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Passover this year begins on Wednesday evening April 8^th

and ends on Thursday evening the 16^th.

1. Passover Seder #1

Wednesday April 8th, 2009 at 6:00 PM

Beckham Hall

            The Seder is a community celebration that celebrates the Jewish People’s liberation from Egypt. Join us for singing, great discussions and a whole lot of fun.
           

Please RSVP by April 6^th (by 5:00 PM).
The cost is: $16.95 in points/Middletown Cash or
1 meal and $6.95 in points/Middletown Cash

To RSVP, email Erin esavage@wesleyan.edu or 860-685-2287
(Name, WES ID #, or check made out to Bon Appetit)
 

Help needed!
Interested in making this seder *your* seder? Help with pre-Passover planning!
Want to help lead the seder?  Or… consider bringing to the Wesleyan seder a  
short reading, an activity, or an object meaningful to you.
If you’re interested in planning or participating in the seder, please email          
Rabbi David (dleipziger@wesleyan.edu)
*No background or Hebrew skills required.
 

2. Passover Seder #2 : Seders-To-Go

For the second Seder, we offer “Seders-to-Go”.  You choose your friends and the location, we’ll supply the food, matza, grape juice, seder plate, and the Haggadot (Passover Manual), all available in your Shalom Salaam.

If you would like to do this, RSVP to Erin at esavage@wesleyan.edu by April 6^th Please provide your name, Wes ID #, and indicate whether or not you are a vegetarian.  You will be charged for a meal or equivalent in points. We will have a veggie and a meat option. Seder-to-Go meals must be picked up at the Shalom Salaam on Thursday 4/9 from 5-6 pm. Each person has to pick up their own meal.

3. Second Seder Alternative at Adath Israel

The local Conservative Temple in town, Adath Israel.  Please join us for a delicious meal, songs and fellowship at our Annual Communal Seder.
$25 per person.
Please RSVP by 3/16/09. NO Extensions!
Call Eileen at 346-4709

4. Meals During Passover:

Shalom Salaam, located in the Usdan Marketplace, will be open for Passover and will be serving “Kosher for Passover” food for the length of the holiday.  It will be open for lunch and dinner, starting with dinner on the 9^th and ending with dinner on the 16^th. We have reserved the last table in the cafeteria in Usdan (left side as you're looking at it) every day from 12-1 for lunch and 6-7 during dinner.

Also, the Bayit, located at 157 Church Street, will have a kosher kitchen that has been kashered for Passover.  Feel free to use it!

For more info contact:  Samantha Schilit sschilit@wesleyan.edu  

Food at Usdan:

For every Kosher for Passover meal you will eat at Usdan, there will be a $1 surcharge. Starting on March 23rd, you can buy a meal package at the cash register (payable with points or cash). The two options are 14 meal tickets for $7.00 or meal tickets for $3.50. With these packages you also get a free Noam Zion Haggadah (limited to the first 30 people who sign up)! For more information or to ask questions, please email Bernice Laille at Bernice.Laille@cafebonappetit.com.

5. Shabbat Dinner, Friday April 10^th

            On Friday, April 10th, join us for a special Shabbat dinner at the Bayit.
            Services 6:15pm followed by Shabbat Dinner at 7:45pm.  All are welcome!

6. The End of Passover

Thursday April 16th - HAMETZ-FEST, meet us outside the Bayit, 157 Church
Street. We will go to a local pizzeria for pizza, bread, and lots of
leavened food. Time TBA, or when there are 3 stars in the sky!

7. Help/Volunteers Needed

            We need help with leading the Passover Seder

If you’re interested in planning or participating in the seder, please email Rabbi David at dleipziger@wesleyan.edu.

8. Passover @ Weshop

Weshop will carry a limited number of Kosher for Passover products. Feel free to check them out.

9. COOL PASSOVER WEBSITES

http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Passover.htm

http://jrf.org/edu/holidays-main.html

http://files.tikkun.org/current/article.php?story=20061028114130503