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Sell Your Hametz before Passover

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Traditional Jewish law (see Exodus 12:19) forbids owning any hametz (leavened foods) during Passover.  While it’s ideal to consume or donate (e.g., to a non-Jewish soup kitchen) all hametz prior to the morning before Passover starts, rabbinic tradition allows for the sale of hametz to a non-Jew, even while it remains on your premises.

If you would like to sell your hametz through Makom, please complete and sign the linked form (in either doc or pdf format), scan it, and email it to aaron@makomTO.org by 9:00am on Thursday, April 21.

Or you may mail the completed and signed form to: Makom, 402 College St., Toronto, ON M5T 1S8.  Mailed forms must reach Makom by Wednesday, April 20.

There is no fee for this service.  Donations to Makom are appreciated (minimum suggested donation of $18).  You may donate online or mail a cheque along with your form.

Hag kasher ve-sameiah – wishing you a happy and kosher Passover!

Matzah Bake for All Ages – April 17, 2016

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MATZAH BAKE for All Ages

Sunday, April 17, 2016
12-2pm
@ Dufferin Grove Park – Bloor & Dufferin (south side of rink house near north end of park)
Rain or shine (we have tents)
Suggested donation: $5/person or $10/family to cover expenses.
RSVPs appreciated

Join us at Dufferin Grove Park to bake matzah* in a wood-burning, outdoor oven. See if you can mix, knead, roll, and bake in 18 minutes or less. Everyone is welcome, adults and kids! Materials and instructions provided.

We’ll also gather for children’s stories from PJ Library about Passover and a parent discussion of ways to create engaging and fun seders with children this year. 

*Matzah won’t be kosher for Passover, but it’s still fun and a great, hands-on and tasty way to prepare ourselves for Pesah!

Presented in partnership with Plug into PJ – PJ Library:Free Jewish Bedtime Stories and Songs.

High Holidays 2013

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Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur with Makom!

September 5-6 & 13-14

Makom is delighted to be providing joyous, song-filled and participatory High Holiday services again this year!  We’ll be gathering in beautiful Hart House to meet the Yamim Nora’im as a community with joy and awe.  We hope you’ll plan to join us for Rosh Hashanah, September 5- 6, and Yom Kippur, September 13-14.  Tickets will be on sale soon; watch for upcoming Makom announcements for more details.

We need your help with important volunteer roles!  Please consider devoting some time and effort to help make Makom’s High Holidays run smoothly so they can be an uplifting experience for all.  The main volunteer roles are:

  1. Pick up/Drop off (Car Required) – Sept 3-5: Pick up ritual objects from locations around the city and drop them off at Hart House or another downtown location.
  2. Pick up/Drop off (Car Required) – Sept 15: Pick up stuff from Hart House and drop off at locations around the city.
  3. Schlepping (Without a Car) – Sept. 3-5, 15: Help load/unload and move ritual objects, etc.
  4. Snack Purchase + Delivery: Purchase kid-appropriate snacks and bring them to Hart House for each day of High Holidays.
  5. Airport Pick Up/Drop Off – Sept 5, 8, 13, 15: Pick up our special guest leader and his family from the airport and drop them off at their downtown host and vice-versa.
  6. Welcome basket: Compile and deliver welcome basket of some light snacks for our guest leader and his family and deliver to their downtown host family.
  7. Set Up/Clean Up: Before and after services, be responsible for organizing/dismantling room set-up including prayer books, ritual objects, etc.
  8. Standby: Be available to help out with random last-minute tasks that arise.

Please email hhd@MakomTO.org to let us know how you can help.  We look forward to hearing from you!

Jo Frisch,

Makom High Holiday Team Leader

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The End of the Shul As We Know It?

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The End of the Shul As We Know ItOn April 11, 2013, Rabbi Aaron participated in a panel discussion called “The End of the Shul As We Know It?”. Below is an excerpt of his remarks.

Erev tov – good evening. It’s a pleasure and honour to be on this panel with my esteemed teachers and colleagues and to be speaking with you tonight about important issues in contemporary Jewish life.

Full remarks here (PDF).

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