” is followed by a “Seudat Mitzvah” (festive meal – in this case a light breakfast), a first born who is present may eat. Having eaten, he /she need not fast that day.

Join us for minyan, some learning, and a bagel breakfast.

In Person & On Zoom

Bedikan Chametz

(Search for the Leaven)

The search for the leaven is customarily done on the night before Passover immediately after sunset. This year it takes place in the home on Tuesday evening, April 4. For instructions on doing a “search for leaven” with the appropriate blessing, please refer to the opening pages of your Haggadah.

Biur Chametz

(Burning of the Leaven)

On the night before Passover, after cleaning the hametz (leavened products) from our homes we symbolically search for any remaining leavened products. It is traditional to burn the hametz that one found the night before; this is called Biur Hametz. If you'd like to burn your chametz, come to the home of the Rabbis Blatt between 9:00-11:00 am on Wednesday, April 5. For the address, email Rabbi Blatt at: rabbiblatt@kolami.org.

For the one-pager with the words to nullify all of your chametz, click here.

To learn more, click here.

Meals prior to Passover – It is customary to refrain from eating matzah on the day before Passover, so that one will eat the matzah with an appetite at the seder.