Whether you journey out of Egypt every year or this is your first Exodus, come laugh, celebrate and eat and drink with MCH and Base Chicago. See our 2024 Student and Young Adult offerings below and click the appropriate link to for more information. Seder registration will open on March 22 and is required for our Passover Seders. Walk-ins will not be admitted.
Pre-Passover Clothing Drive for Migrant Families (April 1-18)
As we get ready for Passover and the weather warms, some of us get in the mood for spring cleaning, or start hitting the stores for spring styles. Let's harness that energy for good! We're looking for clothing and other items needed by our newest neighbors as they settle in to Chicago. We'll take care of collecting, sorting, and taking it to a center where it will be distributed to migrant families - all you need to do is drop stuff off at Base LNCLN in early April. (If no one is home, text Rav Sarah at 646-460-9583).
Pre-Passover Learning
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There is A LOT going on at a Passover Seder, and let's be real, with everything else happening we rarely have the chance to dig as much as we'd like into the texts and symbols that night. Join Rav Sarah for this four part series as we work our way through major sections of the Hagaddah, gathering insights that will enrich our Passover experiences and beyond. We'll meet Mondays between Purim and Pesach at 8pm over snacks and drinks, and leave with new friendships and inspiring ideas to take with us into the holiday. Click here to register.
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Join Artist Maya Kosover and Rav Moshe for Visions of Redemption, a 2-part pre-Passover series that explores text study and art making using the Jewish Studio Process. Come explore and reflect on how material objects or experiences change our vision, the way we see the world and ourselves, and this can create the conditions for liberation, or, in religious language, redemption, a central theme of Passover.
This series is created with the belief that we are all innately creative and have wisdom within us to share with the collective. Therefore, there is no prior experience with text study or art making required or expected
Mondays, 4/8 & 4/15 at 7:30PM. Click here to register
Monday, April 22: 1st Seder
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Join Executive Director Charles Cohen and his family on Monday, April 22 at 7:30 pm for a fairly traditional holiday experience you won’t want to miss! Rideshares will be available to/from the city for anyone who needs them. Click here to register.
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Come gather around the Seder plate as we tell the story of our liberation. We will enjoy a full Seder, sing, share stories, and rejoice in our freedom. Registration is required and space is limited, please click here to register.
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Join our family for seder night one at 7:00 p.m.! We'll journey through the seder, decoding and exploring the more complex and confusing parts of the ritual together. Expect space for all of the traditional seder practices, with pathways for more individualized discussion, questioning, learning, and play. This is a great seder for those newer to the ritual or interested in refreshing their approach.
Chef Rav Jonathan is home-cooking!!! Click here to RSVP.
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Join Base Logan Square for our very first Community First Night Seder on Monday, April 22nd at 7:45 pm. Our seder is going to be a blast! You can expect delicious food, deep conversation and learning, and all the good vibes! We're so excited for you to be a part of it. Please make sure that each attendee registers individually so that the number of attendees is completely clear. Thanks! We look forward to seeing you! Click here to register.
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Let all who are hungry - for community, for meaning, for joy- come and get their fill! Join us for seder Monday, April 22 at 8pm - you can expect delicious food, meaningful connections, provocative discussion, and beautiful singing - and it'll be even more special if you're a part of it. Click here to register.
Tuesday, April 23: 2nd Seder
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Join Metro Chicago Hillel on Tuesday, April 23 at 6:00 pm for an art themed Passover Seder in Lakeview. The exact address will be sent out 24 hours prior to the Seder.
During our Seder, we will have the opportunity to create art together through the Jewish Studio Project's "The Art of Possibility: Crying Out from the Narrow Place." We will experience the unique Jewish Studio Process methodology and move towards greater openness, clarity, and connection through the power of Passover texts and creativity. Click here to register.
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This year, Passover feels different than before. The world is full of tension and we’re surrounded by arguments and opinions. It’s a lot for anyone - and we can’t even have a bagel! Wear your comfy clothes and step out of your comfort zone with Rabbi Nicole and Katherine as we explore why this night feels different from all other nights. Dinner served approximately at 8:15. Click here to reserve your spot.
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Join our family for seder night two at 7:00 p.m.! We'll journey through the seder, decoding and exploring the more complex and confusing parts of the ritual together. Expect space for all of the traditional seder practices, with pathways for more individualized discussion, questioning, learning, and play. This is a great seder for those newer to the ritual or interested in refreshing their approach.
Chef Rav Jonathan is home-cooking!!! Click here to reserve your spot.
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Join Base Logan Square for our Community Second Night Seder on Tuesday, April 23rd at 8:30 pm. Our seder is going to be a blast! You can expect delicious food, deep conversation and learning, and all the good vibes! We're so excited for you to be a part of it. Please make sure that each attendee registers individually so that the number of attendees is completely clear. Thanks! We look forward to seeing you! Click here to register.
Chol Moed Programs
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"For the Land that you are about to enter is not like the Land of Egypt": Join Base Logan Square and EcoJews for an evening of learning, diving deep into the interconnect between the Passover narrative and its relationship to the rabbinic ecological imagination. Through an exploration of texts from the Torah, Talmud, and Midrash, we will explore themes of vulnerability, power, and visions of justice that are all bound up in rabbinic discourses of rain. Come and explore these texts and questions together. As always there will be something to drink and delicious to nosh on! Address and details provided the evening before the event.
Thursday, April 25 at 7:30PM. Click here to register.
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Shabbat Dinner (Passover) April 26 2024, 7:00p. Click here to register.
Join us for this special Shabbat dinner over Passover. Rav Jonathan has a passion for Pesach cooking--it can be delicious, exciting and fresh as Spring!
R'Jonathan is pulling out the fancy Chef knives for this one! There is a suggested donation of $18 for this meal, indicate "Shabbat Pesach at ANVL".
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Join Base Logan Square for Sunday brunch Passover edition. In good seasonal fashion, we will be serving both sweet and savory matzo brei with other delicious Passover-friendly brunchy foods. With mimosas too, of course! Come hang out and have brunch, duh. Address and details provided the Friday before the event.
Sunday, April 28 at 11:30AM. Click here to register.
Passover Resources
Seder Resources
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Need to sell your chametz? Try Anshe Sholom or Anshe Emet.
Passover, one of the most celebrated holidays in the Jewish world, commemorates the biblical Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. The week-long holiday is celebrated by munching on matzah, slabs of crisp, unleavened bread, and abstaining from chametz, or leavened food. Other observances include the seder (a ritual meal), lively songs, intense discussion and of course, debate. We were once slaves in Egypt, now we are free… LET’S EAT! Whether students are hungry for brisket and macaroons, or for the warmth of community and the light of Torah, Hillel welcomes them to the table. Passover begins with the first seder on April 22, 2024.
Metro Chicago Hillel does not charge students for our Passover programming. Your donations support multiple Seder experiences, Kosher for Passover meals, and additional holiday programming. Thank you for your support and for partnering with Metro Chicago Hillel to create a vibrant Jewish community for college students throughout the Chicagoland area! Click here to donate and select Passover from the drop down menu.
Thank you to Maot Chitim for it’s support of our Passover Seder through generous donations of kosher for Passover food.