Wesleyan Passover 2024

(This page is updated frequently, so check back for more info)

Passover this year begins on the evening of Monday, April 22, and ends on the evening of Tuesday, April 30 (or on Monday evening April 29 in the Reform tradition). 

Join the Wesleyan Jewish Community for 2 Passover seders, programming, and a Passover co-op (if there is interest)! RSVP will be available soon. We are also looking for poetry, art, or other work to put in a Passover zine for the seder. This work can be uploaded on the Google form or sent to ahochfelder@wesleyan.edu.

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RSVP Here: 

https://forms.gle/v8Ag5zhy81uJnZ627 

 

What You Need to Know about Pesach at Wesleyan:

Seder I: Monday, April 22: Wesleyan Community Seder 6:00 pm. Location: DFC

The Seder is a community celebration that celebrates the Jewish People’s liberation from Egypt. Join us for singing, great discussions, and a whole lot of fun. Open to only members of the Wesleyan Community. The cost is: $16.95 in points/Middletown Cash or 1 meal and $6.95 in points/Middletown Cash. 

Want to help contribute to Seder? Or consider bringing to the Wesleyan Seder a short reading, an activity, or an object meaningful to you?  Please email Talia Scott at tscott@wesleyan.edu

Dietary Concerns: 

**If you have any allergies or food concerns, please share them with Danielle Garten by April 1st.  (dgarten@wesleyan.edu )

Seder II:  Tuesday Night, Second Seder, April 23: Community Seder OR Seder to Go Kits Available 

We will have a second night Seder (location tbd).  Updated information will be shared here. 

Individuals or groups that pre-register by April 10th at Noon can get a Seder Kit (bottle of grape juice, Matzo and Passover Haggadah manuals). Only 1 kit per person/group. RSVP at link above.  Kits must be picked up at Usdan Kosher Station on April 23rd from 5:00-6:30pm.  Please bring bags as you will have many things to carry. The Kosher station will also have all the foods you need for your Seder.

Passover Co-Op 

We will have Kosher for Passover food ingredients in the Bayit. Students interested should fill out the RSVP form above.

Meals During Passover (at Usdan)

Shalom Salaam, located in the Usdan Marketplace, will be open for all of Passover and will be serving “Kosher for Passover” food for the length of the holiday. If this is a hardship for anyone, please be in touch with Rabbi David.

Passover at Weshop

Weshop will carry a limited number of Kosher for Passover products. Feel free to check them out.

Design your own Haggadah. Impress your family:

https://www.haggadot.com/

So what is Passover anyway? Cool Passover Websites

https://www.rebooters.net/plastover

http://kolaleph.org/2013/03/06/palms-passover-and-climate-change/

http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Jewish_Holidays/Passover.html

http://www.ritualwell.org/ritual/midrashim-and-prayer-passover

https://www.tikkun.org/nextgen/passover-haggadah-supplement-2011-2

 

Stay tuned for more updates here.