Passover Guide 2024 (5784)

Dear Friend,

Passover is a busy holiday, which often leaves one feeling overwhelmed and confused. Especially this year, as we are dealing with the Corona Virus.

What do I do? When do I do it? How do I do it? And why do I do it?

This year spend your Passover feeling liberated, with our Passover Guide 2024 (5784).

We will take you day by day through the laws, traditions, and customs of Passover. So sit back, lean to your left, feel like royalty, and enjoy the holiday.

No holiday, especially Passover, is complete before we help feed those less fortunate than us. Please make your Passover Feed-The-Poor donation: Here

A printable schedule for Passover services:

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Click on banner for Sale of Chametz online form

*Before* Friday, April 19:

Sell Your Chametz

A) Click Here and fill out the form.

Understanding why:

Since it is prohibited to posses chametz on Passover, we need to sell to a non-Jew all chametz that will not be eaten or burned before Passover and all chametz utensils which will not be koshered for Passover by then. These are stored away in closets or rooms while preparing for Passover. Then we lock or tape shut the closets or rooms, and they are leased to a non-Jew at the time of sale.

Since there are legal details in this sale, only a competent Rabbi should be entrusted with its execution. The Rabbi acts as our agent both to sell the chametz to the non-Jew on the morning before Passover starts and also to buy it back the evening after Passover ends.

Sunday, April 21

Search For Chametz 

After nightfall (North Miami: after 8:22 PM) make a formal search of your home for chametz.

A) Recite the blessing:

Boruch Ahtoh Ado-nai Ehlo-heinu melech haolam asher kidishonu bihmitzvosov vihtzivonu al beor chametz.

Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who has sanctified us by His commandments, and has commanded us to remove the leaven.

B) With a lit candle, feather, bag, and wooden spoon, search for chametz in every room. When the search is finished, recite the following:

All leaven or anything leavened which is in my possession, which I have neither seen or removed, and about which I am unaware, shall be considered naught and owner-less as the dust of the earth.

C) Now take the chametz which you have found, and put it in a secure place. You will burn it tomorrow morning.

Understanding why:

A home must be established before Passover as Kosher for Passover. This is done by making an official search for chametz before Passover.

Monday, April 22

Stop Eating Chametz:

Already on the morning of the first Seder we must stop eating chametz by:

North Miami:  11:08 AM

For all other areas Click Here, type in your city or zip-code.

Burn the Chametz:

The chametz you found last night, and all other chametz which you did not sell must now be destroyed.

This must be done by:

North Miami:  12:13 PM

For all other areas Click Here, type in your city or zip-code.

A) Safely create a fire, and throw the chametz into the fire.

B) After the chametz is thrown into the fire, recite the following:

All leaven or anything leavened which is in my possession, whether I have seen it or not, whether I have removed it or not shall be completely considered naught and owner-less as the dust of the earth.

All leaven and anything leavened that is in my possession, whether I have seen it or not, whether I have observed it or not, whether I have removed it or not, shall be considered nullified and ownerless as the dust of the earth.

Understanding why:

Once the time where chametz is forbidden has passed, the chametz is not yours no more to render owner-less or to sell. The chametz must be destroyed.

Candle Lighting:

The Holiday Candles are lit 18 minutes before sunset:

North Miami: 7:30 PM

For all other areas Click Here, type in your city or zip-code.

A) Mothers should help their daughters light first.

B) Light your candles, cover your face with your hands, and recite the following blessings:

(1) Boruch ato Ado-nai Elo-heinu melech haolam asher kidishonu bihmitzvosov vitzivonu lihadlik ner shel Yom Tov.

Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to light the candle of the holiday.

(2) Bo-ruch A-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ho-lom Sheheh-che-yoh-nu Vi-kiye-mo-nu Ve-he-ge-o-nu Lez-man Hazeh.

Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe who has granted us life, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this occasion.

Tuesday, April 23

Holiday Candle Lighting

Today we must light* the candles after nightfall, making sure that they are the candles of the second day of Passover:

North Miami: after 8:24 PM

For all other areas Click Here, type in your city or zip-code.

*Candles must be lit from a pre-existing fire, since it is forbidden to ignite a new fire, unless it is lit from an already lit fire.

A) Mothers should help their daughters light first.

B) Light your candles, cover your face with your hands, and recite the following blessings:

(1) Boruch ato Ado-nai Elo-heinu melech haolam asher kidishonu bihmitzvosov vitzivonu lihadlik ner shel yom tov.

Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to light the holiday candle.

(2) Boruch ato Ado-nai Elo-heinu melech haolam shehecheyohnu vikiyemonu vehigionu lezman hazeh.

Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe who has granted us life, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this occasion.

C) Uncover your face, and enjoy the light of the candles.

Wednesday, April 24

Shabbat Chol HaMoed

First Days of Passover Ends: 8:24 PM

For all other areas Click Here, type in your city or zip-code, and change date.

Havdalah Services

At the end of the of the Passover holiday the Havdalah service is made.

No candle or spices are used. 

For a guide on how to make Havdalah

Click Here 

Chol HaMoed 

From after the First Two Days of Passover, until the Seventh Day of Passover are Chol Hamoed "Intermediate days."

This Passover Chol HaMoed is from Thursday, April 25 to Sunday, April 28

For more information about Chol HaMoed: Click Here

Friday, April 26

Shabbat Chol HaMoed



Shabbat Candle Lighting

Today we must light the candles before sunset, making sure that they the candles are lit before Shabbat starts:

North Miami: 7:32 PM

For all other areas Click Here, type in your city or zip-code.

*Candles must be lit from a pre-existing

A) Mothers should help their daughters light first.

B) Light your candles, cover your face with your hands, and recite the following blessing:

Boruch ato Ado-nai Elo-heinu melech haolam asher kidishonu bihmitzvosov vitzivonu lihadlik ner shel shabbat kodesh.



Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to light the holy Shabbat candle.

C) Uncover your face, and enjoy the light of the candles.

Saturday, April 27

Shabbat Chol HaMoed

Shabbat Ends: 8:26 PM

For all other areas Click Here, type in your city or zip-code, and change date.

Havdalah Services

At the end of the of the Passover holiday the Havdalah service is made.

No candle or spices are used. 

For a guide on how to make Havdalah

Click Here 

Sunday, April 28

Candle Lighting



The Holiday candles are lit 18 minutes before sunset:

North Miami: 7:33 PM

For all other areas Click Here, type in your city or zip-code.

A) Mothers should help their daughters light first.

B) Light your candles, cover your face with your hands, and recite the following blessing:

Boruch ato Ado-nai Elo-heinu melech haolam asher kidishonu bihmitzvosov vitzivonu lihadlik ner shel yom tov.

Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to light the holiday candle.

C) Uncover your face, and enjoy the light of the candles. 

Understanding why:

The Shabbat and Holiday candles are lit to bring peace into the home. It assures a well lit holiday meal and a beautiful family experience.

Monday, April 29

Candle Lighting



Today we must light* the candles after nightfall:

North Miami: after 8:17 PM

For all other areas Click Here, type in your city or zip-code.

*Candles must be lit from a pre-existing fire, since it is forbidden to ignite a new fire, unless it is lit from an already lit fire.

A) Mothers should help their daughters light first.

B) Light your candles, cover your face with your hands, and recite the following blessing:

Boruch ato Ado-nai Elo-heinu melech haolam asher kidishonu bihmitzvosov vitzivonu lihadlik ner shel yom tov.



Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to light candle of the holiday.

B) Uncover your face, and enjoy the light of the candles. 

Understanding why:

The Shabbat and Holiday candles are lit to bring peace into the home. It assures a well lit holiday meal and a beautiful family experience.

Tuesday, April 30

Yizkor Services



On the last day of Passover, Yizkor Services are made for our beloved ones who have passed away. One should come to shul and fulfill the commandment of, "Honor your father and mother," through remembering them.

Additionally, in the Yizkor Service a gift to charity is made in their memory.

Please make your Yizkor contribution: Here 

Passover Ends: 8:28 PM

For all other areas Click Here, type in your city or zip-code, and change date.

Havdalah Services

At the end of the of the Passover holiday the Havdalah service is made.

No candle or spices are used. 

For a guide on how to make Havdalah Click Here