Passover at Bonai
For anyone who would like to kasher their metal, wooden, or hard plastic cookware and utensils, there will be a pot of boiling water available on the back porch at Bonai from 4-5:30pm on Sunday, April 6th.
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Thank you to all the Bonai families who judged the B'Nai Mitzvah kids' Charoset Cook-Off. The recipes are below. Keep in mind that all measurements are estimates and can be adjusted to your own taste.
MOROCCAN
- Figs, diced
- Dates, died
- Raisins, diced
- Other dried fruit, like blueberries or currants,diced
- 2-4 tbs Grape juice
- ½-1 tsp Cardamom
- ¼-½ tsp Black Pepper
Chop finely or use a cuisinart to mix everything together. Roll into small balls, if using a cuisinart.
PERSIAN
- 2 pears, peeled & diced
- 2 apples, peeled & diced
- Pitted dates, chopped Raisins
- ½-1 tsp Cinnamon
- ¼-½ tsp cardamom
- ground dried ginger or fresh grated ginger root to taste
- 1-2 tsp Apple cider vinegar
- 1-3 tbs Dark grape juice
Mix together. Let sit 30 minutes. Taste and adjust spice.
COLORADO
- ½ can of peaches, drained (or 2 fresh peaches)
- ½ cup Dried cherries
- ¼ cup dried plums (prunes)
- ½ fresh cantaloupe
- 1 red peppers
- ½-1 tsp tajin OR 1 tsp chili powder + 1/2 tsp salt + juice from one lime
- 1-3 tbs Honey
- 1 tart apple
- 1 tbs Sugar
Dice the apple, mix with the sugar and set aside. Drain and dice peaches and put in a bowl. Finely chop dried cherries and prunes and add to bowl. Dice red peppers and add to bowl. Sprinkle tajin (or chili powder, salt and lime) over fruit & mix. Add apples and honey and mix well. Let sit for half an hour. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed.
INDIAN
- 2 ripe mangos, fine-diced
- ¼ cup dark raisins, diced
- ¼ cup pitted dates, diced
- ½ cup pine nuts, optional
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½-1 tsp curry powder
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar (or 2 tbs apple cider vinegar + 2 tsp grape juice)
- pinch of kosher salt
Add all ingredients together and mix well.
Bonai will be providing seder matching again this year! Please fill out the form below to sign up to host or attend a seder!
Our Seder Matching form is now closed. Please contact the office at 303-442-6605 if you have any questions!
If you would like to sell your chametz through the shul, please fill out the form below:
When Passover Begins on Saturday Night
By Rabbi Marc
This year, the first Seder and therefore the beginning of Pesach is on Saturday night April 12th. For traditionally observant Jews, this is complicated and in full knowledge of our community’s wonderfully diverse practices, we thought we would summarize some of the halachic perspectives. According to strict law, the seder does not start until after Shabbat is completely over, which is at 8.19pm in Boulder, and to make it even more complicated, we are traditionally not permitted to do any preparation for the seder on Shabbat. This means that for many, as much as possible is prepared and ready before Shabbat comes in at around 7pm on Friday. Additionally, some of the rituals and practices that happen on the eve of Passover happen earlier. Here are some of those times:
- Thursday April 10th after 8:03pm - Bedikat Hametz (searching for the last pieces of hametz)
- Friday April 11th before 11:55am - Selling and burning of hametz
- Friday 7:18pm - candlelighting
- Saturday April 12th - 10:48am last eating of hametz*
- Saturday - 8:19pm - candle lighting for beginning of Pesach and seder
One of the most complicated questions that arises in all this is “what and where do we eat on Shabbat?” Traditionally we eat three meals over the course of Shabbat, each one with some delicious challah, but our homes and synagogues are meant to be completely ready and kosher for Pesach before shabbat begins. Some people will keep some challah and make motzi outside the house and then come inside for a meal that has no bread and no matzah. *On Shabbat day, some will not have any bread with their Shabbat lunch as they would normally, and others would take a break from services and go outside to make a motzi by 10.48am and make sure that there is none left hanging around!
We are a complicated people and, again, I know many of you will not be waiting until after Shabbat to start your seders and our joyful celebration of the Season of Freedom, but we hope this guide is helpful for those of you wanting to know how it all works for more traditional practice. We will, as always, be selling hametz on your behalf and having our annual bonfire on Friday morning! A full schedule of programs and services are below.
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Helpful Links
See below for some helpful links from USCJ and PJ Library about the Passover holiday and traditions:
JFS Jewish Disability Advocates Passover Info
In this Passover handout, our partner, JFS Jewish Disabilities Advocates, offers several suggestions for hosting an accessible Passover Seder while encouraging communities to create space for individuals with disabilities to share their stories and to become leaders in accessibility, inclusion, and belonging efforts.
Additionally, JFS Jewish Disabilities Advocates, in partnership with Temple Emanuel, Hebrew Educational Alliance, Ohr HaOlam, and Repair the World, invites everyone to the 2nd Annual Disability Justice Passover Seder, Friday April 18 from 4pm-5:30pm. This accessible, free Seder is intended to bring together the whole community in support of disability awareness, inclusion, and belonging.
