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Pesach
In 2024/5784 Pesach begins at sundown Monday, April 22 and ends at sundown either Monday, April 29 or Tuesday, April 30 depending on practice.
About This Holiday
Passover (Chabad)
Passover (Exploring Judaism)
Passover (Reform Judaism)
Passover 101 (My Jewish Learning)
Events
Events listed at Central Time and are on Zoom if no location is noted. Submit an event here or email [email protected].
Passover Shabbat Dinner (Moishe Pod Twin Cities – Young Families) 5 p.m. Friday, April 26. RSVP for location
Passover Shabbat Dinner (Minnesota Hillel) 6 p.m. Friday, April 26. Minnesota Hillel (1521 University Ave. SE, Minneapolis)
Humanistic Passover Seder (Or Emet) 4 p.m. Saturday, April 27. First Unitarian Society (900 Mount Curve Ave., Minneapolis) & Zoom
Spring into Spring For LGBTQ+ Families (PJ Library Minneapolis & J-Pride) 3 p.m. Sunday, April 28.Hampshire Park (1610 Louisiana Ave. N., Golden Valley)
Women’s Passover Seder (Bet Shalom) 4 p.m. Sunday, April 28. Bet Shalom Congregation (13613 Orchard Rd, Minnetonka)
Passover Movie Night: Prince of Egypt (J-Pride) 7 p.m. Monday, April 29
Crossing Water Seder (Shir Tikvah) 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 30. Boom Island Park (724 Sibley St NE, Minneapolis)
Post-Pesach Pizza Party (Beth Jacob) 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 1. Pizza Luce (1183 Selby Ave, 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)
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 Source Sheets (Sefaria)
Passover & Sustainability (Hazon)
Passover Unbound (Judaism Unbound)
Passover & Mental Health (Blue Dove Foundation)
Pesah Guide 5784 (Rabbinical Assembly)
Pesach Writing & Videos (The Rabbi Sacks Legacy Trust)
What to the Black Jew Is Passover? (Evolve)
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)
Family Haggadot (Kar-Ben Publishing)
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 for 5784 (Shalom Hartman Institute)
Liberación: Passover Through A Latin Jewish Lens of Liberation / Liberación: Pésaj a través de un lente de liberación Judío-Latino (Jewtina & Co.)
Global Justice Haggadah (American Jewish World Service)
Hebrew/English Haggadah (Chabad)
In Every Generation: Interactive Family Haggadah (PJ Library)
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 | Date 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)
67 Passover Recipes Everyone Will Love (Bon Appetit)
7 Charoset Recipes to Give Passover an International Flair (Be’chol Lashon)
Five Kid Friendly Passover Ideas (TC Jewfolk)
Middle Eastern Passover (Mideast to Midwest)
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 2024/5784 the Omer period begins the evening of Tuesday, April 23 and concludes Tuesday, June 11 before sunset.
Lag B’Omer, the 33rd day of the Omer, falls from sundown Saturday, May 25 – sundown Sunday, May 26.
About This Holiday
© The Jewish Museum, New York
About the Omer & How to Count the Omer (My Jewish Learning)
Counting the Omer (Exploring Judaism)
Lag B’Omer (Reform Judaism)
Sefirat HaOmer (Chabad)
Classes & Events
Events listed at Central Time and are on Zoom if no location is noted. Submit an event here or email [email protected].
Awareness in Action for the Omer: Cultivating Character Through Mindfulness and Middot (Adath Jeshurun & Jewish Institute for Spirituality) 2 p.m. Wednesdays April 10, 17, May 1 – June 5 & Tuesday, June 11. $199-399
Omer Art for the Heart (Hineni) 10 a.m. Sunday, April 28 – June 9. Studio Inside Out (4827 Minnetonka Blvd., St Louis Park). $210
The Omer: A Modern Take on a Medieval Self-Growth Practice based on an Ancient Harvest Season (Shir Tikvah) 8:45 p.m. Tuesdays April 30 & May 7; 9 p.m. May 14 & 21; 9:15 p.m. May 28 & June 4
Lag B’Omer Campfire (Moishe Pod Twin Cities – Young Families) 5 p.m. Thursday, May 23. RSVP for location
Self-Guided Practices
49 Steps (Limmud North America)
7 Minutes: A Daily Omer Wellness Practice (Mitsui Collective)
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 Yomim
“The Yomim” (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 May 5 – sunset May 6 in 2024/5784.
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 May 12 – sunset May 13 in 2024/5784.
Yom HaAtzmaut—commemorating the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948—is on 5 Iyar, corresponding to sunset May 13 – sunset May 14 in 2024/5784.
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 June 4 – sunset June 5 in 2024/5784.
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 or email [email protected].
The Cello Still Sings: A Generational Story of the Holocaust and the Transformative Power of Music (Mount Zion) 6:30 Friday, April 26. Mount Zion (1300 Summit Ave., St. Paul)
Yom HaShoah Commemoration (JCRC) 4 p.m. Sunday, May 5. Bet Shalom Congregation (13613 Orchard Rd., Minnetonka)
Another Face of Zionism: Ahad Ha’am and Cultural Zionism (Temple Israel) 11 a.m. Saturday, May 11
The Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Ceremony (Combatants for Peace & Parents Circle Families Forum) 12:30 p.m. Sunday, May 12
Yom HaZikaron: A Tribute to Love & Sacrifice (Minneapolis & St. Paul Jewish Federations) 7 p.m. Sunday, May 12. Beth El Synagogue (5225 Barry St W, St Louis Park)
Transitioning from Yom Hazikaron to Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Temple of Aaron) 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 13. Temple of Aaron (616 Mississippi River Blvd, St Paul)
Yom Ha’Atzmaut Breakfast (Beth Jacob) 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 14. Beth Jacob Congregation (1179 VIctoria Curve, Mendota Heights)
Yom Ha’atzmaut: We Will Dance Again (Minnesota JCC) 2 p.m. Sunday, May 19. Sabes Center Minneapolis (4330 S. Cedar Lake Road, St. Louis Park)
An Evening with Noa Tishby (Beth El) 7 p.m. Monday, May 20. Beth El Synagogue (5225 Barry St W, St Louis Park)
Further Resources & Tools
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)
