Passover at Mount Zion
At Mount Zion, we celebrate Passover with a seder on the first night and with a festival morning service on the first day and seventh day (which also includes a yizkor (memorial) service. Learn more about Passover.
Passover Events
- Conducted by Cantor Audrey Abrams
- A Glatt Kosher chicken meal will be served after the Seder; a fish option will also be available. The meal will begin at 6:30.
- A virtual option is available. A Zoom link will be sent out over email prior to the event. Please specify on the registration form if you will be attending the event virtually or in person.
- ASL interpretation will be provided
Congregational Passover Seder
Join us in a communal celebration of Passover led by Rabbi Adler and Cantor Strauss-Klein.
Menu:
Matzo Ball Soup, Popovers, Garden Salad, Seared Salmon with leek & kale fondue, Beet Gnocchi, Roasted Carrots, Mashed Potatoes.
Children’s Menu:
Chicken Tenders, Tater Tots, Carrots or Fruit Cup
Cost: $54 members, $72 non-members, $30 children’s meal
Registration closed March 24.
Seder plate items for sharing and grape juice will be provided. You are encouraged to bring your own seder plate as well to personalize your experience.If you wish to have wine, please bring your own kosher-for-Passover bottle.
To request an ASL interpreter or other accessibility accommodations, please contact Shai Avny by Wednesday, March 29.
Passover Festival Morning Services
1st Day Festival Service
Thursday, April 6, 10:00 a.m. in person and via Zoom
Intimate community for song.
Intimate community for solace.
Intimate community for memory.
Intimate community for celebration.
Intimate community for being on your own
but knowing you are part of something eternal.
Engage the mitzvah. Try our Festival Morning services at 10 am for Passover/Pesach in person and online.
Yizkor prayers are traditionally said four times a year in memory of a deceased parent(s): Yom Kippur, Sh’mini Atzeret (8th day of Sukkot), Passover (7th day), and Shavuot. Even if you have not attended in the past, it is a meaningful opportunity to remember.
Freedom From Addiction Seder
The Jewish Recovery Network (JRN) and Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis (JFCS) invite you to the annual
Freedom From Addiction Seder: Celebrating our Freedom from Addiction and Slavery
For questions, please contact Liliane Jurayj 952-542-4837
Thank you to the Zouber Family for their generous donation in memory of Jesse Davidson.
Register on the JFCS site by March 30. A $10/per person registration fee is suggested.
Passover Festival Morning Services
7th Day Festival Service (including Yizkor Prayers)
Wednesday, April 12, 10:00 a.m. in person and via Zoom
The 7th day of Pesach features the commemoration of crossing the Red Sea which is the Torah portion that will be chanted.
Intimate community for song.
Intimate community for solace.
Intimate community for memory.
Intimate community for celebration.
Intimate community for being on your own
but knowing you are part of something eternal.
Engage the mitzvah. Try our Festival Morning services at 10 am for Passover/Pesach in person and online.
Yizkor prayers are traditionally said four times a year in memory of a deceased parent(s): Yom Kippur, Sh’mini Atzeret (8th day of Sukkot), Passover (7th day), and Shavuot. Even if you have not attended in the past, it is a meaningful opportunity to remember.
Passover Resources
- PASSOVER 101: From the Reform Movement and this excellent guide.
- ZOOM SEDERS: How to run a Zoom seder? Video by Rabbi Spilker
- MUSIC: Songs and blessings from Cantor Strauss-Klein and Cantor Spilker’s Passover Spotify Playlist.
- FOOD: Mount Zion staff favorite recipes! and Mount Zion’s Passover Cookbook (2012).
- YOUNG FAMILIES: Suggestions.
- HOW LONG IS PESACH? Rabbi Spilker explains.
- MZ HISTORY: Read a 1998 Guide for Celebrating Passover and a 2010 Passover – Seder Suggestions
Online Haggadot (plural of Haggadah)
We know that many of you are celebrating Passover remotely this year. Check out this list of resources, including print books, ebooks, and Visual T’filah, for your seder.
Passover Video Playlist
Videos from 2020: Music, message to children, poetry, and more!
For a full listing and explanation, see our email from 2020.
Video from 2021
Read a transcript of the video.