Upcoming Jewish Holidays In the Twin Cities

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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].

Let TC Jewfolk match you with a host or guest(s) for either a first or second night seder!

Yoga + Tambourine Decorating (Chabad YJP) 10 a.m. Sunday, April 7. RSVP for location. $20

Pesach Social for Parents of College Age Students (Beth El) 5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 7. RSVP to Jennifer Spiller for location.

St. Paul Community Women’s* Seder (Mount Zion, Temple of Aaron, Beth Jacob) 5:45 p.m. Thursday, April 11. Temple of Aaron, (616 Mississippi Blvd., St. Paul)

Volunteer Passover Supply Delivery (JFCS Hag Sameach) 9:30 a.m. – noon Sunday, April 14. JFCS Minneapolis (5905 Golden Valley Rd., Golden Valley)

22nd Annual Freedom Seder (JCA) 2 p.m. Sunday, April 14. Mount Zion Temple (1300 Summit Ave., St. Paul) & Zoom. $18

The Link Between the Song of Songs and the Spring Festival (Mount Zion) 12:15 p.m. Saturday, April 20. Mount Zion (1300 Summit Ave., St. Paul)

Interactive Chocolate Seder (PJ Library Minneapolis & YourJewish) 3 p.m. Sunday, April 21. JFCS Minneapolis (5905 Golden Valley Rd., Golden Valley)

First Night Seders (Monday, April 22)

Chabad Southern Minnesota 7:30 p.m. Even Hotel Rochester – Mayo Clinic Area (101 11th Ave. SW, Rochester). $40-54

Chabad Macalester-Groveland 8:30 p.m. RSVP for location

Second Night Seders (Tuesday, April 23)

Beth El 7 p.m. Beth El Synagogue (5225 Barry St W, St Louis Park) $85

Chabad Macalester-Groveland 8:30 p.m. RSVP for location

Freedom From Addiction Seder (JFCS & Jewish Recovery Network) 5 p.m. Thursday, April 25. Beth El Synagogue (5225 Barry St W, St Louis Park) & Zoom. $18

Night of Jewish Storytelling – Passover Edition (Minnesota JCC) 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25. Sabes Center Minneapolis (4330 S. Cedar Lake Road, St. Louis Park)

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. Saturday, April 28. Hampshire Park (1610 Louisiana Ave. N., Golden Valley)

Further Resources & Reading

Free Passover ritual items/foods, delivery available (JFCS Hag Sameach)

10 Tips for Stress-free Interfaith Passover or Easter Celebrations (TC Jewfolk)

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

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)

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)

Sell Your Chametz

Adath Israel Synagogue

Chabad

Shir Tikvah

Recipes & Crafts

Almond MacaroonsAndrew Zimmern’s Matzo Ball SoupDate CharosetFlourless Chocolate CakeHowie Mandell’s Matzo BreiLight As Air MacaroonsMexican Charoset & Passover SalsaPassover Crack(er)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)

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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].

Omer Art for the Heart (Hineni) 10 a.m. Sunday, April 28 – June 9. Studio Inside Out (4827 Minnetonka Blvd., St Louis Park). $210

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)

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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].

Zikaron Ba’Salon (St. Paul Jewish Federation & Partnership2Gether) 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 1. Sholom East Campus (740 Kay Ave., Saint Paul)

Yom HaShoah Commemoration (JCRC) 4 p.m. Sunday, May 5. Bet Shalom Congregation (13613 Orchard Rd., Minnetonka)

Twin Cities Erev Yom HaZikaron (Minneapolis & St. Paul Jewish Federations) 7 p.m. Sunday, May 12. Beth El Synagogue (5225 Barry St W, St Louis Park)

Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration (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 HaAtzmautYom Yerushalayim Source Sheets (Sefaria)

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