Pesach/Passover Preparation Guide Passover begins in the evening of Monday, April 10, 2017 Passover ends in the evening of Tuesday, April 18, 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday April 9 Nissan 13 April 10 Nissan 14 April 11 Nissan 15 April 12 Nissan 16 April 13 Nissan 17 April 14 Nissan 18 April 15 Nissan 19 Search for Minyan 7:00 am Yom Tov Service Yom Tov Minyan 7:00 am Minyan 7:00 am Chometz after Siyyum after 7:00 am Service Ohev Sholom Village Shalom nightfall with Minyan Ohev Sholom 7:00 am Shaharit 9:30 am candle & feather Chapel Ohev Sholom ° Stop eating Chapel We do not put We do not put chometz by on Tefilin today on Tefilin today 11:30 am ° Burn leftover chametz by 12:30 pm Candle-lighting Candle-lighting Candle-lighting Shabbat ends Yom Tov 7:37 pm 8:37 pm 7:33 pm after 8:33 pm ends 8:34 pm st nd nd th th 1 Seder 2 Seder 2 Day Passover 3rd Day Passover 4 Day Passover 5 Day Passover April 16 Nissan 20 April 17 Nissan 21 April 18 Nissan 22 April 19 Nissan 23 April 20 Nissan 24 April 21 Nissan 25 April 22 Nissan 26 We do not put on Yom Tov Service Tefilin today Yom Tov Service 7:00 am 7:00 am Yizkor 8:30 am Shaharit 9:30 am Minyan 9:30 am Ohev Sholom Ohev Sholom Ohev Sholom Chapel Sanctuary 6:00 Executive Committee Candle-lighting Yom Tov ends 7:00 Board 7:39 pm Candle-lighting 8:41 pm Meeting Candle-lighting Shabbat ends after 8:40 pm 7:44 pm 8:44 pm Return to Chometz 9:41 pm th th 6 Day Passover 7 Day Passover 8th Day Passover April 23 Nissan 27 April 24 Nissan 28 April 25 Nissan 29 April 26 Nissan 30 April 27 Iyar 1 April 28 Iyar 2 April 29 Iyar 3 Café Ohev Shaharit 9:30 am 9:30 am Candle-lighting Shabbat ends *Yom HaShoah 7:51 pm 8:53 pm 1:30 pm Rosh Hodesh Rosh Hodesh Iyar April 30 Iyar 4 May 1 Iyar 5 May 2 Iyar 6 May 3 Iyar 7 May 4 Iyar 8 May 5 Iyar 9 May 6 Iyar 10 Shaharit 9:30 am **Yom Hazikaron *** Yom HaAtzmaut 7:30 – 8:30 pm Israel Independence Candle-lighting Shabbat ends Day Celebration 5:00 7:58 pm 9:01 pm – 8:30 pm Unless noted otherwise, minyan is held on Sunday at 9:30 am and Monday – Friday at 7:00 am *Yom HaShoah, Community-wide Holocaust Remembrance Service, 1:30 pm Jewish Community Campus ** Yom Hazikaron, Israel Memorial Day, 7:30 pm, Jewish Community Campus *** Yom HaAtzmaut Celebration, 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm at Jewish Community Campus Program is free. Food is available for a minimal fee. 5311 West 75 th Street Ι Prairie Village, Kansas 66208 Ι 913.642.6460 Ι www.ohev-sholom.com Affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Rabbinical Assembly Pesach Guide Preparing: The Torah prohibits the eating of chometz during Pesach, and since many common foods contain some mixture of chometz, guidance is offered for shopping and preparing for Pesach. If the information that follows still doesn't answer a question that you may have, please don't hesitate to consult with the synagogue. Labels: Kosher l'Pesach labels should bear the name of a rabbi or one of the recognized symbols of rabbinic supervision; also it should be integral to the package. Prohibited Foods: Leavened bread, cakes, cereal, coffees containing cereal derivatives, wheat, barley, oats, spelt, rye and all liquids containing ingredients of flavors made from grain alcohol. Most Ashkenazic authorities have added the following foods (kitniyot) to the above list: rice, corn, millet, legumes (beans and peas; however, string beans are permitted). Peanuts and peanut oil are permissible, as peanuts are not actually legumes. Some Ashkenazic authorities permit, while others forbid, the use of legumes in a form other than their natural state, for example, corn sweeteners, corn oil, soy oil. Consult with the synagogue for guidance in the use of these products. Permitted Foods: ° The following require no kosher l'Pesach label if purchased prior to Pesach: unopened packages or containers of natural coffee without cereal additives (NOTE: General Foods® coffees are not kosher for Passover unless marked KP), sugar, salt (not iodized), pure tea, pepper, natural spices, frozen fruit juices with no additives, frozen (uncooked) vegetables that contain no prohibited legumes, milk, butter, cottage cheese, cream cheese, ripened cheeses such as cheddar (hard), muenster (semi-soft), and camembert (soft), frozen (uncooked) fruit (with no additives) and baking soda. ° The following foods require no kosher l'Pesach label if purchased before or during Pesach : fresh fruits and vegetables (remember about legumes), eggs, fresh fish and fresh meat. ° The following foods require a kosher l'Pesach label if purchased before or during Pesach : All baked products (matzah, cakes, matzah flour, farfel, matzah meal, and any products containing matzah), canned or bottled fruit juices, (These juices are often clarified with kitniyot which are not listed among the ingredients. However, if you know for certain that such clarifying agents were not used, the juice may be purchased prior to Pesach.), canned tuna (since tuna, even when water packed, has often been processed in vegetable broth and/or hydrolyzed protein... however, if it is known that the tuna is packed exclusively in water, it may be purchased without a kosher l'Pesach label), wine, vinegar, liquor, oils, dried fruit, candy, chocolate flavored milk; ice cream, yogurt and soda. ° The following processed foods: (canned, bottled or frozen) require a kosher l'Pesach label if purchased during Pesach: milk, butter, juices, vegetables, fruit, milk products, spices, coffee, tea, and fish, as well as all foods in the preceding paragraph. Medicine: Since chometz binders are used in many pills, the following guidelines should be followed: If the medicine is required for life sustaining therapy, it may be used on Pesach. Capsules are preferable. Detergents: If permitted during the year, powdered and liquid detergents do not require a kosher l'Pesach label. Kashering of Utensils: The process of koshering utensils depends on how the utensils are used. According to halakhah, leaven can be purged from a utensil by the same process in which it was absorbed in the utensil. Therefore, utensils used in cooking are kashered by boiling, those used in broiling are kashered by fire and heat, and those used only for cold food are kashered by rinsing. Earthenware: China, pottery, etc. may not be kashered. However, fine translucent chinaware which has not been used for over a year may be used if scoured and cleaned in hot water. Metal: (wholly made of metal utensils in fire, as in a broiler or grill, must first be thoroughly scrubbed and cleansed and then made as hot as possible. Those used for cooking or eating (silverware, pots) must be thoroughly scrubbed and cleaned and completely immersed in boiling water. Pots should have water boiled in them which will overflow the run. The utensils should not be used for a period of at least 24 hours between the cleaning and the immersion in boiling water. Metal baking utensils cannot be kashered. Oven ranges: Every part that comes in contact with food must be thoroughly scrubbed and cleaned. Then, oven and range should be heated as hot as possible for a half hour. If there is a broiler setting, use it. Self- cleaning ovens should be scrubbed and cleaned and then put through the self-cleaning cycle. Continuous cleaning ovens must be kashered in the same manner as regular ovens. Microwave ovens which do not cook the food by means of heat should be cleaned, and then a cup of water should be placed inside. Then the oven should be turned on until the water disappears. A microwave that has a browning element cannot be kashered for Pesach. Glassware: For drinking utensils, we recommend soaking in water for three days, changing the water every 24 hours. Glass cookware is koshered by boiling water overflowing the rim. Glass bake ware may not be kashered. Dishwasher: After not using the machine for a period of 24 hours, a full cycle with detergent should be run. Electrical appliances: If the parts that come into contact with chometz are removable, they can be kashered in the appropriate way (if metal, follow the rules for metal utensils). If the parts are not removable, the appliance cannot be kashered. All exposed pans should be thoroughly cleaned. Tables, closets, counters: If used with chometz, they should be thoroughly cleaned and covered and then they may be used. Kitchen sink: A metal sink can be kashered by thoroughly cleaning and then pouring boiling water over it. A porcelain sink should be cleaned and a sink rack used. If, however, dishes are to be soaked in a porcelain sink, a dish basin must be used. Chometz and non-Passover utensils: Non-Passover dishes, pots and chometz whose ownership has been transferred, should be separated, locked up or covered, and marked in order to prevent accidental use. (See "SELLING".) Searching The first Seder of this year's Passover celebration falls on Monday, April 10. Consequently, the ritual of bedikat chometz, the search for leaven, should be performed at nightfall on Sunday, April 9, the night beforehand. Since it would be impossible to wait until the night before to prepare your home, this search is essentially symbolic. Take a few minutes to tuck leaven into a few nooks and crannies throughout the house before the search begins.