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Dear Friends,

Attached you will find Ohav’s supplement, schedule and programs for Passover 5782/2022. It is my hope that this will assist you in all of your holiday preparations, and the process of preparing for Passover both Physically and Spiritually.  

For your shopping needs, I would strongly recommend that if you have a smartphone, you download the CRC (Chicago Rabbinical Council) App; their Passover guide is invaluable. Additionally, the OU Passover Guide can be accessed here, and for the Sephardic members of our community, I would recommend using the JSOR Passover Guide, which can be accessed by following this link.

Of course, if there is anything at all that you need in preparation for the holiday, please don’t hesitate to contact me for any and all of your Holiday Needs. My cell phone # is 516-255-7941 and my email address is rabbiebbin@ohav.org

Wishing all of you a wonderful and meaningful Holiday and a Zissen Pesach.

Bshalom,

Rabbi Ira Ebbin

 

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CONGREGATION OHAV SHOLOM

PESACH SCHEDULE 5782/2022

 

RABBI EBBIN’S SHABBAT HAGADOL DRASHA/CLASS
“THE POWER OF 4”
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 AT 8:00 PM
In Person & Online at www.ohav.org/connect

 

Thursday, April 14: 
Mincha – 7:15 PM
Search for Chometz – After 8:15 PM
(If you will be away and will not be home on Thursday night, then search without a
Bracha on the last night that you will be home)

Friday, April 15: Erev Pesach
Fast/Siyum of the First Born
Shacharit 7:15 AM
Fast of First Born In Person and On Zoom at www.ohav.org/connect – 7:45 AM
Chometz Burning At Ohav – 7:45-9:15 AM
Rabbi Ebbin’s Burning Talk – 8:30 AM
Latest Time To Eat Chometz – 10:41 AM
Latest Time To Dispose of Chometz – 11:48 AM
Candle Lighting – 7:15 PM
Mincha – 7:20 PM
Earliest Time To Start Your Seder – 8:16 PM

Shabbat, April 16: Pesach Day
Morning Services – 9:00 AM
Mincha – 7:05 PM

Rabbi’s Class
Candle Lighting/Seder Not Before 8:17 PM
 

Sunday, April 17: Pesach Day 2
Morning Services – 9:00 AM
Mincha – 7:20 PM
Rabbi’s Class
Havdalah – 8:18 PM

Monday-Wednesday, April 18 - April 20
Chol Hamoed
Shacharit – 6:50 AM
Mincha – 7:20 PM

Thursday, April 21: Erev Yom Tov
Shacharit – 6:50 AM
Eruv Tavshilin
Candle Lighting – 7:22 PM
Mincha – 7:25 PM

Friday, April 22: Pesach 7th Day
Morning Services – 9:00 AM
Mincha – 6:45 PM
Candle Lighting Before 7:23 PM

Shabbat, April 23:
Pesach Last Day/Yizkor Service
Morning Services – 9:00 AM
Yizkor Service – Approximately 10 AM
Mincha – 7:15 PM
Rabbi’s Class

Pesach Ends – 8:25 PM
Do Not Eat Chometz until 9 PM

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Bedikat Chametz:

Bedikat chametz should be done on Thursday evening, April 14th after 8:13 pm.  We recite a bracha before the bedikah and bittul chametz (kol chamira) after the bedika.

The Brocha is transliterated below. 

Bo-ruch A-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ho-olom A-sher Ki-de-sha-nu Be-mitz-vo-tov
Ve-tzi-vo-nu Al Bee-ur Cho-metz.

 

The tradition is to light a candle when making the bracha. It is then suggested to blow out the candle and use flashlights. Following the search (the custom is to hide 10 pieces of bread to be found) you recite the “Kol Chamira” prayer.

 

“All leaven or anything leavened which is in my possession, which I have neither seen nor removed, and about which I am unaware, shall be considered nullified and ownerless as the dust of the earth.”

This nullification does not include chametz that you intentionally reserve for Friday morning

 

Taanit Bechorim/Fast of the Firstborn

The fast this year will be on Friday, April 15.  The custom is not to fast but to attend a Suyim. We will have our Siyum following services at 7AM (approximately 7:40AM). Ideally one should attend in person but if that is not possible, one can access it on zoom at www.ohav.org/connect. Thank you to Dr. Elliot Grossman for once again leading the Siyum this year. 

 

Burning of Chometz

Biur Chometz will occur on Friday morning, and the shul will have it’s annual burning in the shul parking lot, lead once again by our own Mario Wilkowski from 7:45AM-9:15AM.  We Recite the Kol Chamira again at this time. 

 

We should try to have all of our chometz garbage picked up with the Friday morning Sanitation Pick Up. If that is not possible, the chometz garbage should be removed from your home and placed in thick garbage bags, or brought directly to the garbage dump.  

 

Sale of Chometz

One should try to consume their Chometz before Pesach. If that is not possible, then one can appoint Rabbi Ebbin as their emissary to sell their Chometz to a Non-Jew. This Chometz should be stored in a closet or a room, preferably one that you will not be using over Pesach. The form can be accessed online at www.ohav.org/chometz or in this guide.

 

Leil Seder 

Light Shabbat and Yom Tov candles Friday night before 7:15 PM, and recite two blessings, “l’hadlik ner shel shabbat ve yom tov” and the “shehechiyanu” blessing. The first step of the Seder, Kiddush, may not begin before nightfall (8:16PM). If you have children or grandchildren who will not be able to stay up, it is suggested to do a “Model Seder” for them, and then a Halachick Seder after dark. On Saturday night, at the second Seder, we will light candles from an existing flame.  Therefore, we light a 24-hour candle before Shabbat, which we will use as the fuel for the Yom Tov candles. For the second Seder, Preparations for the Seder, including setting the table, may not be done until after Shabbat, 8:16PM 

We include Havdalah in the Kiddush at the Seder. Follow the instructions of your Haggadah. The Afikomen should be eaten before 12:53AM.

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Kashering for Pesach 

The following are basic guidelines for Kashering your kitchen for Passover. I strongly recommend that you attend my class on this topic on Monday, April 4 at 8PM.

Dirt is Not Chametz…And Niether is the junk in your closets

It is also not necessary to eliminate all crumbs from the house. The reason that we clean our homes and then search our homes before Pesach is to rid our homes of all “important chametz,” leavened products that someone might accidentally eat on Pesach. “Important chametz" could be bottles of liquor, cookies, crackers etc. 

Crumbs that are in locations where they cannot contaminate food (e.g. under the cushions of a living room couch) do not have to be cleaned before Pesach.

 

Oven: 

• In a conventional oven, gas or electric, the oven must be completely clean and then one must wait 24 hours before kashering can begin. Oven cleaner may be necessary to remove baked-on grease. If a caustic type of oven cleaner (such as Easy-Off) was used to clean the oven and some stubborn spots remain after the caustic cleaner has been applied a second time with similar results, the remaining spots may be disregarded. Once the oven and racks have been cleaned, they may be kashered by Libbun Kal. Turning the oven to 550F setting for forty (40) minutes satisfies the requirement of Libbun Kal.
• If you have a continuous cleaning oven, please contact me for details on how to Kasher it properly.

• In a self-cleaning oven, the self-cleaning cycle will clean and kasher the oven simultaneously. This is true for convection ovens with a self-cleaning feature as well. The oven need not be cleaned well, nor is a 24-hr wait time necessary before the process begins, because everything inside of the oven is reduced to ash. The oven door and rubber around the door should, however, be completely clean before beginning the self-clean cycle. 

Stoves:

• Gas stovetops:  Grates of a gas stovetop may be kashered in the oven when the oven is being kashered as discussed above. If you are concerned about damaging the grates, you may clean, wait 24 hours, and just leave them on the burner when Kashering the burner.

• Electric stovetops: Clean the coils or surface & turn on high for 10 minutes.

The cooktop surface should be cleaned & covered for Pesach. Both the knobs and the drip pans should be cleaned.

• Many glass stovetops may break if they are covered; therefore, it is not advisable to do so.  Kasher the burners by turning them on The stovetop cannot be kashered so it must be cleaned well.  During Pesach, pots should not be placed directly on the middle surface. Food that falls there should be thrown away.  

Broilers:

• Thoroughly clean, wait 24 hours and then burn out for 40 minutes.

Warming Drawers:

• First, get it spotless – and if you can’t, just foil the bottom of the drawer - and then let it sit unused for 24 hours. Then, light two Sterno cans that will each burn for two hours with the drawer slightly ajar.  That will fully kasher the warming drawer and you can put foods directly into it (with the foil on the bottom remaining if you could not get it spotless).

Microwaves:

• Clean the microwave and do not use it for 24 hours. Then boil a cup of water on the highest setting for 3 minutes. After that, place another cup on the other side of the microwave and boil it for 3 minutes. 

• The glass plate (if you have one) should be covered with saran wrap or replaced. 

Dishwashers:

• One may kasher a dishwasher whose inside surface is metal or plastic, even without the need for new racks. Porcelain dishwashers may not be Kashered. To kasher the dishwasher, one should clean out the filter, wait 24 hours & run it empty on the hottest cycle with dishwasher detergent.

Kashering Metal:

• Metal Utensils that have been used for cooking, serving or eating hot chametz may be Kashered by cleaning them thoroughly, waiting twenty-four (24) hours and then immersing them, one by one, into a Kosher for Pesach pot of water which has been heated and is maintaining a rolling boil when the vessel is immersed. Note: that we do not kasher pans coated with Teflon. The process is finalized by rinsing the Kashered items in cold water. If tongs are used to grip the utensil, the utensil will have to be immersed a second time with the tong in a different position so that the boiling water will touch the initially gripped area. The entire utensil does not have to be kashered at once; it may be done in parts. Please watch out for utensils that are rusty or difficult to clean properly. Even silverware made of two parts (a handle and a blade, for instance) should most often not be kashered. A non-Kosher for Pesach pot may also be used for the purpose of Kashering, provided that it is thoroughly clean and has not been used for twenty-four (24) hours. However, it is the custom to make the pot Kosher for Pesach before using it for Kashering. This can be accomplished by cleaning the pot, leaving it dormant for twenty-four (24) hours, filling the pot completely with water, waiting until the water comes to a rolling boil, and throwing in a hot stone or brick which has been heated on another burner. The hot rock will cause the water to bubble more furiously and run over the top ridge of the pot on all sides at one time. The pot is now kashered.

Glass:

• May be Kashered by soaking them in water for 72 hours, changing the water every 24 hours. Arcolac, Pyrex, Duralex & Corelle cannot be kashered.

Plastic:

• Plastic Utensils that are made well can be Kashered like metal.

Sinks:

• China, Porcelain or Corian sinks can not be kashered. These sinks should be cleaned, not used for twenty-four hours, and completely lined with contact paper or foil. The dishes that are to be washed should not be placed directly into the sink. They must be washed in a Pesach dishpan that is placed on a Pesach rack. Alternatively, a sink insert can be purchased, allowing for the placement of either milchig or fleishig dishes directly into the sink. It is necessary to have separate dishpans and racks for milchig and fleishig dishes.
•  Stainless steel sinks can be kashered by the following method: Clean the sink. Hot water should not be used or poured in the sink for twenty-four (24) hours prior to Kashering. Kashering is accomplished by pouring boiling hot water from a Pesach kettle/pot over every part of the stainless steel sink. The poured water must touch every part of the sink including the drain and the spout of the water faucet. It is likely that the Kashering kettle will need to be refilled a few times before the Kashering can be completed. 
• Granite sinks can be kashered like a stainless steel sink. 

Countertops:

• Granite, marble, wood, stainless steel, quartz, Corian, plastic and formica countertops can be kashered like a stainless-steel sink.
• One may also kasher these countertops with a power steamer that sprays steam which becomes condensate (very hot water), provided that the condensate is applied to every spot of the countertop.  Additionally, each spot of the countertop must be completely dry when the condensate is applied to it.  The Wagner Power Steamer 915 can be used in this regard.  
• Clean and then cover ceramic & porcelain countertops, as they are considered pottery which cannot be kashered.

BBQs:

• BBQ Grills must be thoroughly cleaned before beginning the Kashering process.  To Kasher, cover the grates with foil and turn the burner on high. After around 30 minutes, the foil will have disintegrated and the BBQ will have reached the level of heat needed for Libun Gamur. 

Keurig Coffee Maker:

• The coffee maker must be cleaned well and not used for 24 hours.  Remove the K-cup holder and pour boiling hot water over the K-cup holder.  Run a Kosher for Passover K-cup in the machine.

Hot Plates:

• Clean, leave on the highest setting for half an hour, then cover with two layers of heavy aluminum foil before use.

Instant Pot:

• It is not recommended to kasher.

Hot Water Urn:

• If it is the type of urn which is not brought to the table, is never used for anything but heating hot water, and is not washed with chametz items, it may be used for Pesach without kashering. If it is small enough to be brought to the table, is used to heat other beverages, you ever warm challah or other food on top of it for Shabbos, or you clean it with vinegar (to remove calcium buildup) or with the chametz dishes, then it should not be used for Pesach without kashering. To kasher: The lid should be kashered with hagala. The urn itself should not be used for 24 hours prior to kashering. Then it should be filled almost to the top with water and turned on. When the water reaches the highest temperature, while still plugged in, boiling water should be added to the urn until it overflows.

Kitchen cabinets & refrigerators:

• Kitchen cabinet and refrigerator shelves must be cleaned well with a cleaner

 

Kitchen Items that cannot be made kosher for Pesach:

Items that you are packing up and putting away for Pesach such as toaster ovens, breadbaskets, mixers, etc. do not have to be cleaned. Even if they are full of crumbs, the mental declaration (bittul) on erev Pesach is sufficient.

Bread Machine

Crockpot

China – except if unused for over 365 days, in which case they are automatically Kosher for Passover and Parve.

George Foreman Grill

Pasta Maker

Porcelain (Enamel) Utensils – again, unless they have been unused for over 365 days.

Sandwich Maker

Stoneware – unless they have been unused for over 365 days.

Toaster oven

Waffle Iron

 

Non-Food Items - The consensus is that the following may be used on Pesach without certification:

All cleaners, soaps and detergents, deodorants and hygienic products, plates, cutlery wraps, foils, paper towels etc., mouthwash and toothpaste, and lip products.

Food Items

These grocery products do not need special Kosher for Passover supervision. For a more comprehensive list, download the crc app or check the OU website.  

All fruit and vegetables. 

All pure (no dextrose added) granulated cane sugar

All salt – non-iodized without dextrose

Baking soda

All bottled unflavored water, bags of plain water ice 

All unflavored seltzer

Tea – instant – Nestea unflavored, regular or decaf

Regular unflavored Tea bags

Cocoa – 100% pure

All fresh or frozen raw fish with kosher supervision.

All frozen or fresh raw meat and poultry with kosher supervision in original factory packaging, with exception of ground meat. No Special Kosher for Passover symbol necessary.

Real Lemon/Real Lime with plain kosher symbol.

Frozen fruit

Extra virgin olive oil

Caffeinated Coffee

Nuts – raw, whole, chopped or ground (walnuts or almonds) without preservatives or additives do not need Passover supervision. Pecans need Passover supervision.

The following is a list of foods considered to be kitniyot which should not be eaten by Ashkenazic Jews on Pesach: For health reasons, or for young children, please consult with me. Beans, Black Eye Peas, Buckwheat, Canola Oil, Caraway, Chickpeas, Coriander, Corn, Corn Syrup/Glucose Syrup, Cumin, Fennel, , Flax Seeds, Hemp, Kasha, Kimmel, Lecithin, Lentils, Licorice, Lucerne, Lupine, Millet, MSG, Mustard ,Peanuts, Popcorn, Poppy Rice, Seeds, Saffron, Sesame Seeds, Snow Peas, Sorbitol, Soy Oil, Corn Oil, Soy, String Beans, Sunflower Seeds, Tofu, Vetch, Wild Rice.

Quinoa is natural and kosher, and kosher for Passover. It does not need a Kosher for Passover symbol, but should be inspected for foreign kernels. 

Miscellaneous

Just because it is on the Pesach shelf or section does not mean it is Kosher for Passover. Check for proper supervision.

Lactaid – caplets and drops may contain chometz. Lactaid milk should be bought before Pesach, or buy regular milk and add the drops before Pesach. The drops or caplets should be sold with the chometz.

Playdough/Play-Doh should be sold with the chometz

Raid ant and roach traps are Kosher for Passover. However, Combat, Con Rat and Black Flag use an edible chometz for bait and should not be used. All insecticides sprays are Kosher for Passover.

Glue – all Krazy glue and Elmers are Kosher for Passover. Elmers finger paints and washable paste may contain chometz.

Egg Matzah should only be eaten by the elderly, sick and infirmed on Passover. It may be consumed on Erev Pesach.. Some items such as crackers are in this category. Watch for KFP label.

All eggs and milk should ideally be purchased before Passover. They do not require a KFP symbol. If one runs out of Eggs and Milk on Pesach they can buy any product. 

If one cannot digest gluten (wheat matzah), oat matzah is an excellent substitute 

 

Babies:

Baby Food: Must bear Passover certification.

Baby Formula: (Kitniyot - Can be used but requires use of separate utensils) Enfamil, Isomil, Similac.

 

Pets:

Chometz is not only forbidden to eat, but also one can not derive any pleasure or benefit. Therefore, one cannot feed one’s pets any chometz pet food.The following commonly listed items found on pet food ingredient panels are not acceptable for Pesach: Wheat (cracked, flour, germ, gluten, ground, grouts, middlings, starch), barley (cracked, flour), oats (flour, grouts, hulled), pasta, rye, and brewer’s dried yeast. Note: Any questionable ingredient should be reviewed by a competent Rabbinic authority. Dog and cat food made with gravy or sauce generally contain chometz.

 

Medicine Guidelines For Pesach:

The following are guidelines for the use of medication on Pesach for individuals who are ill:

Creams, non-chewable pills and injections may be owned and used on Pesach even if they contain chametz, since they are inedible. This covers most medicines used by adults.

Liquid medicines, chewable pills (and pills coated with a flavored glaze) are edible and may contain chametz. Therefore: a. If possible, they should be replaced – under the direction of a doctor – with a non-chewable, uncoated pill. b. If substitution is not possible and the person is in a state of danger or potential danger, they may own and consume the medication. The same applies if the condition is not yet at the point of potentially dangerous, but may deteriorate to that point. c. If substitution is not possible and a doctor determines that there is no possibility of danger if the person doesn’t take the medicine, please contact me so we can discuss your individual case.

In many cases, medicinal items which contain kitniyos are permitted for people who are ill. Please contact me with any questions. 

 

Shmurah Matzah - Ideally the matzah used for the mitzvah of matzah at the Seder should be shmurah from the time of harvesting.  We can satisfy this requirement with either hand or machine shmurah matzah.  Under pressing circumstances, we can fulfill this mitzvah with any matzah that was baked for the sake of the mitzvah and all OU-certified matzah is baked like this. 

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Maot Chitin:

It is tradition to give Tzedaka for the needy before Pesach. To Donate go to www.ohav.org/donate and designate it in the notes as Pesach.

 

Sale of Chametz:

In the interest of safety, we will be selling Chometz online at www.ohav.org/chometz. Should you desire to fill out this form in person, please print it or email it and send it to the office or Rabbi Ebbin’s email address at rabbiebbin@ohav.org. If you prefer to sell your Chometz “In Person”, Rabbi Ebbin will be available at all daily services, and April 4, 6,11,& 13 from 4-6PM and Sunday, April 10 from 9:30AM-11:30AM.

 

 

 

         

 

DELEGATION OF POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SALE OF CHAMETZ

I, the undersigned, fully empower and permit Rabbi Ebbin to act in my place and stead, and in my behalf to sell all CHAMETZ possessed by me (knowingly or unknowingly) defined as claimed by The Torah and Rabbinic Law (e.g. Chametz, doubt of Chametz, and all kinds of Chametz mixtures), as well as Chametz that tends to harden and to adhere to a surface of inside of pans, pots and cooking and usable utensils, and all kinds of live animals that have been eating Chametz or mixtures thereof, and to lease all places wherein the Chametz owned by me may be found, especially in the premises indicated below and elsewhere.

Rabbi Ebbin has the full right to sell and to lease by transactions, as he deems fit and proper and for such time which he believes necessary in accordance with all terms detailed in the general authorization contract which is in the possession of Rabbi Ebbin authorizing him to sell Chametz; on behalf of others. I hereby give the said Rabbi Ebbin full power and authority to appoint a substitute in his stead with full power to sell and lease as provided herein. The above given power is in conformity with all Torah, Rabbinical regulations and laws, and also in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, and the United States of America.

Home Address:  ________________________________________________

The Chametz I posses includes the following

Type of Chametz (groceries liquor etc.)	Exact location (kitchen cabinet pantry etc.)	Approximate Value $

Date:                                                           Printed Name: ___________________

                                                                     Signed Name: ___________________

Also complete this part ONLY if you will be away all Pesach

I specifically authorize Rabbi Ira Ebbin to sell all Chametz located anywhere in my home at the above address, and to lease my entire home (with the exception of _____________).  The keys to my home can be found with _____________________Name_________________ At _________________________