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Comprehensive Pesach Davening/Halakhic Guide For Home Pesach 2020 Young of West Hartford

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* Under conditions in which we are unable to pray together in the same space, our sages felt that praying together at the same time serves as a virtual-bridge between us and binds our into a force beyond compare. Let us all, to the extent that we can, aim to begin davening in our homes at the regular times when davening would have begun in shul (as noted below)

TUESDAY EVENING APRIL 7 • & Maarov (via Zoom) 7:10 PM • Bedikat (searching for the Chametz) after 7:53 PM o Starting with the bracha al biur chametz and then say the night-time “bitul” formula (see p. 20 of the YIWH Pesach Guide)

WEDNESDAY MORNING APRIL 8 • Virtual (via Zoom) at 7:00 AM o We omit mizmor letodah, and lamenatzeach • Virtual Siyum for Firstborns at 7:45 AM o Tune in by phone or Zoom o If you are a firstborn, please eat something after the Siyum in celebration. This will exempt you from fasting the rest of the day. (See p. 22) • Latest Time to eat chametz 10:13 AM • Burn or dispose of chametz before 11:33 AM. o After you dispose (flush down toilet) or burn the chametz, say the daytime “bitul” (see p. 21). • One should not eat matzah at all on Erev Pesach. Products containing matzah meal that are baked (e.g. matzah meal cake) may not be eaten all day Erev Pesach. Products that are cooked/boiled with matzah meal (e.g. kneidlach or gefilte fish) may be eaten until 4:00 PM. After 4 PM, you can still snack on meat, fish, salad, cheese, eggs, fruits, vegetables etc…but you should not fill up on these items so as to ensure a hearty appetite at the seder.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT APRIL 8 • Make an Eruv Tavshilin before candle lighting (see p. 10). • Candle Lighting (lehadlik and shehechiyanu) is before 7:24 PM. • Mincha before and after 7:24 PM o (Even if it is your custom to say with a bracha in shul on Pesach night it is NOT recited at all at home.) • Start the Seder AFTER 7:53 PM.

YOM TOV 1 – THURSDAY APRIL 9 • Shacharit ( of Yom Tov, birkot kriat shma of weekday Yom Tov, and special for Yom Tov-last recitation of mashiv haruach- and full hallel) at 9 AM • Read the reading to yourself (Exodus 12:21-51) and maftir (Numbers 28:16-25) and ( 3:5-7, 5:2-15, 6:1, and 6:27). One should not recite the sections for taking out and returning the Torah. • Daven Yom Tov Musaf WITH NO MASHIV HARUACH but ADD IN MORIT HATAL and do not need to say any of Tefilat Tal. • Daven Yom Tov Mincha before & Maariv after 7:25 PM o (Even if it is your custom to say Hallel with a bracha in shul on Pesach night it is NOT recited at all at home.) • Light candles (lehadlik and shehechiyanu), preparations for 2nd Seder and start the Seder, and COUNT SEFIRAT HAOMER for the first time and AFTER 8:08 PM. No preparation for the second day may be done before 8:08 PM.

YOM TOV 2 - FRIDAY APRIL 10 • Daven Shacharit (pesukei dezimra of Yom Tov, birkot kriat shma of weekday Yom Tov, and special Amidah for Yom Tov and full hallel) at 9 AM • Read the to yourself (Levit. 22:26-44) and maftir (Numbers 28:16- 25) and haftarah (Kings II 23:1-9 and 23:21-25). One should not recite the sections for taking out and returning the Torah. • Daven Yom Tov Musaf • Light candles BEFORE 7:08 PM. • Daven Yom Tov Mincha before 7:25 PM • Daven Maariv starting with Mizmor Shir and Hashem Malach and then daven Shabbat Maariv with addition of Yaaleh Veyavo in Amidah after 7:25 PM. o One may say Vayechulu even alone. Preferably it should be said with another person. One does not say the Bracha of Magen Avot. • Don’t forget to count Sefirat Haomer after 7:25 PM. • (For those who wish, it is permissible to accept Shabbat early: You can daven Mincha before Plag (6:04 PM) then light candles and daven Maariv after Plag).

SHABBAT APRIL 11 • Daven Shabbat Shacharit at 9 AM with addition of Yaaleh Veyavo in the Amidah followed by half hallel with a bracha • Read Shir Hashirim to yourself either now or later in the day. • Read the Torah reading to yourself (Exodus 33:12-34:26) and maftir (Numbers 28:19-25) and haftarah (Ezekiel 37:1-14). One should not recite the sections for taking out and returning the Torah. One does not say and we do not recite Harachamim. • Daven Musaf of Shalosh Regalim with the Shabbat additions. • Daven Shabbat Mincha before 7:28 PM with the addition of Yaaleh Veyavo. One can say V'Ani Tefilati even though one would not be saying Vayehi Binsoa or reading the Torah. • We do not say Tzidkatecha Tzedek. • Daven weekday Maariv after 8:12 PM (no Vayehi Noam after Amidah – yes Nate) making sure in Amidah to change to V’Ten Bracha, to add Yaaleh V’Yavo and to add Ata Chonantanu. • Count Sefirat Haomer and make havdallah (full motzaei Shabbat havdallah)

CHOL HAMOED SUNDAY-TUESDAY APRIL 12-14 • Weekday Shacharit (Sun 8:15 AM, Mon & Tues 7:00 AM) with addition of Yaaleh Veyavo in Amidah followed by half hallel with a bracha (if you wear on make sure to remove them before hallel). We omit mizmor letodah, tachanun and lamenatzeach. After say the Musaf Amidah for Shalosh Regalim and then end with and . • Weekday Mincha (with Yaaleh Veyavo and no tachanun) at 7:20 PM followed by Maariv (with Yaaleh Veyavo) on Zoom. • Communal Yizkor on Monday night, April 13, at 8 PM on Zoom. • Don’t forget to count Sefirat Haomer each night after nightfall.

TUESDAY NIGHT APRIL 14 • Candle Lighting (lehadlik only, no shehechiyanu) is before 7:13 PM. • Daven Mincha with Yaaleh Veyavo before and Yom Tov Maariv after 7:31 PM. • Count Sefirat Haomer!!

YOM TOV 7 – WEDNESDAY APRIL 15 • Daven Shacharit (pesukei dezimra of Yom Tov, birkot kriat shma of weekday Yom Tov, and special Amidah for Yom Tov and half hallel) at 9:00 AM. • Read the Torah reading to yourself (Exodus 13:17-15:26) and maftir (Numbers 28:19-25) and haftarah (Samuel II 22:1-51). One should not recite the sections for taking out and returning the Torah. • Daven Yom Tov Musaf. • For those making early 2nd Yom Tov: Daven Yom Tov Mincha before and Yom Tov Maariv after 6:08 PM. • For those making regular 2nd Yom Tov: Daven Yom Tov Mincha before and Yom Tov Maariv after 7:32 PM. • Light candles (lehadlik, no shehechiyanu) for early Yom Tov After 6:08 PM and for regular Yom Tov AFTER 8:16 PM. • Count Sefirat Haomer after 8:16 PM. • No preparation for the second day may be done before 8:16 PM, if making regular Yom Tov. • Those who light yahrzeit candles for yizkor on Yom Tov should do so after 8:16 PM.

YOM TOV 8 – THURSDAY APRIL 16 (Yizkor) • Daven Shacharit (pesukei dezimra of Yom Tov, birkot kriat shma of weekday Yom Tov, and special Amidah for Yom Tov and half hallel) at 9:00 AM • Read the Torah reading to yourself (Deut.15:19-16:17) and maftir (Numbers 28:19-25) and haftarah (Isaiah 10:32-12:6). One should not recite the sections for taking out and returning the Torah. • Recite Yizkor to yourself followed by Av Harachimim and . If you would like to give in memory of your loved ones please do so before or after Yom Tov. You can donate through Young Israel by clicking here. o A communal yizkor will be recited Monday, April 13, at 8 PM on Zoom. • Daven Yom Tov Musaf. • Daven Yom Tov Mincha before 7:34 PM. • Daven weekday Maariv after 8:18 PM adding ata chonantanu and making sure to continue to say V’Ten Bracha. • Count Sefirat Haomer and make havdallah (just hagafen and hamavdil). • Chametz Sold with Rabbi Brander can be eaten after 8:48 PM.