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I love my religion but this made me laugh in an “oy” kind of way:
Please Note
Last time to eat Hametz is:
11:54 am SATURDAYNOT FRIDAY AS INDICATED IN MY MESSAGE
THAT WAS A TYPO. MY APOLOGIES.HAMETZ MAY BE EATEN UNTIL SATURDAY AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, MANY HAVE THE CUSTOM, AS I INDICATED, TO USE EGG MATZAH OR GRAPE JUICE MATZAH INSTEAD OF HALLAH TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTAMINATING YOUR PESACH KITCHEN AND DISHES ETC,
Some people do choose to use Hallah for Shabbat and keep it away from dishes, counters etc. but I do not recommend this as it is a recipe for problems
Hag Sameah!
Which was followed by another update:
You can also read a responsum on this issue at:
Conservative Responsum: Passover on Saturday NightBurning of Hametz should be done by 11:54 am FRIDAY and annulment formula should be recited
Last time to eat Hametz is:
10:37 am SATURDAYLast time to dispose of any last Hametz is 11:54 am SATURDAY (do not burn – throw in trash or flush)
HAMETZ MAY BE EATEN UNTIL SATURDAY AT 10:37 am. HOWEVER, MANY HAVE THE CUSTOM, AS I INDICATED, TO USE EGG MATZAH OR GRAPE JUICE MATZAH INSTEAD OF HALLAH TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTAMINATING YOUR PESACH KITCHEN AND DISHES ETC,
Some people do choose to use Hallah for Shabbat and keep it away from dishes, counters etc. but I do not recommend this as it is a recipe for problems
Hag Sameah!
We will be doing a search for hametz tomorrow, I will be making all the hametz-y stuff disappear for the next several days (for the duration of Passover) and I invested a small dowry in kosher l’pesach items (check out this kosher l’pesach tiramatzah instead of tiramasu) to get us through the holiday in a more kosher way than usual. It’s in an effort to add a little something (or, in the case of a holiday like this, take away a little something) more each year to the level of observance.
I have a bit of a love-hate relationship, but once the holiday is here, it’s really nice, even as you’re eating matzah for the eighth day in a row.
We’re having a lot of the food (who am I kidding? We’re having almost all of the food) catered but tomorrow or Friday I’ll be making the matzah caramel crunch and kosher l’pesach rocky road brownies. And special this year for someone in the family with a birthday during the holiday? A special chocolate torte for a birthday cake.
This post from Passover 2006 has some good photos of the crunch, the brownies and what our home looks like when we host the seder.
Chag Sameach.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:46 pm April 16th, 2008 in Culture, Jewish, Judaism, Religion
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Honestly Jill, every time I see you use Hebrew (or is that Yiddish?) in a post, I have to chuckle.
Why?
To me, it looks (and sounds) a lot like Klingon. Which of course leads to a ridiculous mental image of you in full Klingon female regalia…
Jeez (?!), from the post title it sounds like you’re about to hit yourself with a rolled-up newspaper.
Thanks for the laugh, Tim.
And here’s more I just learned about:
HALACHAH REGARDING USE OF FLAMES, HAVDALLAH, CANDLE LIGHTING, COOKING AND WARMING WHEN PASSOVER BEGINS SATURDAY NIGHT
On Yom Tov flame cannot be lit or extinguished but it can be transferred.
Also one can cook on Yom Tov but not on Shabbat.
To light your Yom Tov candles: After Shabbat has ended (8:56 pm) , take a candle and light it from an existing flame. This can be a yarzheit candle you lit Friday at candlelighting (7:53 pm) for this purpose (light it very close to candle lighting so it will still be burning when you need it!) or a pilot light. Use that candle to light your Yom Tov candles and place it in a candle holder as well an dlet it burn down by itself (or use it as one of your Yom Tov candles).
Havdallah: Havdallah for the end of Shabbat is not done separately. It is done as part of kiddush at your seder second night. You will use your Yom Tov candles or electric lights as yoru “havdallah candle.” The order traditionslly is remmebered by the acronym YaKNeHaZ (old german haggadot used to have a picture on th e page of a rabbit hunt – in German Jaagen de Has means hunt the rabbit!) The letters stand for this order of prayers at a Saturday night seder:
Yayin: Baruch atah… borei p’ri Hagafen.
Kiddush: The second (main) paragraph of yom tov kiddush (ends with mekadesh yisraelve-hazmanim.”
Ner: The blessing said over teh candle at Havdallah – i.e. “Baruch atah… borei m’orei ha-esh.”
Havdallah: The “Hamavdil” Paragrah – in the formuation done specifically going from Shabbat to Yom Tov (“bein kodesh l’kodesh.”)
Z’man: Shehecheyanu
You do not need to memorize this order, as it appears in your Haggadah in just this order if you follow instructions for Saturday night. There are no spices for this Havdallah. When you say the “Ner” blessing you hold out your hands to the light of the candles or electric just as you would to a havdallah candle.
Cooking food: You cannot cook food on Shabbat. All cooking should take place before or after Shabbat.
Warming food for Seder: You cannot warm food on Shabbat that will be eaten on Yom Tov. Food should be cooked before Shabbat and put up to warm immediately after Shabbat so it will be warm by the time you get to the meal.
Preparation: Likewise any ha-chana l’chol – that is, preparation for a weekday activity (even Yom Tov) should not take place on Shabbat. Such preparation (setting table etc) should be done either on Friday or immediately after Shabbat.
Lighting Stoves/Ovens: See above under lighting Yom Tov candles. The same applies. If your stove/ovens have pilots, then turning them on is considered transferring a flame and that is permissable. If you are unlucky and have a modern stove/oven without a pilot, turning it on ignites a flame with a spark. That is forbidden on Yom Tov. Leave the flames on low from erev Shabbat. For safety cover the burners flames with tin (a blech) and remove when you want to cook or warm food. Or light your stove by turning the knob such that gas comes out without making the sparker click and use a flame transferred from a yarzheit candle. If you have a pilot you can turn the knobs off on Yom Tov. If there is no pilot you cannot turn them off as that is extinguishing a flame.
Electric Stoves/Ovens: Some hold that electricity is not fire and therefore is permissable. Others (myself included) hold it is fire by a functional definition. Some who hold it is fire hold that since the electricity is pre-existing turning it on and off is like transferring flame and therefore permissable on Yom Tov (not Shabbat). Others (myself included) hold that turning on electricity is akin to kindling a flame and therefore forbidden on Yom Tov as well. In our home we do not turn on electric stoves/ovens on Yom Tov, we leave them on from before as we would for Shabbat. Those who wish to turn them on, however, do have halakhic authorities on which to rely and can feel comfortable doing so.