March 28, 2025

Welcome to TBE's Passover Center! Here you will find information about:

1. TBE Passover Guide
2. Passover Shabbat Dinner at TBE
3. Chametz Sales Form
4. Biur Chametz (Burning of Chametz)
5. Passover Festival Services and Family Service
6. Full Passover Schedule
7. Borrowing TBE's Haggadot and Furniture

TBE Passover Preparation Guide

Need to borrow haggadot and/or tables and chairs? Looking to learn more about the holiday? Want to freshen up your collection of Passover recipes? Look no further! TBE's Passover Guide contains all of that information and more! This year, we've added a special Passover preparation guide from Rabbi Estrin!

Passover Shabbat Dinner at TBE

April 18 | 5:30pm services, dinner to follow

Feeling tired from the idea of cooking Shabbat dinner after two seders? We have the solution for you! On Friday, April 18 (the Friday night of Passover), we will be hosting a kosher-for-Passover Shabbat dinner at TBE. We hope that you'll join us! We'll start with services in the sanctuary and then enjoy the meal in the social hall.

The menu will be as follows:

• Matzah ball soup (vegetarian; we will also have a gluten-free option)
• Salmon
• Quinoa pilaf
• Veggie
• Chocolate quinoa cake

Registration is required and is due by April 11.

Chametz Sales Form

Chametz (literally "that which is leavened"), are foods that are prohibited during all of Passover. Chametz is created when any of wheat, barley, rye, oats, or spelt, have been mixed with a liquid and allowed to stand for more than 18 minutes. Some Ashkenazi Jews also include rice, millet, corn and legumes. (See the Rabbinical Assembly Pesach Guide for more information.) Our tradition says that we must not own any chametz during the eight days of Passover. We sell it, throw it out, burn it, give it away, or store it in such a way that we are sure not to use it during the holiday. Whatever we store is sold to a non-Jew for all the days of Passover. This form is used to appoint Rabbi Estrin as the person who will sell your chametz. 

It is also customary to make a donation for Maot Chittim—literally "wheat money"—so that those without means will be able to prepare for the holiday. This year, we will donate these contributions to Michael Klahr Jewish Family Services.

Biur Chametz (Burning of Chametz)

April 11 | 9:00-9:30am | TBE Parking Lot

Join Rabbi Estrin in the TBE parking lot for a pre-Passover feast and burning. After searching for chametz Thursday night, bring any chametz you found to TBE and burn it!

Passover Festival Services

Join Rabbi Estrin and friends for Passover festival services and join us afterwards for a tasty kiddush. Services can be attended in person or via our livestream.

• Sunday, April 13, at 9:30am
• Monday, April 14, at 9:30am
• Saturday, April 19, at 9:30am
• Sunday, April 20, at 9:30am
  

Family Passover Service

April 13 | 11:00am, followed by lunch | Small Chapel

Join Rabbi Estrin for a family Passover service, followed by a tasty kiddush lunch!

Full Passover Schedule

Please do not bring any food or drink into TBE during Passover

Friday, April 11 | Nisan 13

9:00-9:30am Biur Chametz / Burning of Chametz

Saturday, April 12 | Nisan 14

9:30am Shabbat Morning Services, followed by kiddush

8:03pm Candle lighting | First Seder

Sunday, April 13 | Nisan 15 | Pesach I

9:30am Festival Services, followed by kiddush

With Hallel and Morid HaTal

11:00am Family service, followed by kiddush

8:04pm Candle lighting | Second Seder

Monday, April 14 | Nisan 16 | Pesach II | 1st Day Omer

9:30am Festival Services, followed by kiddush

With Hallel

8:05pm Havdalah

Tuesday, April 15 | Nisan 17 | 2nd Day Omer

8:00am Morning Minyan, in person and via Zoom

Wednesday, April 16 | Nisan 18 | 3rd Day Omer

8:00am Morning Minyan, in person and via Zoom

3:30pm Kadima Beth El - no outside food permitted in the building

Thursday, April 17 | Nisan 19 | 4th Day Omer

8:00am Morning Minyan on Zoom

Friday, April 18 | Nisan 20 | 5th Day Omer

8:00am Morning Minyan on Zoom

5:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Services

   Followed by Shabbat Dinner at TBE, preregistration required

7:10pm Candle lighting

Saturday, April 19 | Nisan 21 | Pesach VII | 6th Day Omer

9:30am Shabbat and Festival Services, followed by kiddush

With Hallel, Megillat Shir HaShirim, and Shirat HaYam

8:11pm Candle lighting

Sunday, April 20 | Nisan 22 | Pesach VIII | 7th Day Omer

9:30am Festival Services, followed by kiddush

With Hallel and Yizkor (apx. 11am)

8:12pm Havdalah

Haggadot

While there are myriad haggadot available online, we want to be sure that you all have access to the physical copies of Feast of Freedom (published by the Rabbinical Assembly) that we have at TBE. Email us at office@tbemaine.org with the number of copies you would like, and we'll coordinate a time for you to pick them up.

If you are interested in looking for a different haggadah online, our Passover Resource Guide has some wonderful options. If there is a haggadah that you have found online that you would like printed, we can print some copies in the office for you. Email us at office@tbemaine.org with the PDF version attached (or a link to the PDF online), and we'll coordinate a time for you to pick the copies up.

Furniture Lending

Having a few more guests than last year and need some extra chairs? We have you covered! This year, TBE is able to lend a limited number of chairs and tables to members to support their Seder experience at home. Please email us at events@tbemaine.org to reserve what you need and coordinate a pick-up time. First come, first served.