2nd Night Community Seder
Enjoy a festive Seder and a delicious meal without having to cook, clean up or remember where you hid the afikomen. The Beth Am Community Seder is family-friendly and includes singing and lively discussion.
Six Months of Captivity: A Conversation with Rachel and Jon Goldberg-Polin
As we move into Pesach, the holiday of freedom and liberation, join us for this important opportunity to discuss what we can do to push for the immediate liberation of all hostages being held by Hamas.
Second Night Seder 2024
Bring your family and join your friends at Congregation Har HaShem's second night Seder. Hannah McGinty will lead the Seder beginning at 5:00pm. The seder (including meal) will last approximately 2.5-3 hours.
Passover
Seder plate
A plate that holds ritual foods used throughout the Pesach (Passover) seder. Each item on a seder plate is a symbol of the Exodus story and helps participants at the seder retell the story each year.
Yachatz
“breaking.” A step of the Pesach (Passover) seder when a whole piece of matzah is broken in half. The larger half is set aside as the afikoman. Often younger participants are involved in a game of “find the afikoman.”
Z’roa
Literally, “bone.” It is customary to place a shank bone on the seder plate as a reminder of the Passover sacrifice in Temple times.
afikoman
"Dessert" (Greek); matzah is the official "dessert" of the Passover seder meal. During the seder, the children traditionally "steal"and hide the afikoman, and it must be redeemed by the seder leader.
chameitz
Foods not eaten during Passover. Chameitz typically includes leavened bread or any food that contains wheat, rye, barley, oats, or spelt, unless production has been supervised to ensure that it has not leavened.