Passover Service at Rodef Shalom

Join us for a Passover Morning & Yizkor Service with our friends at Rodef Shalom Congregation. A light kiddush lunch will follow the service. Location: 4905 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Pesach, known as Passover in English, is a major Jewish spring festival, commemorating the Exodus from Egypt over 3,000 years ago. The ritual observance of this holiday centers around a special home service called the seder (meaning "order") and a festive meal; the prohibition of chametz (leaven); and the eating of matzah (an unleavened bread). On the fifteenth day of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar, Jews gather with family and friends in the evening to read from a book called the haggadah, meaning "telling," which contains the order of prayers, rituals, readings, and songs for the Passover seder. Today, the holiday is a celebration of freedom and family. Read more.