What is Passover? Please click here to read all about it on the Union for Reform Judaism website or click here to see it explained by our superstar Henley!
Below you’ll find all our wonderful celebrations for Passover, 2026. We hope to see you there!
10:30 AM | Passover Morning Festival Service
Celebrate this major Jewish holiday with a festival worship service featuring the melodies of Passover and the festivals, as well as a Torah reading. If you can’t join us in person, you are invited to watch online here. Following worship, we will enjoy a Matzah Brei Brunch – see below. (Registration is required for breakfast.)
Following Morning Service | Matzah Brei Brunch
Following our Passover morning service, we will enjoy a Matzah Brei brunch together. Enjoy this Passover favorite, fresh fruit, and other yummy foods. No need to register for worship services but registration is required for brunch. Click here to register.
5:30 PM | Second Night Seder
TRS offers a congregational second night Seder, led by Rabbi Amy Schwartzman and Rabbi Jeffrey Saxe, that is family-friendly, lively, and captivating! We’ll retell the miracle of our liberation from Egypt through story and song while exploring the meaning of the Exodus story in our own time. We will delight in all of the traditional foods of the Seder meal as well. Wine and dessert included. For all the kids and kids-at-heart, don’t forget the hunt for the afikomen! Registration is now closed and full.
7:30 PM
Erev 7th Night of Passover and Yizkor Service
Reform Jews celebrate 7 days of Passover, with the 7th day being a holy time. To mark that occasion, join Rabbi Schwartzman and Cantor Shochet as they lead the Erev 7th Day Pesach Service. It is customary at this time to recite Yizkor, in memory of loved ones who have died at any time previously. Our custom also includes reading aloud the names of those people who have died in 5785, since Rosh Hashanah. The music features traditional holiday music including Hallel, to piano accompaniment.
Table of Togetherness:
A TRS Holiday Meal Matching Program
Registration open Mar 9-30
At Temple Rodef Shalom, we strive to uphold the Jewish values of hospitality (hachnasat orchim) and community (kehillah). Table of Togetherness helps connect members who have an extra seat (or more) at their Seder table with those looking for a welcoming place to celebrate. If you can offer a seat or need one, please use the form below, and we will do our best to make a meaningful match. Together, we can share the warmth and joy of the holidays as one community. Please click here to register.
Sat, Apr 4, 5:00 PM
Rodef 2100 (20s & 30s):
Chocolate Seder
Join Rodef 2100 for a sweet and memorable Passover celebration. If you’re in your 20s or 30s, come experience the holiday in a whole new way with a Chocolate Seder — a fun, interactive, and delicious twist on tradition. We’ll take the themes of the traditional Passover Seder and reimagine them through all things chocolate, blending meaning, community, and just the right amount of sweetness.
Come for the chocolate. Stay for the community!
Carpools will be coordinated as needed from the East Falls Church Metro station. Please click here to register.
Sat, Mar 21, 9:30 AM
Chai There: Little Learners – Storytime & Play (Ages 0-5 years)
Join TRS us for an engaging and interactive storytelling experience designed for children and families to explore Jewish traditions and holidays through stories and activities. Through a fun and meaningful morning, children will connect with Jewish culture and values in a warm and welcoming environment. A snack and supplies will be provided. On Sat, April 4, let’s celebrate Passover together! Please click here to register.
Passover Desserts:
You may make your order Mar 1-27
Pick up Tue, Mar 31, 12 noon – 2:00 PM
Celebrate a sweet Passover! For your convenience, you can order some of your favorite Passover desserts from Chantel’s Bakery through TRS! We have many different Passover (kosher-style) desserts to choose from. Please click here to order!
Women of TRS Passover Cookbook
If you don’t have the WoTRS Passover Cookbook,
Celebrating and Creating Traditions: Passover Recipes & Ideas, you can get it now. This user-friendly digital cookbook contains 120+ delicious recipes (that can be used year-round) submitted by TRS clergy, staff, and congregants (with interesting back stories accompanying many of the recipes) to help you spice up your Passover food experience. Please click here to buy your copy.
Use this song Standing at the Sea – performed by Cantor Sydney Michaeli and written by Ellen Allard – to reflect on Passover and celebrate our freedom. Don’t forget to share it with friends and family!
Not sure what to sing during the Hallel portion of your Passover Seder? Listen to Cantor Shochet sing the psalm that carries the melodic motif of Passover, Hodu L’Adonai. Psalm 118: Praise God, for God is good, God’s steadfast love is eternal; Let Israel declare: “God’s steadfast love is eternal.” Let the House of Aaron declare, “God’s steadfast love is eternal.” Let those who fear God declare, “God’s steadfast love is eternal.” This melody, the same used for the Ashkenazi melody for Adir Hu, that carries the Passover motif, is used in this traditional melody for Hodu L’Adonai, arranged by Abraham Idelsohn.
Make your Seder’s musical! Cantor Shochet has put together a list of songs generally sung in a Seder with recordings and sheet music to help you lead. Click below and enjoy!
Barbara Sarshik’s Passover Parodies
Do you want to make your Seders more participatory and engaging? Visit here to get free, downloadable, and printable song parodies that are clever and easy to sing. There are 80 Passover parodies with lyrics by longtime TRS member Barbara Sarshik and audio and instrumental recordings featuring several other longtime TRS members. See our song index for a list of all the song parodies, including four new ones at numbers 81-84.
