{"id":1471,"date":"2026-03-27T14:46:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/religious-and-spiritual-life\/?page_id=1471"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:50:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:50:57","slug":"passover-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/religious-and-spiritual-life\/communities\/jewish-life\/passover-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Passover on Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Inserted by Dropdownizer plugin. Forces video embeds contained in dropdowns to have a size --><style>.dropdownizer__dropdown iframe { width: 100% !important; height: 100% !important; }<\/style>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/religious-and-spiritual-life\/communities\/jewish-life\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"409\">Jewish Life at Vassar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Passover begins Wednesday April 1st. <\/strong> If you are a seven days Jew, Passover ends Wednesday April 8th. If you are an eight days Jews, Passover ends Thursday April 9th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Seders<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jewish Life and Vassar Jewish Union<\/strong> are hosting seders at 6:30 p.m. in the CCMPR on Monday April 1st and Tuesday April 2nd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vassar Chabad Student Community and Chabad seders<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd2zf02YcTBGc9Bf2PPb5roX8IDJYArAFvLWCefAA_JcksRnw\/viewform\">Information about and RSVP to Vassar Chabad Student Community and Chabad seders.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Kashering the Bayit Tuesday March 31st<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rabbi Bryan will be kashering the Bayit kosher kitchen starting around 10:00 a.m. on  Tuesday March 31st. If you are able to help out please email me <a href=\"mailto:bryanmann@vassar.edu\">bryanmann@vassar.edu<\/a>. Please do not use the Bayit Kosher Kitchen at all on Monday March 30th<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Kosher for Passover Food on Campus<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Kosher station at Gordon Commons<\/strong> is open for lunch and dinner. The meals at the Deece WILL NOT contain kitniyot. There will also be a small refrigerator at kosher with various Kosher for Passover breakfast options throughout the week.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Bayit<\/strong> will be kashered for Passover this year. We ARE allowing kitniyot out of the Bayit. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Root at Gordon Commons<\/strong> while not a hechered kosher station, Root is entirely vegan and throughout Passover will serve Kosher for Passover style food that DOES contain kitniyot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Omer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting the second night of Passover (Sunday April 13th), we begin counting the omer, 40 days from Passover (liberation) to Shavuot (revelation). There are many Omer counting apps, journaling prompts, and other ways of tapping into a more focused spiritual practice during the Omer. If you would like resources email me, <a href=\"mailto:bryanmann@vassar.edu\">bryanmann@vassar.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Passover!<br><br>\u2014Rabbi Bryan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jewish Life at Vassar Passover begins Wednesday April 1st. 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