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When Pesach Eve Coincides With Shabbat
(Rabbi Adler will be reviewing these details on Shabbat morning this week)
· The Taanit Bechorim (Fast of the First Born) is observed on Thursday, April 10. Services will begin at 7:00am, followed immediately by the Siyum of Talmudic study.
· Bedikat Chometz (search for chometz) should take place on Thursday night, April 10, after 8:00pm; followed by the customary Kol Chamirah renunciation of ownership of chometz.
· Biyur Chometz (the burning of Chometz) should take place anytime before Shabbat, Friday, April 11. The second nullification proclamation of Kol Chamirah should not be recited until Shabbat morning, April 12, by 11:30am.
· Mechirat Chometz (the selling of the chometz), if not yet delegated, must be delegated by Friday morning.
· All kashering of kitchen areas, appliances and cookware must be completed before Shabbat.
· Chometz for Friday, Friday night and Shabbat breakfast may be held in a clearly designated way. All chometz consumption must be completed by 10:15am on Shabbat morning.
· Food for Shabbat should be prepared “kosher for Passover”. Because matza should not be eaten on the eve of the holiday, challah should be used as the bread of the Friday night and Shabbat breakfast meals. Care is of the essence in regard to potential left-over bread/challah and crumbs. Another option is to use egg matza or grape juice matza; while not considered matza for holiday purposes, it is a valid alternative for challah at this weekend’s Shabbat meals.
· If challah will be served Friday night, the Shabbat meal should ideally be served on disposable dinnerware. If chometz dishes are used for the Shabbat meals, they should be washed with liquid soap and cold water in a bathroom or laundry room sink. This is because the kitchen sink should already be kosher for Passover.
· Shabbat morning services will begin at 10:00am. In lieu of challah or traditional matza, the bread for lunch should be egg matza or grape juice matza.
· All chometz left over from the meals should be flushed down a toilet by 11:30am. As the chometz is disposed, the Kol Chamirah proclamation is recited. If a home will not be consuming chometz challah Shabbat morning, the Kol Chamirah should be recited by 11:33am.
· For the third Shabbat meal (Seudah Shelishit), we may eat neither bread nor matza; therefore, there is no motzee. Under these circumstances, this meal should consist of fruit, vegetables (no marror), fish, meat, etc. In order to allow for proper enjoyment of the seder meal, this last Shabbat meal should take place not too late on Shabbat afternoon.
· No preparations for the seder may be done on Shabbat, even setting the table. All seder preparations must wait until the end of Shabbat and the advent of Pesach. Yom Tov candles may be kindled no earlier than 8:00pm. Before lighting the candles, or even before setting them into the candle sticks, a woman should say the nominal havdallah of “Baruch hamavdil beyn kodesh l’kodesh – Blessed is God who discerns the distinction between the holiness of Shabbat and the holiness of yom tov.”
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