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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.
The Haggadah: A Living Document (Hineni) 11 AM Sundays, March 23 – April 6. $18-50
“I no longer know how to light the fire”: Jewish Ritual Innovation at the Seder Table (Shir Tikvah) 12 PM Wednesdays, March 26 – April 16. $72
Sustain Studio: Through the Narrow Place (Hineni) 6:30 PM Mondays, March 31 – April 21. Beit HaMidrash at TTSP (1335 Ford Pkwy, St Paul) $82
St Paul Community Women’s Seder (Temple of Aaron, Mount Zion, Beth Jacob) 5:45 PM Thursday, April 3. Temple of Aaron (616 S Mississippi River Blvd)
Freedom Seder (Jewish Community Action) 6 PM Thursday, April 3. Location TBA
Nosh & Knowledge: Passover (Minnesota Hillel) 11:30 AM Friday, April 4. Minnesota Hillel Johnson Center (1521 University Ave SE, Minneapolis)
Hag Sameach Passover Delivery (JFCS Minneapolis) 9:30 AM Sunday, April 6. JFCS (5905 Golden Valley Rd, Golden Valley)
Deliver packages with NextGen 10:30 AM
Many Voices: Israeli Poetry to Include in Your Passover Seder (Mount Zion) 10 AM Sunday, April 6. Mount Zion (1300 Summit Ave, St Paul)
Pesach Sunday Family Fun Day (Heilicher Jewish Day School) 10 AM Sunday, April 6. Heilicher Jewish Day School (4330 S Cedar Lake Rd)
Kadima Chocolate Seder (Beth El) 1 PM Sunday, April 6. Beth El Congregation (5225 Barry St W, St Louis Park)
Pre-Passover Bagel Nosh (Minnesota Hillel) 11 AM Friday, April 11. Minnesota Hillel Johnson Center (1521 University Ave SE, Minneapolis)
Pre-Pesach Shabbat Dinner for Trans People & Their Families (Shir Tikvah) 5 PM Friday, April 11. Shir Tikvah (1360 W Minnehaha Pkwy, Minneapolis)
First Night Seders (Saturday, April 12)
Minnesota Hillel 6 PM. Minnesota Hillel Johnson Center (1521 University Ave SE, Minneapolis)
Mount Zion Temple 6 PM. Mount Zion (1300 Summit Ave, St Paul) $60-80
Chabad Young Jewish Professionals 7:30. RSVP for location. $40
Chabad Macalester-Groveland 8:30 PM. Chabad Macalester-Groveland (1546 Portland Ave, St Paul) $0-54
Second Night Seders (Sunday, April 13)
Beth El 7 PM. Beth El Congregation (5225 Barry St W, St Louis Park) $60
Chabad Macalester-Groveland 8:30 PM. Chabad Macalester-Groveland (1546 Portland Ave, St Paul) $0-54
Shir Tikvah 5:30 PM. Zoom
Darchei Noam RSVP for location. $25-100
Pesach Leftovers: Potluck & Discussion (Shir Tikvah) 6:30 PM Tuesday, April 15. Shir Tikvah (1360 W Minnehaha Pkwy, Minneapolis) & Zoom
Freedom From Addiction Seder (JFCS) 5 PM Thursday, April 17. Minnesota Hillel Johnson Center (1521 University Ave SE, Minneapolis) $36
Passover Shabbat (Minnesota Hillel) 5:30 PM Friday, April 18. Minnesota Hillel Johnson Center (1521 University Ave SE, Minneapolis)
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 & Mental Health (Blue Dove Foundation)
Pesach Writing & Videos (The Rabbi Sacks Legacy Trust)
Preparing for Pesach in the Year 5785 (TC Jewfolk)
Two Kids, Four Questions: How To Appease Children At The Seder? (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)
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 | 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
Classes & Events
Events listed at Central Time and are on Zoom if no location is noted. Submit an event here.
Self-Guided Practices
49 Steps (Limmud North America)
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.
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)
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)
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)
Twin Cities Breakfast For Israel (Jewish National Fund USA) 7:30 AM Thursday, May 22. RSVP for location in Hopkins
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)
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