Shavuot on the Farm
Celebrate Shavuot—the festival of first fruits and the giving of Torah—with a special weekend at Living Tree Alliance.
Shavuot
Join us in person or on Zoom as we celebrate the blessing of the “first fruits” and our youngest Shir Shalom members. Please bring the first cuttings from your garden. In keeping with the holiday and the tradition of eating dairy on Shavuot, please bring something to share.
Shavuot On The Mountain
Come celebrate Shavuot and Shabbat with joy, fresh air, and community connection! Our 12th annual multigenerational pilgrimage hike to the Mountain Chapel on Mt. Mansfield is one of Living Tree Alliance’s most cherished traditions. Together we’ll take in Vermont’s springtime beauty, share meaningful moments, and welcome the holiday with music and creativity.
Yizkor Service
Yizkor and Shabbat Morning Worship
In the sanctuary and on Zoom with Rabbi Haigh.
Yom HaAtzmaut and Kabbalat Shabbat
Join Temple Sinai for a special Yom HaAtzmaut service in person and on ZOOM. We will celebrate Israeli Independence Day with a short service and ma’agal, circle of singing and prayer.
Yom Hashoah- A Service of Remembrance
Join us in-person or via Zoom
The power of memory and the ritual of remembering is a sacred act given to each of us. Please join us as we remember and honor the millions of lives lost. Our service will include candle-lighting, music, poetry, readings, honoring our Memorial Torah Scroll, and prayers of remembrance.
Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Event
Please join Temple Sinai & Ohavi Zedek for this important event. This year at Ohavi Zedek, our Yom Hashoah service will be led by Rabbi David Edleson, Rabbi Ariel Ya’akov Dunat and Cantor Jessica Silverberg.
Shoah Stories from Vermont
All welcome to come bear witness and remember.
Monday, April 13th 7-8:30 pm.
Registration required. Click here to register.
Community Passover Seder
Delicious chicken soup and matzo balls by Shir Shalomers will be provided.
Please bring a 3-quart pot and ladle (labeled) to serve the soup at each table.
In addition please bring a prepared and plated dish for 10 (main courses encouraged) for the Pot Luck dinner. Reminder: no shellfish, no pork, no pasta products.
Please bring non perishable/properly dated food for the Woodstock/Reading Food Shelf.
If you are hosting a first-night seder on Wednesday, April 1 and have room at your table, please consider welcoming someone in our community who may not have a place to go this year.
If you’re able and willing to include an extra guest (or more), please email office@shirshalomvt.org.
Seder at Israel Congregation
Passover is one of the most important Jewish festivals of the year, and its high point is the seder. Experiencing this wonderful Jewish meal and interactive “happening” is to live through all the varied themes of the Passover festival.
Community Passover Seder: Flavors of the Diaspora
From North to West: Classic Ohavi Zedek featuring Ashkenazi-inspired dishes drawn from recipes shared by members of our own community — food with memory folded into it: w. Brisket or Salmon
Community Passover Seder
Join the Kol Ha’Emek community for a rousing retelling
of the story of the Exodus from Egypt.
Pareve Dinner and 4 cups of wine included
$25/adult (16 or older)
$5/child under 16-year-old
$60/family (1-2 adults, and their under 16-year-old children)
Please email Monte to reserve your seats
no later than Friday, March 27, 2026.
After that date all seats are $30 per adult and $10 per child.
Passover Community Seder
Kosher-for-Passover vegetarian or dairy dishes are welcome! Matzoh ball soup will be provided. Regular and gluten-free matzoh will be available.
UVM Hillel First Night Passover Seder
UVM Hillel invites you to join us for the first night Passover Seder on Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 at 6:00pm on the fourth floor of the Davis Center (590 Main St. Burlington). We invite students and community members of all religious and cultural backgrounds to join us in community for the Seder and dinner.
Passover Seder, Night One!
You are invited to the L'Chaim Collective's First Night Passover seder on April 1st,
‘We get free together!’
At the link you will also be directed to the place you can sign up for what you are contributing to the seder— thank you for helping to make this happen.
And: there’s another L’Chaim special Central Vermont Pesach offering on Night 5 (Sunday April 5th). To learn more and get the registration link, please reach out to Shaina Kasper at shaina.kasper@gmail.com.
Feel free to share this invitation with beloved friends and family and neighbors (Jewish and Jew-ish and Jew-curious and interfaith fam always welcome!) who might want to join us.
Tot Shabbat/Passover Celebration
Tot Shabbat is a Shabbat service designed to engage young children and their families. Snacks and social time will follow the service. This service will be special for Passover!
Young Families Purim Party
Come to a special Young Families Purim Party! Snacks will be provided.
Costumes are encouraged but not required!
Please sign up here so Aimee knows how many Purim baskets to have. If you forget to sign up, please come anyway! We will have extras.
Purim Celebration 2026
10:30am – 11am: Megila reading and costume parade
11am -12:30pm: Party, music, lunch, games, bouncy castle, raffle
Suggested donation (for party and not Megila reading): $18/family, $5/adult, $3/child
Purim Celebration
Purim Celebration and Shpiel at Shir Shalom Everyone Welcome Potluck- bring a dish to share
Annual Purim Party
Join Beth Jacob Synagogue for our annual Purim Party! Come to enjoy Hebrew, Yiddish, and klezmer music, make crafts with the kids, and enjoy an English/Hebrew hybrid reading of the megillah!
This year will be a potluck-style dinner. Bring your favorite veggie or dairy dish to share!
Beverages and hamantaschen will be served. Registration is encouraged
In partnership with PJ Library in Vermont
Purim at the Circus
Purim at the Circus – Community Celebration!
🎭 3:30 PM – Megillah Reading
🎪 4:00 PM – Carnival Fair for all ages!
🍽 4:30 PM – Dinner Opens
✨ 5:00 PM – Marko the Magician
