For your convenience, here is the Annual Halacha Guide 5778 in a printer-friendly PDF format, complete with holiday halachot and schedules.
Here is the Annual 5778 brochure.
Here is the Candle Lighting times sheet for 5778.
Lulav & Etrog Form 5778
Order your lulav and etrog ($45, $55, or $65 sets) in time for Sukkot by filling out the form below.
Please write a check payable to:
Israel Book Shop
Deadline: 8:00 AM on Monday, October 2, 2017
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Chol HaMoed/Final Days Passover 5777 Schedule
Shabbat Schedule
Friday, April 14 – Erev Shabbat Chol HaMoed
- 06:40 am – Shacharit
- 07:05 pm – Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat, Ma’ariv
- 07:06 pm – Candle lighting
Saturday, April 15 – Shabbat Chol HaMoed
- 08:45 am – Shacharit
- 09:24 am – Latest time for shema
- Eat Seudah Shlishit at home
- 07:00 pm – Mincha
- 08:05 pm – Ma’ariv
- 08:16 pm – Shabbat ends
Sunday, April 16 – Chol HaMoed
- 08:00 am – Shacharit
- 07:08 pm – Candle lighting
- 07:10 pm – Mincha, followed by Ma’ariv
Monday, April 17 – 7th Day Passover
- 08:44 am – Shacharit
- 09:22 am – Latest time for kriat Shema
- 07:10 pm – Mincha
- 07:50 pm – Ma’ariv
- Candle lighting and preparations for the 8th night may not be done before 8:19 pm. Light candles from an existing flame.
Tuesday, April 18 – 8th Day Passover
- 08:45 am – Shacharit
- 09:21 am – Latest time for Kriat Shema
- 10:45 am – Yizkor
- 07:10 pm – Mincha
- 08:10 pm – Ma’ariv
- 08:20 pm – Yom Tov ends
- Sold chametz may be eaten after 9:30 pm
Weekday Schedule
Shacharit
- 06:40 am – Thursday
- 06:50 am – Wednesday and Friday
Mincha/Ma’ariv
- 07:15 pm/07:45 pm – Wednesday and Thursday
Parshat Tzav/Passover 5777 Schedule
Shabbat Schedule
Friday, April 7
- 06:58 pm – Candle lighting
- 07:00 pm – Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat, Ma’ariv
Saturday, April 8
- 08:45 am – Shacharit
- 09:30 am – Latest time for shema
- 11:15 am – Luncheon
- The Rabbi’s Shabbat HaGadol drasha will take place during the luncheon.
- 05:00 pm – Family Seudah Shlishit
- 06:35 pm – Mincha
- 07:05 pm – Men’s Class
- 07:55 pm – Ma’ariv
- 08:07 pm – Shabbat ends
Weekday Schedule
Sunday, April 9
- 08:00 am – Shacharit
- 07:05 pm – Mincha
- 07:35 pm – Ma’ariv
- 08:05 pm – Time for the search for chametz begins
Passover Schedule
Monday, April 10 – Erev Pesach
- 06:40 am – Shacharit, followed by Siyum Bechorim
- 10:05 am – Latest time for eating chametz
- 11:25 am – Latest time for burning chametz
- 09:30 am – 11:15 am – Chametz burning at Beth Israel
- 04:00 pm – Latest time for eating permissible matzah products (i.e. cooked not baked)
Monday, April 10 – 1st Seder
- 07:00 pm – Mincha
- 07:02 pm – Candle lighting
- 07:40 pm – Ma’ariv
- 08:11 pm – Earliest time to begin Seder
- 12:46 am – Latest time to eat the afikomen
Tuesday, April 11 – 1st Day Passover
- 08:45 am – Shacharit
- 09:28 am – Latest time for Kriat Shema
- 04:00 pm – Latest time for eating matzah products (i.e. cooked and baked)
- 07:00 pm – Mincha
- 07:40 pm – Ma’ariv
- 08:12 pm – Earliest Candlelighting
- Light from an existing flame. No preparations for the second Seder should be made before 8:12 pm.
- 12:45 am – Latest time to eat the afikomen
Wednesday, April 12 – 2nd Day Passover
- 08:45 am – Shacharit
- 09:27 am – Latest time for Kriat Shema
- 07:00 pm – Mincha
- 08:00 pm – Ma’ariv
- 08:13 pm – Yom Tov ends
Thursday, April 13 – Chol Hamoed
- 06:40 am – Shacharit
- 07:05 pm – Mincha
- 07:35 pm – Ma’ariv
Friday April 14 – Erev Shabbat Chol Hamoed
- 06:40 am – Shacharit
- 07:05 pm – Mincha followed by Ma’ariv
- 07:07 pm – Candle lighting
