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Pesach
In 2025/5785 Pesach begins at sundown April 12 and ends at sundown either April 19 or April 20 depending on practice.
About This Holiday
Learn from: Aish (Orthodox) | Chabad (Orthodox) | Exploring Judaism (Conservative) | My Jewish Learning (non-denominational) | Reform Judaism
Events
Events listed at Eastern Time and are on Zoom if no location is noted. Submit an event by emailing cincyeditor@jewfolk.com.
Passover Basics (Temple Israel) 5:15 PM Fridays, March 28, April 11, 18, 25. Temple Israel (2323 Fremont Ave S, Minneapolis)
Why the Seder is the Seder (Temple of Aaron) 10 AM Thursdays, April 3 – 24. Temple of Aaron (616 S Mississippi River Blvd, St Paul)
Further Resources & Reading
Free Passover ritual items/foods, delivery available (JFCS Hag Sameach)
A Table for Eight: Embracing Community and Dietary Needs at Passover (TC Jewfolk)
Bringing Teens to the Seder Table (Exploring Judaism)
Celebrating Passover With Your Family (PJ Library)
How To Manage The Stress Of Passover Kashrut? (TC Jewfolk)
LGBTQ-affirming articles, rituals, and Torah commentaries (Keshet)
Make A Plan For Passover Preparation (TC Jewfolk)
Parenting By Parsha: Shabbat Pesach (TC Jewfolk)
Passover Articles (Orthodox Union)
Passover Ceremonies, Poems, Songs & more (Ritualwell)
Passover Food Is Weird This Year – How Cost & Availability Is Changing In The TCs (TC Jewfolk)
Passover Source Sheets (Sefaria)
Passover & Sustainability (Hazon)
Passover & Mental Health (Blue Dove Foundation)
Pesach Writing & Videos (The Rabbi Sacks Legacy Trust)
Preparing for Pesach in the Year 5785 (TC Jewfolk)
The Resourceful, Righteous Women Who Helped The Jews From Egypt (TC Jewfolk)
Two Kids, Four Questions: How To Appease Children At The Seder? (TC Jewfolk)
Two Seders, One Spirit: Growing Up Jewish on the Prairie (TC Jewfolk)
What to the Black Jew Is Passover? (Evolve)
What To Do When I Don’t Want To Host Two Seders? (TC Jewfolk)
Haggadot & Haggadah Supplements
Seder Your to Hostages the Bringing (Everyone Counts)
Companion to the Haggadah (Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies)
Customize Your Own Haggadah (Haggadot)
Dancing In Between Haggadah (The LUNAR Collective)
The Fifth Child: A Passover Reading (Jewish Democratic Women for Action)
The Four Cups of Consciousness (Shefa)
The Gateways Haggadah (Gateways)
HIAS Haggadah (HIAS)
In Every Generation: A Haggadah Supplement (Shalom Hartman Institute)
Passover Guide / Guia de Passover (Jewtina & Co.)
Global Justice Haggadah (American Jewish World Service)
Hebrew/English Haggadah (Chabad)
In Every Generation: Interactive Family Haggadah (PJ Library)
The Seder’s Call: Moving Beyond the Table (JTS)
Plastover – An Exodus from Plastic Waste (Reboot)
Velveteen Rabbi’s Haggadah for Pesach (Velveteen Rabbi)
The Wandering is Over Haggadah (Jewish Women’s Archive)
Why Is This Night Different? (The iCenter)
Sell Your Chametz
Recipes & Crafts
Almond Macaroons | Andrew Zimmern’s Matzo Ball Soup | Black and White Cookies | Cast-Iron Potato and Carmelized Onion Kugel | Date Charoset | Egyptian Charoset | Flourless Chocolate Cake | Howie Mandell’s Matzo Brei | Light As Air Macaroons | Mexican Charoset & Passover Salsa | Passover Crack(er) | Passover-Friendly Black and White Cookies | Surviving Passover: A College Student’s Guide (TC Jewfolk)
47 Passover Recipes for a Delicious Seder and Beyond (Bon Appetit)
7 Charoset Recipes to Give Passover an International Flair (Be’chol Lashon)
Five Kid Friendly Passover Ideas (TC Jewfolk)
Passover Crafts & Activities (Bible Belt Balabusta)
Passover Crafts & Recipes (Our Happy Tribe)
Passover Food (The Nosher)
Passover Recipes, Crafts, & Inspiration (Rebekah Lowin)
Relish: Vegetarian Passover Seder with Imani Jackson (TPT Originals)
The Omer
We count the Omer for 49 days, starting on the second night of Pesach/Passover and ending with Shavuot. In 2025/5785 the Omer period begins the evening of April 13 and concludes June 1 before sunset.
Lag B’Omer, the 33rd day of the Omer, falls from sundown May 15 – sundown May 16.
About This Holiday
Learn from: Aish (Orthodox) | Chabad (Orthodox) | Exploring Judaism (Conservative) | My Jewish Learning (non-denominational) | Reform Judaism
Self-Guided Practices
2025 Omer Calendar (Temple of Aaron)
49 Steps (Limmud North America)
Counting the Omer Daily Email Reflections (Temple Israel) April 13 – June 1. To subscribe, email e-learning@templeisrael.com
My Omer: 49 Steps to Personal Refinement (Meaningful Life Center)
The Omer Workbook: A 49 Day Self-Care Immersion (Gold Herring)
P.O.P., the Pandemic Omer Project (MN JCC & JCreate)
Further Resources & Tools
Lag B’Omer & Sefirat Ha’Omer Source Sheets (Sefaria)
Omer Ceremonies, Poems, Songs & more (Ritualwell)
What is the Lag BaOmer pilgrimage? (The Conversation)
Writing & Videos on The Omer/Lag B’Omer (The Rabbi Sacks Legacy Trust)
The Yamim
“The Yamim” (plural of “yom,” or days) are a closely-bunched group of modern spring holidays that fall in the weeks after Passover.
Yom HaShoah—which commemorates approximately six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, and the Jewish resistance in that period—is on 27 Nisan, or sunset April 23 – sunset April 24 in 2025/5785.
Yom HaZikaron—Israel’s official remembrance day, traditionally dedicated to fallen soldiers, also extended to civilian victims of terrorism—is on 4 Iyar, or sunset April 29 – sunset April 30 in 2025/5785.
Yom HaAtzmaut—commemorating the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948—is on 5 Iyar, corresponding to sunset April 30 – sunset May 1 in 2025/5785.
Yom Yerushalayim—commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem and the establishment of Israeli control over the Old City in the aftermath of the June 1967 Six-Day War—is on 28 Iyar, from sunset May 25 – sunset May 26 in 2025/5785.
About These Holidays
Yom Hazikaron: Israel’s Memorial Day | Yom Ha’atzmaut: Israel Independence Day | Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day (My Jewish Learning)
Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikkaron, Yom Haatzma’ut, and Yom Yerushalayim (Exploring Judaism)
Yom HaShoah | Yom HaZikaron & Yom HaAtzmaut (Reform Judaism)
Events
Events listed at Central Time and are on Zoom if no location is noted. Submit an event here.
Film Screening: The Broken Promise (UMN Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies) 7 PM Monday, April 14. The Parkway Theater (4814 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis)
Zikaron BaSalon & Yom HaShoah Commemoration (JCRC, Beth El) 6 PM Wednesday, April 23. Beth El Synagogue (5225 Barry St W, St Louis Park)
Yom Hashoah Memorial Exhibit (Minnesota Hillel) 10 AM Thursday, April 24. Minnesota Hillel Johnson Center (1521 University Ave SE, Minneapolis)
Yom Ha’atzmaut Bagel Nosh (Minnesota Hillel) 11 AM Friday, April 25. Minnesota Hillel Johnson Center (1521 University Ave SE, Minneapolis)
Commemorating Yom HaShoah: Survival in Shanghai (Temple Israel) 5:15 PM Friday, April 25. Temple Israel (2323 Fremont Ave S, Minneapolis)
Israel Shabbat (Minnesota Hillel) 5:30 PM Friday, April 25. Minnesota Hillel Johnson Center (1521 University Ave SE, Minneapolis)
Yom Hazikaron Commemoration (St Paul & Minneapolis Jewish Federations, Beth Jacob, Jewish Agency for Israel) 7 PM Tuesday, April 29. Beth Jacob Congregation (1179 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights)
Taste of Memory Cooking Program (Minnesota Hillel) 5:30 PM Wednesday, April 30. Minnesota Hillel Johnson Center (1521 University Ave SE, Minneapolis)
From Darkness to Joy: A Yom HaAtzmaut Prayer Service (Temple of Aaron) 6 PM Thursday, May 1. Temple of Aaron 616 South Mississippi River Blvd, St Paul)
Yom Ha’atzmuat Community Celebration (Minnesota JCC, St Paul & Minneapolis Jewish Federations, JCRC) 2 PM Sunday, May 4. Minnesota JCC Sabes Center (4330 Cedar Lake Rd, Minneapolis)
VOICES featuring Author Amir Tibon (Temple Israel) 7 PM Wednesday, May 14. Temple Israel (2323 Fremont Ave S, Minneapolis) $50+
OUR ISRAEL: My Israeli Story (St. Paul Jewish Federation) 6 PM Thursday, May 15. St. Paul Jewish Federation (790 S Cleveland Ave, Ste 227, St Paul) $10
Twin Cities Breakfast For Israel (Jewish National Fund USA) 7:30 AM Thursday, May 22. RSVP for location in Hopkins
Further Resources & Tools
My Child Learned About The Holocaust Before I Was Ready For It (TC Jewfolk)
Yom HaShoah Articles (My Jewish Learning)
Articles on Yom HaShoah | Yom HaZikaron | Yom HaAtzmaut | Yom Yerushalayim (Orthodox Union)
Ritual Components for Yom HaShoah | Yom HaZikaron | Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Ritualwell)
Writing & Videos on Yom HaShoah | Yom HaZikaron | Yom Ha’atzmaut | Yom Yerushalayim (Rabbi Sacks Legacy Trust)
Articles on Yom Ha-atzmaut (Rabbinical Assembly)
Yom Ha’atzmaut with Children (PJ Library)
Yom HaAtzmaut & Yom Yerushalayim Source Sheets (Sefaria)
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