Pesach 5785 with KMS - Kemp Mill Synagogue

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Click here for FAQs from Rabbi Weinberg about Erev Pesach on Shabbat

Rabbi Weinberg’s Annual Pesach Guide: Click here to view online. Hard copies are available in the lobby.

Maot Chitim are needed well in advance of Pesach to allow for distribution of funds. Click here to donate by Friday, April 4.

Mechirat Chametz: Rabbi Weinberg will be available to arrange for your sale of chametz every day after Shacharit and after M/M beginning Sunday, 3/30. Deadline: Thursday, 4/10 at 8pm. Please print and fill out this form, or pick up a copy in the lobby.

If you’re not comfortable coming to shul because of health reasons, please contact Rabbi Weinberg via email to make other arrangements.

Scrip Cards: Pesach can be an expensive time. Please see Rabbi Weinberg if you are in need of assistance.

Davening Times: Click here a full listing of all davening times and halachic times over Pesach.

Wednesday, April 9, Early Morning through Friday, April 11, 10:30 am: There will be a KMS/YISE communal dumpster located at YISE for CHAMETZ ONLY that you amass after the final home garbage pickup before Pesach. Please only use the LARGE dumpsters.

OU Pesach Guide: Click here to view online. Hard copies are available in the lobby.

Vaad of GW Bulletin: Click here to view online. Hard copies are available in the lobby.

Community Chametz Burning: Friday, April 11, 9:00-11:00 am at KMS.

See flyer here for details on what can be brought to be safely burned.

Hospitality: As we approach Pesach, we would like to ensure that anyone who wishes to partake in Shabbat and Yom Tov meals with others can do so. If you would like to be hosted for a meal OR if you would be open to having guests at any of your meals, contact Marci Schopf and Nancy Mehlman hospitality@kmsynagogue.org.

KMS Pesach Guide for First-Timers: Compiled by KMS members for Pesach 5780. Click here to view.

Click here for the Pesach Fun Packet, created by youth directors from around the country, and compiled by Rabbi Levitt for Pesach 5780

Chametz after Pesach: Click here for information from the Vaad HaRabanim of Greater Washington about where you can purchase Chametz after Pesach.

KMS Pesach Events & Programs

Wednesday, March 19, 8:00 pm:
Pre-Pesach Class with Rabbi Weinberg
What to Do When Erev Pesach Falls on Shabbat

Shabbat, March 22, Before Mincha:
Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom
The “Seder” of the Seder – Sequence, Pedagogy and Message

Monday, March 24, 7:30 pm:
Pre-Pesach Cooking Demo with Vera Newman, @marblespoon for those who registered.
At the Gershman home, 706 Stonington Road. See flyer here.

Wednesday, March 26, 8:00 pm:
Pre-Pesach Class with Rabbi Weinberg
Navigating Pesach Preparation

Shabbat, March 29:
OU Nach Shabbat with Adina Blaustein. See flyer here.

8am Minyan Drasha: ”Shabbat HaChodesh: When Our Homes Become Holy as Temples.”
6:15 pm: Interactive Learning Session: “Circumcision at the Inn, Blood on the Doorposts: Tzipporah's Link to Passover.” Please bring a Tanach. (Beit Midrash)
Between Mincha/Maariv: ”Understanding Elijah's Seat at the Seder: Insights from Shabbat HaGadol's Haftarah.”

Monday, March 31, 10:30 am:
Laura Goldman
Pre-Pesach Class

Monday, March 31, 8:00 pm:
Sarah Sicherman
Passover, Planned Perfectly: Using AI to Make Pesach Prep Easier! (Zoom—click here to register)

Shabbat, April 5, 9am Drasha:
Elana Weinberg
“VeHigadta LeVincha" - Reflections from Both Sides of the Big Desk

Shabbat, April 5, Between Mincha/Maariv:
Rabbi Weinberg’s Shabbat HaGadol Drasha

Monday, April 7, 8:00 pm:
Pre-Pesach Class with Sharon Freundel
Engaging the Arba'ah Banim at the Seder (Zoom)

Wednesday, April 16, 8:15 pm:
Rabbi Elchanan Adler
Chol Hamoed Pesach Shiur (Zoom)

Community Organizations

Yad Yehuda assists individuals and families in our region. Click here to donate Maot Chitim through Yad Yehuda.

The Franco Foundation continues to assist those in need. Donations toward the Maos Chittim drive will be distributed before and during Pesach. Please help with your generous tax-deductible donation, c/o Allan Franco, 613 Bromley Street, or through PayPal at thefrancofoundation@gmail.com.