Pesach
begins in the evening of Wednesday 08 April 2020
and ends in the evening of Thursday 16 April 2020
Please join a Zoom meeting on
'Pesach: How do we make it meaningful even in challenging times?'
with Rabbi Hackenbroch
Date : Monday 30 March
Time : at 8pm
Join via
https://zoom.us/j/402663897?pwd=d0pDMXVHVkFuYzF4aDhHSFJScU93Zz09
Meeting ID: 402 663 897
Password: 019804
WOODSIDE PARK SYNAGOGUE PESACH 5780/2020
Mechinat Chometz: Sale of Leaven
please click here to fill in the form online
Members should contact the office if they need
a form emailed or posted to them
Please return your Chametz form no later than
12 NOON on Monday 6 April 2020
Tuesday 7th April
Bedikat Chametz (search for Chametz) after nightfall, as from 8.35 pm
Wednesday 8th April - Erev Pesach
Ta'anit Bechorim (Fast of the Firstborn)
A Siyum is a completion of study of a tractate of Talmud. First born males are obligated to fast the day before Pesach in commemoration of the miracle when they were saved from the plague of the firstborn. Attendance at a Siyum exempts first born males from fasting on this day, although they should be careful not to eat or drink until they attend the Siyum. This year the Syum will be online with Rabbi Hackenbroch on Facebook Live at 8.30am
Eruv Tavshillin to be made
An Eruv Tavshilin is a complex area in Jewish law. When done in the prescribed format, one prepares a cooked food prior to a Jewish holiday that will be followed by Shabbat to enable cooking on the holiday for Shabbat. Please contact Rabbi Hackenbroch for further detail
Mishna In the Morning
Hafsaka (time after which Chametz must not be eaten) 10.49 am
Biur Chametz - remaining Chametz must be burned by 11.56am
Yom Tov begins 7.31 pm
Thursday 9th April - First day of Pesach
Preparations for the Second Seder must not be started before 8.36 pm
Yom Tov candles should not be lit from a pre-existing flame but nit until after 8.36pm
Begin counting of the Omer during the Second Seder
Friday 10th April - Second day of Pesach
Shabbat Candles must be lit from a pre-exisiting flame before 7.34 pm
Shabbat 11th -Shabbat Chol Hamoed
Shabbat Ends 8.40pm
Sunday 12th & Monday 13th April (Chol Hamoed)
Mishna In the Morning
with Rabbi Hackenbroch on Facebook Live 8.30am
Tuesday 14th April - Erev Yom Tov
Mishna In the Morning
with Rabbi Hackenbroch on Facebook Live 8.30am
Yom Tov Candles must be lit before 7.34pm
Wednesday 15th Seventh day of Pesach
Yom Tov Candles must be lit from a pre-existing flame but not until after 8.40pm
Thursday 16th April - Eighth Day of Pesach
Yom Tov Ends 8.49pm
בס''ד
1 A Siyum is a completion of study of a tractate of Talmud. First born males are obligated to fast the day before Pesach in commemoration of the miracle when they were saved from the plague of the firstborn. Attendance at a Siyum exempts first born males from fasting on this day, although they should be careful not to eat or drink until they attend the Siyum.
2 An Eruv Tavshilin is a complex area in Jewish law. When done in the prescribed format, one prepares a cooked food prior to a Jewish holiday that will be followed by Shabbat to enable cooking on the holiday for Shabbat. Please contact Rabbi Hackenbroch for further detail
Sale of Chometz Form
It is most important that all chometz is disposed of or sold before
Passover.
Although the non-Jew usually sells it back after Passover, this is an entirely valid and legal sale, both in Jewish and English Law.
The chometz to be sold should be securely locked away in a room or
cupboard, which will not be used over Pesach.
It is customary to empower the local rabbi to sell one’s chometz and to
sign the Rabbi’s contract.
Please click here to fill in the form online
Members should contact the office if they need a form emailed or posted to them.
Covid 19
Product Guidance
KLBD Pesach 2020
Date 23 March 2020
In response to the Coronavirus crisis, the Kashrut Division of the London Beth Din has today released a list of regular products and a set of guidelines to allow those in need to buy a range of basic goods for Pesach that are not under special Pesach supervision.
Please click on the link below
https://www.kosher.org.uk/category/pesach
For information on
Pesach product 2020
Pesach Timings
Sale of Chametz
Pesach Explained
Pesach Recipies
Seder Night
Pesach FAQ
To check if a food item is Kosher For Passover please click on
Coronavirus and Jewish Life FAQs 1
as of March 20, 2020
Compiled for the US by Rabbi Michael Laitner, US Jewish Living Division. This guidance has been approved by the Chief Rabbi and the London Beth Din. With thanks to the Rabbinical Council of the United Synagogue.
Below are some questions, the answers can be found by clicking here which we hope will provide practical guidance at this challenging time, assist us in helping each other and feeling as great a sense of community as we can.
Our local communities and the US centrally are here to assist as best we can. May God bless us and protect us and all humanity. We wish you all well.
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If I want pastoral or rabbinic support, what should I do?
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What prayers should I say now that my shul has closed?
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I am saying Kaddish. What should I do now that my shul is closed?
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Are there specific prayers that I can say in response to the Coronavirus?
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If I am concerned about Coronavirus on Shabbat or Yom Tov, may I call for medical assistance or access the internet?
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What should I do if I sadly suffer a bereavement and cannot attend the funeral?
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What bereavement and shiva support is available in the current circumstances?
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Do I need to take any precautions about mikva usage?
Pre-Pesach matters
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Where can I find out more information about Kosher for Pesach food and medicines?
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How can I sell chametz if I cannot go to my rabbi?
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If I cannot get to shul before or during Pesach, how do I find out more information about preparing for Pesach?
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Can I make and participate in a siyum for Taanit Bechorot even if I cannot be physically present with others, especially the person making the siyyum?
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Can I say Yizkor at home if I cannot get to shul on Pesach?
The US Coronavirus Helpline is on 020 8343 5696
Barnet Council will once again provide a Pesach waste and Chometz collection service
I am pleased to confirm that the council will once again provide a Pesach and Chometz collection service to residents before the Passover.
The dedicated refuse service will operate on over 300 pre-designated roads and will make it simple for residents who wish to dispose of their Pesach refuse and Chometz before the start of Passover.
The COVID 19 epidemic is creating some resourcing challenges for the council and the collection service will be slightly different this year as a result. We have provided you with an electronic leaflet attached that sets out the collection plans, which vary depending on the resident’s normal collection day and the road they live on.
The council will do all it can to ensure this much-valued service is delivered as set out in the leaflet, but this may be subject to change if the epidemic impacts resources further. We will make contact with you by e-mail and post details at www.barnet.gov.uk/pesach-collection should any changes become necessary.
We would be very grateful for your assistance in circulating the leaflet and the list of pre- designated roads attached to this e-mail to your contacts.
For more information please click here
Pesach collection service 2020
We are providing a dedicated Pesach collection service to the Jewish community. Please note collection arrangements are different from last year.
This additional refuse service will be in operation at houses on 300-plus pre-designated roads, making it simple for residents to dispose of Pesach refuse and Chometz before Passover.
Check if you live on a pre-designated road (PDF 78KB)
If you live on a pre-designated road and then follow the relevant guidance below.
Please note that the council is working to minimise disruption to services during the COVID-19 outbreak, however the arrangements set out below are subject to change. Any updates regarding changes to these collections which may occur in relation to the COVID-19 outbreak will be available on this page.
Pre-designated roads
If your normal collection day is Tuesday 7 April or Wednesday 8 April, your collection arrangements are as follows:
Your refuse bin collection will take place as scheduled. In addition to emptying your refuse bin, a maximum of three sacks of Pesach waste per household will be collected on your normal collection day.
Collections will take place from 6am from the boundary of your property.
If your normal collection day is Thursday 9 April, your collection arrangements are as follows:
Your refuse bin and a maximum of three sacks of Pesach waste per household will be collected on Tuesday 7 April.
Your normal refuse bin collection will also take place as scheduled on Thursday 9 April.
Collections will take place from 6am from the boundary of your property.
If your normal refuse collection day is Friday 10 April, your collection arrangements are as follows:
Your refuse bin and a maximum of three sacks of Pesach waste per household will be collected on Wednesday 8 April.
Your normal refuse bin collection will also take place as scheduled on Friday 10 April.
Collections will take place form 6am from the boundary of your property.
Non-designated roads
Only if you do not live on a pre-designated road, a pre-bookable collection of a maximum of three refuse sacks to take place on Wednesday 8 April can be requested by emailing pesach@barnet.gov.uk
External link or calling 020 8359 4600 from 9am
on Friday 27 March until 10am on Friday 3 April.
We will only collect your refuse sacks on this day, we will not be emptying your bin.
Collections will take place from 6am from the boundary of your property.
Your normal bin collection will take place on your scheduled collection day.
Handy tips to manage your Pesach waste
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Your normal refuse bin collection will take place on your scheduled collection day. Collections may take place at a different time of day than usual.
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Pesach waste that is not presented as set out above will not be collected.
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Please do not overfill refuse bins, as it may not be possible to collect these containers.
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Please do not place any excess food waste in your green garden waste bin or blue recycling bin. Food waste should be placed in your black refuse bin.
To download the details of the Barnet Pesach collection service 2020 including details of the pre-designated roads please click below
Information is also available online at
Burning Chometz
Remember at our Seders – We are “One Family, One People”
by Rabbi Hackenbroch
It has been a bitter sweet week, we have had the joy of welcoming home our eldest son Joseph from Israel and once again, even if it is just for Pesach, being reunited as a family. But that joy was overshadowed by the sad news this week that Israel had recovered the body of Zachary Baumel.
Zechariah Baumel, also known as Zachary Baumel, was an American-Israeli soldier in the Israel Defense Forces.
He had been in a Hesder programme which combines army service with Yeshiva study, in fact he attended
some years before me the same Yeshiva. During the Battle of Sultan Yacoub in Lebanon on June 12, 1982,
his unit was attacked and he and five other comrades were declared missing. One had been killed and was buried
in Syria, and two were located alive in Syria and returned to Israel a few years later. But Baumel, Yehuda Katz,
and Zvi Feldman were unaccounted for over many decades.
In 1992 I was spending my first year in yeshiva in Gush and we were introduced to some very special guests -
Zachary’s parents, Yona and Miriam Baumel, who shared Zachary’s story and the fact that their life mission
was to ensure that the Government and the Army did not give up on their promise of bringing their son home.
I will never forget the impromptu speech that Zachary’s father Yona gave. Naturally they longed to be reunited
and to hug their son once again. During his speech he sighed heavily - his son had been missing in action for
a decade and breaking down in tears he said that if Zachary was no longer alive then their fervent wish was
for their son to be returned to Israel so they could lay him to rest and say Kaddish
Sadly in 2009 Yona Baumel passed away, without witnessing the return of his son. His mission had been to keep his case in the public eye, traveling around the world to uncover leads to confirm or deny the persistent rumours that his son was still alive,
This week, after 37 years of longing for her son, the army knocked on the door of the 90 year old
Mrs Miriam Baumel and told her that her son was at long last coming home, but not in the way
that she and the country had hoped.
It is heart wrenching to think about Miriam Baumel others like her, that the life she knew simply ended
the day her son went missing in war.
When the Jewish people left Egypt after 210 years of slavery, it was Moshe our leader, who refused
to sleep until he had recovered the remains of Joseph. Joseph had asked his family to promise
before his death that they would ensure he would eventually accompany his descendants,
to be laid to rest in Israel.
Even today, every Jew is a precious part of the Jewish story and the Jewish family. Like Joseph we share an unbreakable bond. Our family will never leave one of us behind. Wherever we are we know that we are not alone but as Jews, our people will be there to support us. This is something of which we should be immensely proud.
Sometimes we approach the Seder with anxiety and apprehension. For some,
spending time with family members with whom we have unresolved issues and
irritations causes tension. This year take a good look around your Seder table.
We may be different, but we are one family we are one people.
Chag Kasher V’Sameach
Rabbi Hackenbroch
Photographs and Videos from the Cheder Model Seder 2017
Pesach Articles
Pesach in a Nutshell
Rabbi Hackenbroch: writes This year, I would like to give you a helping hand transforming your Pesach from “Oy” to “JOY”!!!Straddling Both Worlds
Rabbi Wayland writes in the Daf Hashavua - A common sight in shuls during Chol Hamoed Shabbat (morning) Service, is a mix of men wearing tefillin and those notShortage of Horseradish
Reverend Michael Plaskow MBE writes: A few years ago there was a root crop failure in the Middle EastFreedom
Reverend Michael Plaskow MBE writes: As we say in the Haggadah, if it would not have been for Hashem then we would still have been slaves in EgyptThis year 2018 we held a
Pesach Dash Special
Seudah in the Popular Torah Dash Format
Date: Shabbat 10 March
10 families took up the Pesach-Dash challenge
Each speaker pit their wits against the egg-timer
They had exactly 3 minutes - the time it takes to prepare a boiled egg - to describe one aspect of Pesach
The speakers and the title of the talks were
The Search of Chametz / Cleaning ..... The Raven Family
The Seder Plate ................................... Clare Fleischmann
The Four Cups of Wine ........................ Jonathan Werth
Ma Nishtanah ...................................... Danny Wolinsky
The Four Sons ..................................... Estelle Phillips
The Ten Plagues .................................. Ruth Dubow
A persian Pesach ................................ Susan Baruch
Rabban Gamaliel - Which One ?? ....... Michael Baxter
G-d's Commandments for Pesach ...... Vicki York
The Pyramid Challenge ....................... Michelle Fabian
This Dash was sponsored in memory of Allan Simon z"l, Eliyahu Ben Shrago, father of Gary Simon who passed away on the 1st day of Pesach last year.
.....this was followed by Maariv and Community Havdalah in the shul!