Wesleyan Passover 2024
(This page is updated frequently, so check back for more info)
Passover this year begins on the evening of Monday, April 22, and ends on the evening of Tuesday, April 30 (or on Monday evening April 29 in the Reform tradition).
Join the Wesleyan Jewish Community for 2 Passover seders, programming, and a Passover co-op (if there is interest)! RSVP will be available soon. We are also looking for poetry, art, or other work to put in a Passover zine for the seder. This work can be uploaded on the google form or sent to ahochfelder@wesleyan.edu.
What You Need to Know about Pesach at Wesleyan:
Seder I: Monday April 22: Wesleyan Community Seder 6:00 pm. Location: DFC
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. Open to only members of the Wesleyan Community. RSVP will be available soon. The cost is: $16.95 in points/Middletown Cash or 1 meal and $6.95 in points/Middletown Cash.
**If you have any allergies or food concerns, please share them with Rabbi David at dleipziger@wesleyan.edu by April 1.
Want to help contribute to Seder? Or consider bringing to the Wesleyan Seder a short reading, an activity, or an object meaningful to you? Please email Talia Scott at tscott@wesleyan.edu.
Seder II: Tuesday Night April 23: Community Seder OR Seder to Go Kits Available
We will have a second night Seder (location tbd) at 6pm.
Individuals or groups that pre-register by April 10th at Noon can get a Seder Kit (bottle of grape juice, Matzo and Passover Haggadah manuals). Only 1 kit per person/group. RSVP will be available soon. Kits must be picked up at Usdan Kosher Station on April 6 from 5:00-6:30pm. Please bring bags as you will have many things to carry. The Kosher station will also have all the foods you need for your Seder.
Passover Co-Op
We will have Kosher for Passover food ingredients in the Bayit. Students interested should fill out the RSVP form above.
Meals During Passover (at Usdan)
Shalom Salaam, located in the Usdan Marketplace, will be open for all of Passover and will be serving “Kosher for Passover” food for the length of the holiday. If this is a hardship for anyone, please be in touch with Rabbi David.
Passover at Weshop
Weshop will carry a limited number of Kosher for Passover products. Feel free to check them out.
Design your own Haggadah. Impress your family:
So what is Passover anyway? Cool Passover Websites
https://www.rebooters.net/plastover
http://kolaleph.org/2013/03/06/palms-passover-and-climate-change/
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Jewish_Holidays/Passover.html
http://www.ritualwell.org/ritual/midrashim-and-prayer-passover
https://www.tikkun.org/nextgen/passover-haggadah-supplement-2011-2
Stay tuned for more updates here.