SHABBAT SERVICES
and Passover
Shabbat Tzav/Shabbat HaGadol
March 26, 27 & Passover 2021
First, some really helpful links:
Passover resources from CSK - includes various Passover guides, Hagaddah supplements, a Youtube playlist on how to kasher your kitchen, selling your hametz form, etc.
How is This Passover Different From All Other Passovers?
By Rabbi David Baum, Congregation Shaarei Kodesh
This year, in addition to the challenges we are facing due to Covid, we are presented with special challenges regarding Pesach, as the holiday begins on Motzai’ei Shabbat. It is a rare occurrence, but it takes some advanced planning and a different Shabbat regarding food than we are normally accustomed to.
I am available for your questions by email or phone, but here is a basic primer on how this year's calendrical quirk affects our Pesach practices:
Thursday morning:
Ta'anit Bechorot, the "fast of the first-born", occurs on Thursday morning, which is two days before the holiday. The reason we do not do it on Friday is that we do not fast on Erev Shabbat. We will be holding a Zoom Siyyum, led by Jackie Klein, who will be finishing a Masechet of Talmud (Pesachim). After the siyyum, first borns who fast on this day are then allowed to eat.
Thursday evening, after sundown:
Bedikat Hametz - the ritualized search for Hametz should be done on Thursday night with the same liturgical recitation as in other years (please use this form).
Biyur/Bitul Hametz - the burning or other negation of the last bits of Hametz should be done Friday morning (or on Saturday morning depending on if you eat Challah on Friday night/Shabbat lunch). The latest time in Boca Raton that it should be burned is at 12:12 pm. Please note, there is no requirement to ‘burn’ your hametz. You can flush it down the toilet, crumble and scatter it to the wind outdoors, use a public wastebasket or outdoor garbage. However, you must say the formula of Bitul Hametz on Saturday morning by 11 am. The reason is that the declaration of Bitul Hametz must be done on Erev Pesach, which is Shabbat this year.
Shabbat Tzav/HaGadol:
Friday night - candle lighting guide - click here for a detailed guide. Quick guidance - light a 72-hour candle when you light your Shabbat candles. On Saturday night, DO NOT strike a match to light Yom Tov candles, rather transfer the flame from the 72 candle you lit before Shabbat, and place the match on a non-flammable surface to burn out by itself.
Meals:
We have a dilemma this year regarding Shabbat as we say Hamotzi over challah on Friday evening and Saturday lunch (we also have a third meal where we eat bread - Seudat Shlishit). On Friday, our kitchens and homes will have already been kashered for Passover, so our meals for Shabbat, even though it is not yet Passover, will be kosher for Passover. However, we still have to say Hamotzi over ‘bread’, but we cannot eat regular matzah until the Seder on Saturday night. There are two solutions to this issue:
Opiton 1: One Last Shabbat with Challah, but more difficult
You can store the challah in a non-heavily trafficked room (not your kitchen), go outdoors, say hamotzi and eat the challah outdoors for Friday evening and Saturday lunch. You may not eat chametz after 11:00 am, so if you are having your Shabbat lunch after 11:00 am, you should say hamotzi over egg matzah. If you eat challah outdoors, please make sure that there are no crumbs on you before you enter your home for the rest of your meal. If you eat the whole meal outside, you should not use your Passover dishes, and instead, use disposable plates/utensils and dispose of them in an outside garbage receptacle. For Seudat Shlishit, the third meal, you can eat egg matzah as well. If you do not want to have any hametz at all, you can say hamotzi on Friday night over egg matzah.
Option 2: No Challah, but easier
Dispose of all your hametz, and complete the Bitul Hametz ceremony on Friday by 12:12 pm. However, you say the nullification/Bitul Hametz formula by 11 am on Shabbat morning. On Shabbat, you will say hamotzi on egg matzah for all meals.
All hametz in my possession, whether I have seen it or not, whether I have removed it or not, is hereby nullified and ownerless as the dust of the earth.
Saturday afternoon:
Do not eat anything after 5:43 pm until your Seder begins. I recommend eating a heartier than usual Seudat Shlishit meal to tide you over until the Seder.
Saturday evening:
Although there is an allowance to start the Seder early (there are several options outlined in a responsa by Rabbi Josh Heller), I recommend the following:
If you have children, do your best to have them nap on Saturday afternoon, and feed them a hearty meal to be completed by 5:43 pm. Shabbat ends at 8:10 pm, so begin your Seder at that time. This means Shulchan Orech (the full meal) may not begin until after 9:00 pm, so make sure you have a big meal on Shabbat.
Sunday evening during Seder:
Sunday evening:
Any other questions? Please text me - 561-865-6680.
Hag Kasher V’Sameach!
Rabbi David Baum
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PLEASE NOTE: The Building will be closed on Friday, March 26, 2021
You can reach us by phone and by email until 2:00 PM
The Offices will be closed Monday, March 29, in observance of the holiday.
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PASSOVER
Minyan, Fast for the First Born Siyyum
Thursday, March 25, 2021
8:30 AM ET
Led by Jackie Klein
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Friday Morning Minyan
There will be no Pirke Avot Class this week.
Friday, March 26, 2021
8:30 AM ET
*Yarhzeit/Minyan Request for Melissa Rayman in memory of her father,
Robert Mandel, Yisrael Shalom, Friday, March 26, 2021 at 8:30 AM.
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Meeting ID: 882 0065 3129 Passcode: 910086
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KABBALAT SHABBAT/MAARIV
Friday, March 26, 2021
6:15 PM ET
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Meeting ID: 882 0065 3129 Passcode: 910086
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SHABBAT SERVICES
Shabbat HaGadol
Parashat Tzav
Saturday, March 27, 9:30-11:45 AM ET
Matt Weiss - Leviticus 7:11-7:15
Matt Weiss - Leviticus 7:16-7:18
Geil Bilu - Leviticus 7:19-7:21
Bernie Grossman - Leviticus 7:22-7:27
Nachshon Carmi - Leviticus 7:28-7:31
Rebecca Pontillo - Leviticus 7:32-7:34
Rabbi Elaine Schnee - Leviticus 7:35-7:38
Rabbi Elaine Schnee – Haftara | Malachi 3:13-3:24
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Meeting ID: 882 0065 3129 Passcode: 910086
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VIRTUAL B'NAI MITZVAH CLASS
with Cantor HADASH
This Saturday, March 27, 2021
Next Class - April 24
For all upcoming B’nai Mitzvah students
(March 2021-September 2022)
10:30-11:15 am
(log on to the main 9:30 am Shabbat service through Zoom)
Participants will be directed to a break-out room at 10:30 am
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SHABBAT MINCHA 5:00 PM ET***
***Note the new time
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Meeting ID: 882 0065 3129 Passcode: 910086
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PASSOVER 2021
Thursday, March 25, 2021, 8:30 AM
Minyan, Fast for the First Born Siyyum
Saturday, March 27, 2021
1st Seder – Enjoy on your own
Sunday, March 28, 2021 - Passover Services Day 1, 9:30 AM
Rabbi Elaine Schnee - Exodus 12:21-24
Nachshon Carmi - Exodus 12:25-28
Rabbi Elaine Schnee - Exodus 12:29-36
Scott Reiter - Exodus 12:37-42
Matt Weiss - Exodus 12:43-51
Matt Weiss - Maftir - Numbers 28:16-25
Bernie Grossman - Haftarah | Joshua 5:2-12 tri
Sunday, March 28, 2021
Mincha/Maariv 6:00 pm
Sunday, March 28, 2021
2nd Night Passover Seder with The Baum Family 6:30 pm
Monday, March 29, 2021 - Passover Service Day 2, 9:30 AM
Rabbi Elaine Schnee - Leviticus 22:26-23:3
Geil Bilu - Leviticus 23:4-14
Jon Murstein - Leviticus 23:15-22
Robert Murstein - Leviticus 23:23-32
Rabbi Elaine Schnee - Leviticus 23:33-44
Jackie Klein - Numbers 28:16-25
Ben Eisenberg – Haftarah | Kings II 23:1-9, 21-23 tri
*Office Closed Monday, March 29, 2021
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Meeting ID: 882 0065 3129 Passcode: 910086
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VIRTUAL JUNIOR CONGREGATION
with Cantor HADASH
Mark Your Calendars for April 10 • May 15
• Open to all children, ages 5-13
• 10:30-11:15 am
(log on to the main 9:30 am Shabbat service through Zoom
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Congregation Shaarei Kodesh and
B'nai Torah Congregation
Combined Weekly Morning Minyan
Rabbi Baum will lead weekday Shacharit for our combined congregations
Every Wednesday morning at 8:00 AM
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Meeting ID: 570 477 057 Password: 8nkS8u
By phone: (929) 205-6099 | Meeting ID: 570 477 057 | Password: 601971
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SPONSORS FOR MARCH
Virtual L’ Chaim Sponsors
Patty & Matt Weiss in honor of all the Torah & Haftarah Readers
March Virtual Challah & Wine Sponsors
Betsy Schwimmer in memory of Harvey Stein
Tova & Zev Friede in memory and birthday of their daughter, Keren Friede
Kemach Torah Nadiv Sponsors 5781
Rachel & Alexander Baum
Nan Berkowitz
Sue & Ben Eisenberg
Judi & Lewis Fogel
Diane & Robert Salamon
Susan & Lewis Witonsky
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