Wesleyan Passover 2013

Passover

From Slavery to Freedom - Otto Geismar, 1927

Passover this year begins on the evening of Monday, March 25th and ends on the evening of Tuesday, April 2nd. 

What You Need to Know about Pesach at Wesleyan:

1. Seder I: Monday March 25th  

2. Seder II: Tuesday March 26th

3. Seder II:  Tuesday March 26th :Seder To Go

4. Meals During Passover (and special rates at Usdan)

5. Shabbat Dinner March 29th

6. Help/Volunteers Needed

7. Passover at Weshop

8. So what is Passover Anyway? Cool Passover Websites

 

1. Passover Seder I

Monday March 25th, 2013 at 6:15 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 March 19th (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 Britt Duncan (bduncan@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?

To sign up, go to this website.

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 March 26th , 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 bduncan@wesleyan.edu by March 19th. 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 March 26th from 5-6 pm.  Each person has to pick up their own meal.

 

3. Passover Second Seder 

In the past, students have organized a second seder and opened it up to members of out community. If this ends up happening, please email Rabbi David at dleipziger@wesleyan.edu.

There is an alternative Wesleyan haggadah produced by the students of the Contemporary Radical Jewish Thought student forum from two years ago that we can use, but the second night Seder can really take any form that the we want it to take. Please email Rabbi David if you are at all interested in being involved in this planning in any capacity, or if you have any ideas/suggestions about how you think the Seder should go.

 

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 26th and ending with dinner on the 2nd.  

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 Lewis

(salewis@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 March 25th, 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 only on Monday March 25th.    The individual single ticket will be available for purchase from March 26th until April 2nd. For more information or to ask questions, please email John at jkehoe@wesleyan.edu.

 

5. Shabbat Dinner, Friday March 29th  

On Friday, March 29th, join us for a special Shabbat dinner at the Bayit. Services 6:00pm followed by Shabbat Dinner at 7:30pm.  All are welcome!

 

6. 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.

 

7. Passover at Weshop

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

 

8. 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