YOUNG OF HOLLYWOOD-FT. LAUDERDALE / PESACH 5781 MARCH 2021

When Erev Pesach Falls on – 5781

Shabbat HaGadol Drasha precautions. While there is a benefit to effecting this authorization in person, it can also be done without any in- This year, Weinstock will deliver the Shabbat person interaction. Please follow the instructions at the top HaGadol Drasha on Parshat Vayikra, March 20, 2021 of the Authorization Form. (time to be announced). A video recording will be emailed. Any chametz left over after burning that you plan on using Friday afternoon, Shabbat evening or Shabbat morning Fast of the First Born will not be included in the sale to the non-Jew. This chametz should be kept in a safe location separate from the The Fast of the First Born will be observed on Thursday chametz that you are arranging to sell. The chametz that March 25th. There will be a Siyum after a number of the you are not selling and planning to use must be fully morning minyanim- details to follow closer to Pesach. A consumed by Shabbat, Saturday morning at 11:23 AM, or Siyum will be broadcast via Zoom for those who are destroyed (ie flushed down the toilet) by 12:24 PM (both unable to join a Siyum in person. Details for zoom Siyum, times are according to the ). including time and link, will be made available closer to Pesach. Bitul Chametz

Search for Chametz The first declaration of annulment of chametz will be recited after Bedikat Chametz on Thursday night. The The search for chametz will take place Thursday evening, second Bitul Chametz will be recited either: March 25th after 8:09 PM. The search for chametz is performed in the usual manner; ie by candle light, with the - If you do not plan on using any more chametz normal blessing, and the Bitul/ declaration of nullification after burning: then you can recite this second afterwards. Bitul after burning your chametz Friday by 12:24 PM Burning Chametz - If you plan on consuming chametz on Friday The chametz should be burned on Friday, March 26th. afternoon/ Shabbat evening/ Shabbat morning: Even though Friday is not Erev Pesach, the custom is to The Bitul must be recited by Saturday at 12:24 burn the chametz in the usual manner, ie before 12:24 PM PM. Remember to set aside this chametz in a (according to the Vilna Gaon). location different than where you are keeping the chametz that you have arranged to sell for Pesach. If you would like your chametz burned at shul, you will be able to leave it in a box that will be in the lobby on Kashering for Pesach Thursday evening and Friday morning. Please only drop off the small amount of you put out for Bedikat We are exploring whether it will be possible this year to Chametz, place all crumbs in one bag (preferably paper), offer a Hagalah pot where members can bring their metal and remove all foil and any additional plastic bags. items that can be kashered through boiling water. It is possible to kasher many of these items in your home If one plans on eating chametz on Friday after burning, kitchen. Shabbat evening or Shabbat morning, then the Bitul Chametz declaration normally recited with the burning is One should try to complete all of their kashering for postponed until Shabbat morning. If you plan on being Pesach by 12:24 PM on Friday, consistent with the latest chametz-free as of Friday morning, then you can recite the time to kasher on a “normal” Erev Pesach. However since Bitul when you are burning your chametz, like usual. Friday is not Erev Pesach one can kasher for Pesach until candle lighting time on Friday (7:16 PM), if necessary. Sale of Chametz

The sale of Chametz will take place on Friday morning, March 26th. Rabbi Weinstock is available to serve as your agent to arrange for the sale of your chametz. To make that arrangement, please fill out the Sale of Chametz Authorization Form. Rabbi Weinstock will be available to effect that authorization in person, taking proper YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD-FT. LAUDERDALE / PESACH 5781 MARCH 2021

Shabbat Meals Minyanim Shabbat Morning March 27th All Shabbat Meals should be Kosher for Pesach (ie made of KFP ingredients in KFP utensils). While we do not eat All Shabbat morning minyanim will end with enough time actual matzah over this Shabbat, there are various customs for people to go home and make Hamotzi (regardless of concerning eating baked foods containing matzah (ie what you are using for Lechem ) before 11:23 matzah meal cake) and cooked foods containing matzah (ie AM. matzah balls). One custom is to not eat baked foods containing matzah at all on Shabbat, while cooked foods Minyanim (by registration) will meet at: containing matzah can be consumed on Shabbat day until 7 AM, 8 AM (Tent), and 8:45 AM. 4:30 PM. Sephardic at 8 AM.

Hamotzi/ Lechem Mishnah Seudah Shlishit On Shabbat there is a requirement of making Hamotzi over two loaves for the first two Shabbat meals. This is a For Seudah Shlishit, one cannot eat chametz nor egg problem on Shabbat Erev Pesach: our homes are matzah. The third meal should be eaten after 1:26 PM and completely Kosher for Pesach, yet we need to make can consist of fish, eggs, fruit, or non-gebrokhts Kosher for Hamotzi. This problem is exacerbated by the fact that we foods (ie containing potato starch). One should are not allowed to use matzah for Hamotzi over Shabbat eat Seudah Shlishit early in the afternoon, thereby ensuring (in order that our matzah eating at the Seder be with an one has an appetite for the Seder. appetite). There are two possible solutions to this problem: Erev Pesach Relaxation 1) Chametz Rolls: Use rolls for Lechem Mishnah for Shabbat dinner and lunch. The rolls should be One of the unique benefits of Shabbat Erev Pesach is that small enough to be fully consumed and not need we cannot be busy preparing for the Seder on Erev Pesach. to be cut, in order to avoid crumbs. Use While Erev Shabbat will be very busy, this year we will be disposable utensils and dishes for any contact able to relax and enjoy Shabbat before the Seder. You are with the chametz. Do not bring any Pesach allowed to take a nap on Shabbat, so long as you don’t utensils to the table until after the bread has been verbalize that the nap is exclusively to prepare for the consumed. You can also make Hamotzi outside Seder. and then eat the rest of your meal inside.

2) Egg Matzah: According to Ashkenazic custom, Seder Preparations egg matzah is only permissible to be eaten on Pesach by the sick and elderly. Since it cannot be No preparations for the Seder can be made on Shabbat. used to fulfill the of matzah at the Seder This includes setting the table, preparing the food etc. All it can be eaten on Erev Pesach. One can therefore items needed for the Seder and the Seder plate should be use egg matzah for Lechem Mishnah for Shabbat prepared before Shabbat, especially making the , dinner and Shabbat lunch broiling the shank bone/ egg, cleaning/ checking the romaine, and grinding the horseradish. The more Seder In either solution, the or egg matzah must be fully prep is done before Shabbat, the sooner the Seder can consumed by 11:23 AM. The meal can continue later, but begin after Shabbat. all chametz must be consumed by 11:23 AM. Yom Tov Candle Lighting If you used rolls for Lechem Mishnah, any crumbs must be disposed of (ie by flushing down the toilet) and the Bitul The earliest time to light Yom Tov candles (from a pre- declaration recited by 12:24 PM. If you did not recite the existing flame) or to prepare for the Seder is after 8:14 second Bitul when your chametz was burnt on Friday, then PM. If you will not be davening Maariv then before you must recite the declaration of nullification on Shabbat lighting/ preparing you should say, “Baruch HaMavdil by 12:24 PM Bein Kodesh L’Kodesh”.