Pesach 5786 Schedule

Tuesday Night, March 31 – Search for Chametz

  • Search for Chametz: begins after 8:12 pm

Wednesday, April 1 – Erev Pesach / Fast of the First Born

  • Fast Begins: 5:26 am

  • Morning Prayer & Siyum: 7:00 am 

  • Finish eating Chametz before: 11:12 am

  • Sell & Burn Chametz before: 12:17 pm

  • Light Holiday Candles at: 7:26 pm

  • First Pesach Seder (RSVP for Community Seder 7:45 pm)

Thursday, April 2 – First Day of Pesach

  • Morning Services: 10:00 am

  • Afternoon / Evening Services: 7:30 pm

  • Light Candles AFTER: 8:29 pm (from a pre-existing flame)

  • Second Pesach Seder: start after nightfall (8:29)

Friday, April 3 – Second Day of Pesach

  • Morning Services: 10:00 am

  • Light Shabbat Candles at: 7:28 pm (from a pre-existing flame)

  • Afternoon / Evening Services: 7:30 pm

Saturday, April 4 – Shabbat Chol Hamoed

  • Morning Services: 10:00 am

  • Shabbat Ends: 8:32 pm

Sunday, April 5 – Wednesday, April 7 – Intermediate Days (Chol Hamoed)

  • Morning Services Daily: 7:00 am (Sunday: 9:00 am)

  • Evening Services Daily: 7:30 pm

Tuesday Night, April 7 – Seventh Day Begins

  • Light Holiday Candles at: 7:34 pm

  • Evening Services: 7:40 pm

Wednesday, April 8 – Seventh Day of Pesach

  • Morning Services: 10:00 am

  • Light Candles AFTER: 8:37 pm (from a pre-existing flame)

  • Evening Services: 7:40 pm

Thursday, April 9 – Final Day of Pesach (Acharon Shel Pesach)

  • Morning Services: 10:00 am

  • Yizkor Memorial Services: approx. 11:00 am

  • Afternoon Services: 6:45 pm

  • Moshiach Seudah: 7:00 pm

  • Pesach Ends: 8:38 pm


Note: For candle lighting on the second night of the holiday and on Friday night, remember to use a pre-existing flame (such as a 24-hour or 48-hour candle lit before the holiday began), as creating a new fire is prohibited on Yom Tov.