Pesach Without Shul: A Guide (Pages according to the Artscroll Siddur)

Wednesday • Siyum for the fast of the first born at 9am (zoom meeting id. 519849478) • Last time for eating chametz is 9:38am • Chametz must be destroyed by 10:47am • Mincha is the regular service without saying the repetition and kedusha • Eruv Tavshlim should be done before lighting candles to allow cooking on Friday for shabbat (See summary on Eruv tavshilim at the end of this document) • Candles should be lit at 5:22pm (On Thursday candles should be lit after 6:16pm from an existing flame)

Wednesday & Thursday Evenings • Maariv begins with blessings for Shema (pg.330) but do not say Barchu • Amida for Pesach (pg. 660) • Aleinu • Kiddush & the seders should not begin before 6:18pm

Thursday & Friday Morning • Shema should be said before 8:27am and Shacharit Amida before 9:37am • Service begins as normal o Blessings o Pesukei d’Zimra (Baruch she’Amar-Shochen Ad) o Shema with blessings (no Barchu) • Amida for Pesach (pg.660)(No Kedusha) • Full Hallel said on both days (pg. 632) • Read from a Chumash the Torah reading and Haftarah (No blessings) • Ashrei • Mussaf (pg. 674). o On first day we DON’T SAY “mashiv haruach” after “Atah gibor lolam Hashem machayei matim atah rav lhoshia” but rather we say “Morid hatal” for only this amida. From mincha onwards we don’t say anything at this point, as per our custom. (For explanation see here) • Ein k’Elokeinu, Aleinu, and Shi shel Yom for Thursday or Friday. • Kiddush should be said before lunch or any eating after doverning (pg.492)

Mincha Thursday & Friday • Sunset is at 5:40pm, mincha should be said before this • Ashrei, uVa l’Tzion (pg.502) • Amida (pg.660) no repetition • Aleinu

Friday Evening • Candles should be lit before 5:20pm • We DO NOT say Kabbalat Shabbat • Service begins with Mizmor Shir (pg.320) • Regular Maariv (pg.330) except o No v’ychulu and magen avot o Regular Shabbat Amida but add Ya’aleh v’Yavo for Pesach

Saturday Morning • Service begins as normal o Blessings o Pesukei d’Zimra (Baruch she’Amar-Shochen Ad) • Regular Shabbat Amidah but adding ya’aleh v’yavo for Pesach • Half-Hallel (pg.632) • Shir HaShirim (pg.298) • Ashrei and then the Amidah of Musaf for Pesach (pg.674) • Ein k’Elokeinu, Aleinu, and Shir shel Yom

Mincha • One should daven Mincha before eating se‘udah shlishit. • Regular Shabbat Mincha except add ya’aleh v’yavo for Pesach • Se‘udah shlishit should begin before sunset, and may extend as long as one likes.

Maariv • Baruch Hashem L’Olam is omitted in Maariv when not davening with a minyan. • Regular weekday Maariv except o Add ya’aleh v’yavo throughout Chol Hamoed o DO NOT say V’yehi Noam • Havdala after Maariv not before 6:15pm

Shacharit Chol Hamoed Sunday-Tuesday

• Weekday Shacharit • Amida add ya’aleh v’yavo • Half Hallel • Ashrei • Mussaf for Chol Hamoed pesach (pg.674) • Aleinu, Shir shel Yom

Mincha/Maariv for Chol Hamoed Pesach

• Regular service except add ya’aleh v’yavo

Erev Tavshilin

It is prohibited to prepare in any way on one day of Yom Tov for the next or on Yom Tov for Shabbat, but it is permitted to prepare from Friday, the second day of Yom Tov, to Shabbat by means of an eruv tavshilin—two cooked dishes (customarily a hard-boiled egg and a piece of matzah). These dishes are prepared on Erev Pesach and symbolize the beginning of the preparation for Shabbat before Yom Tov. In this way, the preparation on Yom Tov is not a new preparation, but just the conclusion of a process that began before Yom Tov, rendering it permissible.

The items are held in the right hand and a blessing and formula are recited over them, found in the Artscroll Siddur on page 654.

Recite the blessing, “Baruch ata adonai eloheinu melech ha'olam asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav vetzivanu al mitzvat eruv.”

Then say the following: "By virtue of this eruv, we—the members of this household—shall be permitted to cook, bake, keep foods warm, carry, light candles, and do all preparations on Yom Tov (i.e. Thursday night and Friday day) for Shabbat."

The items should be eaten on Shabbat and may not be eaten before that as long as preparations are being made for Shabbat. If one forgets to make an eruv tavshilin, one may rely on the eruv tavshilin that I will make in my own home on behalf of the community, but this should not be relied on initially—everyone should make his or her own.