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
St. Paul Community Women’s* Seder
3 Nisan, 5784
Temple of Aaron, 616 Mississippi Blvd., St. Paul
5:45-6:30 pm – Mocktails, shmooze, art project, optional minyan
6:30-8:30 pm – Seder, including a kosher, vegetarian meal.
Space is limited. RSVP here.
The seder is offered to you free of cost. We welcome and appreciate donations to the Temple of Aaron Women’s Seder Fund.
Thank you to Madee & Peter Wilton, Temple of Aaron Sisterhood, Women of Mount Zion Temple, and Beth Jacob Congregation for their generous sponsorship of this year’s seder.
*This seder is for women and those who feel comfortable in women-centered spaces.
Jewish Community Action Freedom Seder
At Mount Zion and via livestream.
This Freedom Seder focuses on themes of liberation and presents a beautiful opportunity to come together as a community, and in mutual solidarity with people from different backgrounds, traditions, races, religions, genders and zip codes.
JCA is offering a hybrid participation option, ASL, child care and sliding scale tickets, to ensure all who want to participate can do so fully.
A Creative Way to Move Into Passover
The Link Between the Song of Songs and the Spring Festival
Immediately following Shabbat lunch for 90 minutes
Led by Cantor Rachel Stock Spilker
We will explore how and why the Song of Songs is connected to Passover. We will begin with a brief introduction to some traditional texts, break into chevrutah (learning pairs) for a deeper dive, spend time in creative process (could be writing, music, art, dance, or anything else you dream up!), then come back for reflections and sharing. You do not need to be an artist or have a particular artistic skill to participate. This session is about learning and process, not product.
You can come for any part of Shabbat day: Torah study at 9:00 am, Shabbat service at 10:00 am, the vegetarian potluck lunch afterwards (approximately 11:30 am), and/or this creative text session.
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.