ASBI LAWS & CUSTOMS
View this year's Passover Laws & Customs Document for 5785 HERE. The document also includes an FAQ regarding Erev Pesach on Shabbat.
ASBI COMMUNITY SEDER
Join us at ASBI for a second night Seder, led by Rabbanit Devorah Schoenfeld. Save yourself the trouble of cooking for a second seder and spend time with other ASBI members (including the Finkelstein/Sugar family). Everyone is invited!
REGISTER: asbi.org/event/seder-2025.
**WE NEED SEDER HELPERS!**
Help make the Seder happen by helping with shopping, food prep, serving, and more. This option is available to anyone interested, or in exchange for discounted or waived registration fee. Email hayley@asbi.org if interested.
PESACH HOSPITALITY
Participate in the mitzvah of Hachnasat Orchim (welcoming guests) this Pesach!
If you are hosting meals for the second half of Pesach and would like to extend an invitation to guests, OR if you are looking to be hosted, please fill out the following form and we'll do our best to find meals for those who need them!
Sign up to host others or be hosted at asbi.org/form/pesach-hospitality-5785.
SELL YOUR HAMETZ
The deadline to sell your hametz has passed. If you have sold your hametz through ASBI, please wait on hour after Passover has ended before accessing any hametz that you have sold so that it can be repurchased on your behalf.
PESACH 5785 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, APRIL 10
5:07 AM - Fast Begins (first-born males only)
6:45 AM - Shacharit, followed by siyum and hametz breakfast snack
7:10 PM - Mincha/Ma’ariv
7:57 PM - Fast Ends
After 8:02 PM - Bedikat Hametz (search for Hametz)
FRIDAY, APRIL 11
7:00 AM - Shacharit
Immediately Following Shacharit - Hametz Burning in the ASBI Parking Lot
7:09 PM - Candle Lighting
7:15 PM - Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat & Maariv
SATURDAY, APRIL 12 - Erev Pesach
8:30 AM - Shacharit
9:15 AM - Special early Kiddush with HaMotzi over bread!
10:00 AM - Services Resume
10:39 AM - Stop Eating Hametz
11:15 AM - Kiddush
Before 11:45 AM - Annul Hametz
7:00 PM - Mincha
8:10 PM - Candle Lighting
After 8:10 PM - Recitation of Kiddush, with which the Seder begins
SUNDAY, APRIL 13 - Pesach Day 1
9:00 AM - Shacharit
7:20 PM - Mincha/Ma’ariv
8:11 PM - Candle Lighting (Start Seder After 8:11 PM)
MONDAY, APRIL 14 - Pesach Day 2
9:00 AM - Shacharit
7:20 PM - Mincha/Ma’ariv
8:12 PM - Havdalah
FRIDAY, APRIL 18 - Erev Yom Tov
7:17 PM - Candle Lighting
7:20 PM - Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat & Maariv
SATURDAY, APRIL 19 - Pesach Day 7
9:00 AM - Shacharit
7:10 PM - Mincha
8:18 PM - Candle Lighting
SUNDAY, APRIL 20 - Pesach Day 8
9:00 AM - Shacharit
Approximately 10:30 AM - Yizkor
7:25 PM - Mincha/Maariv
8:19 PM - Havdalah