SELL YOUR HAMETZ -
DEADLINE IS 11:30 PM TONIGHT
INTRODUCTORY LETTER
LAWS & CUSTOMS OF PESACH 5780
View the
Passover 5780 Laws & Customs
for a complete guide to Pesach. This year's guide is updated to reflect our inability to gather in shul and includes detailed instructions for how to kasher pots and utensils at home.
EREV PESACH SIYUM - APRIL 8, 7:30 AM
Firstborn children are invited to attend a siyum on Wednesday morning, commemorating the completion of a talmudic tractate. The siyum substitutes for a day of fasting that commemorates God’s saving of the Israelite first-born children when the Egyptian first-born were killed in the tenth plague.
Click here to join via Zoom or call 312-626-6799 and use Meeting ID 924 897 9279, Password: 540.
TEFILLAH AT HOME
ASBI SEDER COMPANION
Since we can't host large, hospitable seders this year, please enjoy the
ASBI Seder Companion to bring the voices of your fellow ASBI community members into your seders.
THE FIRST SEDER IN TWO PARTS
This Passover, many families are struggling for ways to celebrate Passover together even as public-health guidelines will prevent us from physically gathering as we would in a typical year. One possible solution to this problem is to divide the first Seder into two halves.
Click here for instructions.
COMBATING LONELINESS ON SHABBAT & YOM TOV
Read our
Combating Loneliness Document for some suggestions for Shabbatot spent alone and an article written by Dr. Michelle Friedman entitled, “COVID-19 and the Challenge of Spending Pesach Alone.”
MINIMALIST'S GUIDE TO PASSOVER & THE SEDER
Our
Minimalist's Guide
is geared towards those who may not have made Passover or the Seder in their homes in the past and are looking to keep it simple.
PASSOVER & PANDEMIC
Listen to the latest episode of The Straw Hat,
Passover & Pandemic, for more about preparing for Pesach and kashering dishes at home.
ASBI AFIKOMEN HUNT
We are organizing a fun no-contact activity for ASBI families over chol hamoed and the final days of Passover. If you would like to help us with minimum effort required, please email
etanazack@gmail.com. We are seeking volunteers with street-facing windows, preferably 1st/2nd floor and easily viewed from the street. Volunteers will be contacted with further instructions. Information for participants will be sent out at a later date!
JOINT STATEMENT TO THE ORTHODOX COMMUNITY
Click here to read a follow-up joint statement to the Orthodox Community regarding Pesach. You can also
click here to view an additional statement from the cRc and Agudath Israel of Illinois.
Please note that excursions to or gatherings in parks, playgrounds, and other venues are discouraged. However, Ezra Landman-Feigelson has created a
guide to interesting landmarks around Lakeview to visit, if you live a short distance away from them.
PESACH SCHEDULE
Wednesday, April 8, Erev Pesach
Stop Eating Hametz:
10:42 AM
Dispose of Hametz by:
11:47 AM
Candle Lighting:
7:07 PM
1st Cup After:
8:08 PM
Thursday, April 9, 1st Day of Pesach
Candle Lighting & Start Second Seder after:
8:08 PM
Friday, April 10, 2nd Day of Pesach
Shabbat Candle Lighting: B
efore 7:09 PM
Saturday, April 11, Shabbat Chol Hamoed Pesach
Havdalah:
8:10 PM
Tuesday, April 14, Erev Yom Tov
Candle Lighting:
7:13 PM
Wednesday, April 15, 7th Day of Pesach
Candle Lighting after:
8:15 PM
Thursday, April 16, 8th Day of Pesach, Yizkor
Havdalah:
8:16 PM
