Erev of Pesach is Friday Night…Light the Shabbat candles and add v’ Yom Tov
Second Night and Seder is on Saturday for the Community.
Traditionally no leaven is eaten after 11am on Friday, First seder is at Sundown.
Torah: Ta’anit Bechorot/Fast of the Firstborn (Exodus 32:11-14, 34:1-10) and Saturday, April 16, 2022/15 Nisan 5782: Torah: (Exodus 12:21-51, Numbers 28:16-25)
Haftarah: Joshua 5:2-6:1,6:27)
The Torah focus is on the Passover and its laws, the reading ends with the last of the Ten Plagues, the slaying of the Egyptian firstborn sons. Pharaoh summons Moses and Aaron, and tells them that he wants them out of Egypt as soon as possible. Moses and Aaron comply, and the children of Israel begin to make a quick exit, not allowing the bread to rise.
The Haftarah for the first day of Passover is taken from the Book of Joshua. In its description of the historic Passover which the Israelites observed at Gilgal after they had crossed the Jordan River. It was the first celebration of Passover in the Holy Land. In preparation for the Passover observance, all of the Israelite males were circumcised. They then ate the first matzot made from wheat in the Holy Land. this Haftarah is read on the first day of Passover because it describes the first Passover celebration to take place in Israel.
May everyone have a Zissen Pesach!
Rabbi Helene Ainbinder, Michael and the whole family to you
