Am Echad, Lev Echad

Join us at Beth Tzedec as we gather as a kehillah and a community to celebrate Passover together.

Below, please find a helpful guide with links to our Passover-related programs, services and other helpful information. 

We wish you and your family a Chag Pesach Kasher v'Sameach and continued good health.

Passover Programs

ExodUS: A Selfie Seder

Now Open on the Beit Alpha Floor

We invite you to literally enter into the Passover haggadah and experience it as never before!

• You can pose in each scene from the Passover Seder, and take a picture. 
• You can talk about the message of each part of the haggadah or engage in imaginative play together. 
• Please leave all props where you found them originally. 
• Please be mindful of timing if there are many visitors. In those instances, please move along as quickly as you can so everyone can enjoy the exhibit

What to do with your ExodUS photos:

1. You can create your own haggadah with the photos you’ve taken by going to https://bit.ly/exodus-haggadah. 
2. You can print out and use the photos on your Seder tablescape. 
3. You can post your favourite picture to social media and tag @bethtzedeccongregation.

Pesach Yom Tov Morning Fun

Sunday, April 13, Monday, April 14, Saturday, April 19 and Sunday, April 21
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Join us for a children's Yom Tov experience that builds Jewish knowledge and community. 

• 9:30 a.m. — Free holiday play
• 10:30 a.m. — Age appropriate Tefillah/prayer experiences, participation permitting. With special guests like our shinshinim to tell us about life in Israel, and other guests as well.
• 11:30 a.m. — Blessings and snacks

Children ages 3 and younger require adult accompaniment, those ages 4 and up can be dropped off.

Passover's End: Playground Skills Demo and Workshop

(for ages 3 to 5 with a grown-up)

Sunday, April 20 at 1:30 p.m.

Passover's almost over, but we're not twiddling our thumbs waiting for the sun to go down... No, we're jumping! 

The Toronto Jump Rope Club's coming to demonstrate their cool moves with a rope-and then they're sticking around to teach us how! more info>>

Past Passover Services & Programs

Saturday, April 19: Pesach Day 7

Omer Day 6

Little Minyan Learning & Service
9:00 a.m. in the Orenstein Mezzanine Hall
In-person only

Pesach Yom Tov Morning Fun
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon in Rooms 102 & 103

Talking Torah with Daniel Silverman
9:30 a.m. in the Herman Hall

Shabbat Games Café and Open Gym
12:30 p.m. in the Kerzner Fellowship Hall and Kimel Family Gym

Pirkei Avot Study Session
6:45 p.m. in the Hendeles Chapel

Festival Minhah-Ma'ariv
7:30 p.m. in the Hendeles Chapel
In-person only

Candle Lighting: 7:47 p.m.

Sunday, April 20: Pesaẖ Day 8

Omer Day 7

Pesach Yom Tov Morning Fun
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon in Rooms 102 & 103

Festival Minhah-Ma'ariv and Havdalah
7:45 p.m. in the Hendeles Chapel
In-person or via Livestream

Yom Tov concludes: 8:48 p.m.

Passover Service Times & Deadlines

*Thursday, April 10: Ta'anit Bekhorot

Shaharit and Siyyum for the Fast of the First Born
7:30 a.m. in the Hendeles Chapel 
In-person or via Zoom

Friday, April 11

Deadline to sell chametz through Beth Tzedec8:30 a.m.
more info>>

Chametz burning in the Beth Tzedec parking lot
10:00 to 10:30 a.m.

Kabbalat Shabbat6:00 p.m. in the Hendeles Chapel 
In-person or via Livestream

Candle Lighting: 7:38 p.m.

Saturday, April 12, Erev Pesach

Early Mincha Service2:00 p.m. in the Hendeles Chapel 
In-person only

Candle Lighting: 8:39 p.m.

Sunday, April 13: Pesach Day 1

Sanctuary Service9:00 a.m. in the Hendeles Chapel
In-person or via Livestream

Pesach Yom Tov Morning Fun9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon in Rooms 102 & 103

Early Mincha Service2:00 p.m. in the Hendeles Chapel 
In-person only

Candle Lighting: 8:44 p.m.

Monday, April 14: Pesach Day 2

Omer Day 1