Pesach 5785 | Passover 2025
Please read below for our Pesach information
Guide to Erev Pesach that falls on Shabbat
This year, Pesach begins on a Motzei Shabbat / Saturday night, April 12th. This will involve a bit more pre-Pesach planning than usual. The beauty of the procedures is that our homes are completely ready
for Pesach a day earlier than usual! I have put together a guide with the important questions and answers to make things a bit easier this year. All times are Denver times. I hope you’ll find these guidelines helpful. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Please download and print.
Kashering for Pesach with the Vaad
We will once again host the Vaad in the Meat Kitchen on April 9, 2025 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Yizkor prayers are said during morning service after the reading of the Torah on 8th Day Pesach, Sunday, April 20, 2025 at approximately 10:30 am
Pesach Haggadah Melody
Shabbat Afternoons with Rabbi Chaitovsky
A Pre-Pesach Series: Let My People KNOW!
March 22nd: Lost in Translation: The Ins and Outs of Pesach Exploring the various and surprising ways that the word Pesach has been translated and to consider the implications of those translations.
March 29th: Shhh, It's a Secret - Polemics and Other Hidden Messages in the Haggadah: Join us as we dig beneath the surface and discover some eye-opening messages "hidden" in the words of the Haggadah.
To be held at Rabbi Chai's home at 4:30 PM where refreshments will be served. Bring a friend or two!!! Handouts and Haggadot provided. No knowledge of Hebrew required.
Shabbat Hagadol Drashah in the Sanctuary,
April 5, 2025 in the Foyer
Rabbi Danny Wolfe at approximately 11:30 am
Talk will be on "The Missing Seat"
Chametz Sale 2025
Dear Friends,
Pesach preparations are under way. As most of us know, the Torah prohibits us from not only eating, but also owning, chametz on Pesach. The sale of chametz is a time-honored tradition in Jewish Law enabling us to more easily observe this prohibition. It is a complicated procedure and it is customary to have a Rabbi familiar with the requirements handle the sale.
Some of you have sold your chametz through BMH-BJ in previous years, and I encourage everyone to do so. I am ready – and would be honored - to act as your agent and assist you in this important tradition.
By filling out your information online at https://www.bmh-bj.org/form/chametz-sale-2025.html, you appoint me as your agent to sell your chametz on your behalf. Forms are also available in the main office or you can download it and print it yourself and email it to clergyassist@bmh-bj.org, or bring it in to me personally at my office. I would love the opportunity to meet and speak with you and assure you that everything will be handled properly and according to Jewish Law. If you need help, please call Rachael in the clergy office, so she can help you sell your chametz over the phone.
The deadline for submission is Tuesday, April 8, 2025.
Please note that there are many in our community who find it difficult to celebrate Pesach. It is a financial hardship for them. A contribution to my discretionary fund earmarked for Maot Chitim – Passover Food, will make it easier for those in need to have kosher food for Pesach. Your generosity is most appreciated.
Best wishes to you for a Chag Kasher v’Sameach, a joyful and kosher Pesach.
Warmly,
Rabbi Chaitovsky
Pesach Schedule 5785, April 10 - 20, 2025
Best wishes to everyone for a Chag Kasher v’Sameach, a joyful and kosher Pesach!
For a comprehensive guide on Passover, home preparation, rituals, and food, please refer to:
The Minimalist Guide to Passover and Seder from Anshe Sholom Congregation in Lakeview, Illinois, 2021. For those who may never have made Pesach, or have not done so in a very long time, from shopping to kashering to doing a seder.
Preparing Your Home for Passover - information from 5780.
International Rabbinic Fellowship Pesach 2020 Guide
A Guide to a Concise but Halachik Seder