Celebrate Passover 2025 With Beth Am
Passover Begins Saturday Evening, April 12
Check out the information below on Beth Am Passover programming, a downloadable URJ seder supplement (with four questions focused on conversations about Israel), a JFCS mitzvah opportunity, and other Passover resources.
Each year, Passover calls us to remember the Exodus from Egypt as if we, personally, had journeyed from slavery to freedom. As we retell this story, we pray that one day all people who are still enslaved will be free. As the Haggadah teaches us, "In every generation, each of us must see ourselves as if we personally went out from Egypt." We celebrate Pesach not simply to repeat the tale of our enslavement and liberation, but to find new and personal meaning in that narrative each year. As Passover approaches, it’s time to think about how we’ll prepare for the arrival of the Feast of Freedom! As you cleanse your homes of chametz (products with leavening), please consider donating unopened packages to the hungry.
- Illustrated Medieval Haggadot, Taught by Rabbi Yoel Kahn
Saturday, March 29, 4:00 PM, NEW LOCATION, Conference Room (in-person only) | REGISTER - JCRC Bay Area Freedom Seder
1) Thursday, April 3, 6:00 PM, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
2) Sunday, April 6, 5:00 PM, Westminster Presbyterian Church, San Jose
REGISTER - Tot Shabbat: Passover Puppet Show, For Families With Children Ages 0-5
Friday, April 4, 5:15 PM, NEW LOCATION, Social Hall | REGISTER - The History of the Seder, Taught by Rabbi Yoel Kahn
Tuesday, April 8, 7:00 PM, Zoom Only | REGISTER - 2nd Night Congregational Seder, Led By Rabbi Art Nemitoff and Jeremy Ragent
Sunday, April 13, 6:00 PM, Social Hall | REGISTER by 4/6 - Beth Am Women Dessert Seder, Led by Rabbi Shoshana Nambi and Cantor Jaime Shpall
Thursday, April 17, 6:00 PM, Social Hall | REGISTER by 4/13 - Shabbat Morning Passover Festival and Yizkor Service, With Beth Am Clergy
Saturday, April 19, 10:30 AM, Sanctuary and Livestream; light brunch to follow in the Social Hall
To request that a loved one's name be read at the service, use this form.
Seder Sacks - A Passover Mitzvah Opportunity
Help our partners at Jewish Family and Children's Services (JFCS) provide lovingly packed Seder Sacks of traditional holiday foods and treats to home-bound seniors, adults with disabilities, or local families in crisis. No one should ever feel isolated and abandoned — and especially not on Passover. LEARN MORE
How Is This Passover Different From All Other Passovers?
Download a URJ Seder Supplement with four questions focused on conversations about Israel. The war in Gaza has created a rupture in our Jewish communities, and in some of our families. As we gather for Passover to share the story of our liberation, we pray for the safe return of those held hostage, and our hearts break for all those who suffer. We may worry that conversations around our tables this year will be fraught, or even impossible. But now, more than ever, it is critical to ask questions and to listen to one another. LEARN MORE
Other Passover Resources
- Download the URJ Passover Activities booklet for kids and adults
- The JCRC Bay Area Freedom Seder Haggadah brings the story of the Exodus into a modern, intersectional context and teaches how we overcome challenges most effectively when we are in accord with ourselves and in community with others.
- Check out this bilingual (Spanish-English) seder supplement that raises awareness of inequities within the Latin and Jewish communities.
- Searching for Chametz? Search for Opportunities to improve your climate footprint during your hunt using this handy chart.
- Include in your seder the URJ's The Four Children of Climate Change: A Passover Seder insert about the "four children of climate change".
- A Beth Am Meditation for Passover
- What to Expect at a Passover Seder
- Check out Beth Am member Caryn Huberman's children's book Baby Moses in a Basket (published by Candlewick Press, under her pen name Caryn Yacowitz)
- Beth Am Favorite Passover Recipes & Beth Am Women Favorite Passover Recipes
- Passover Cooking Session Recording with Beth Am Member, Chef Sharon Barkoff
- URJ Passover Resources
- American Jewish World Service has a plethora of Passover resources to enrich your Passover celebration
- 30-Minute Seder
- Check out HIAS' Passover resources including the HIAS Haggadah
- Pour Out Your Wrath, a Keshet Haggadah supplement inspired by conversations with BIPOC LGBTQ+ Jewish youth
- Check out Shalom Bayit's online seder resources, including a domestic violence Haggadah supplement, a Dayenu for ending violence against women, and an alternative reading for the four children
- Support Beth Am and shop for Passover at ModernTribe.com
Sun, March 30 2025
1 Nisan 5785
Upcoming Events
Concert for Ukraine: Pamela Rose Presents “Wild Women of the Sixties”
Sunday, Mar 30th 2:00p to 3:30p
Beth Am's Adult B'nei Mitzvah Class
Tuesday, Apr 1st 7:00p to 8:30p
(re)Intro to Judaism
Tuesday, Apr 1st 7:00p to 8:30p
Israel Discussion Gatherings
Friday, Apr 4th 5:15p to 6:15p
Erev Shabbat Service
Friday, Apr 4th 6:15p to 7:30p
Congregation Beth Am | 26790 Arastradero Road | Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 | (650) 493-4661
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