Wesleyan Passover 2011

Passover

From Slavery to Freedom - Otto Geismar, 1927

Passover this year begins on the evening of Monday, April 18th and ends on the evening of Tuesday, April 26th.

What You Need to Know about Pesach at Wesleyan:

  1. Seder I: Monday April 18th
  2. Seder II: Tuesday April 19th
  3. Adath Israel (The local Synagogue) Communal Seder Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 5:30 PM
  4. Meals During Passover (and special rates at Usdan)
  5. Shabbat Dinner April 22nd
  6. Celebrating the end of Passover: Hametz-fest Tuesday April 26th
  7. Help/Volunteers Needed
  8. Passover @ Weshop
  9. So what is Passover Anyway? Cool Passover Websites

1. Passover Seder I

Monday April 18th, 2011 at 6:30 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 11th (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 Val Pucilowski (vpucilowski@wesleyan.edu)
The email must include: your name, WES ID #, and whether you’re paying with points or with cash.
 
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 II: Seders-To-Go

For the second Seder, on Tuesday April 19th , we will once again 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 at Shalom Salaam/ “Kosher”.

If you would like to do this, RSVP to vpucilowski@wesleyan.edu by April 11th. 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 Shalom Salaam/ “Kosher” on Tuesday April 19th from 5-6 pm.  Each person has to pick up their own meal.

3. Second Seder Alternative at Adath Israel

Congregation Adath Israel welcomes Wesleyan students to our Passover Seders.  For the second night, Tuesday, April 19th, students are welcome to join us for a catered community Seder at 5:30 pm.  Please RSVP by March 31st with your choice of Entre: Chicken or Vegetarian.  For the second night Seder there is a suggested donation of $30.00.  For reservations for either Seder, please contact Eileen at the synagogue office at 346-4709 or emailing office@adathisraelct.org.

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 lunch on the 19th and ending with dinner on the 26th.  

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:  Sydney Hausman-Cohen (shausmancohe@wesleyan.edu)

Passover Meals at Usdan:

For every Kosher for Passover meal you will eat at Usdan, there will be a $1 surcharge.  Starting on April 11th, you can buy a meal package at the cash register (payable with points or cash): 14 meal tickets for $7.00 & 7 meal tickets for $3.50.  Otherwise, the single ticket will cost $1.00 per meal. We will start selling those packages on Monday April 11th, and it will end the next Monday April 18th.    The individual single ticket will be available for purchase from March 29th until April 6th. For more information or to ask questions, please email Vickie at  vfairbairn@wesleyan.edu

5. Shabbat Dinner, Friday April 22nd 

On Friday, April 22nd, 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

Tuesday April 26th  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/Jewish_Holidays/Passover.shtml
http://jrf.org/resources-passover
http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/seder_2009