Passover 5778 Schedule

Pesach Schedule

Friday, March 30

  • 06:40 am – Shacharit
  • Siyum bechorim following Shacharit
  • 09:30 – 11:00 am – Chametz burning at Beth Israel
  • 10:43 am – Latest time to eat chametz
  • 11:46 am – Latest time to burn chametz
  • 03:58 pm – Latest time to eat permissible matzah products
  • 06:49 pm – Candle lighting
  • 06:50 pm – Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat

Friday, March 30 – 1st Seder

  • 07:30 pm – Ma’ariv
  • 07:58 pm – Earliest time to begin Seder
  • 12:49 am – Latest time to eat Afikomen

Saturday, March 31 – 1st Day Passover

  • 08:45 am – Shacharit
  • 09:38 am – Latest time for shema
  • East se’udah shlishit at home
  • 03:59 pm – Latest time to finish eating matzah or matzah products
  • 06:50 pm – Mincha
  • 07:30 pm – Ma’ariv
  • 07:59 pm – Earliest candlelighting
  • Light from an existing flame. Do not prepare for the second Seder before 7:59 p.m. Remember to insert Havdalah into Kiddush as found in the Passover Haggadah
  • 12:48 am – Latest time to eat Afikomen

Sunday, April 1 – 2nd Day Passover

  • 08:45 am – Shacharit
  • 09:37 am – Latest time for shema
  • 07:15 pm – Mincha
  • 07:45 pm – Ma’ariv
  • 08:00 pm – Yom Tov ends

Monday – Wednesday, April 2 – 4 Chol Hamoed

  • 06:40 am – Shacharit
  • 07:00 pm – Mincha
  • 07:30 pm – Ma’ariv

Thursday April 5 – Chol Hamoed/Erev Yom Tov

  • 06:40 am – Shacharit
  • Remember to make eruv tavshilin (page 654 in the Artscroll Siddur)
  • 06:55 pm – Mincha followed byMa’ariv
  • 06:56 pm – Candle lighting