Chabad of Cherry Hill
Passover Calendar 5786 • 2026
Cherry Hill, NJ schedule. Times below are for this location.
Key deadlines: Stop eating chametz 10:55 am (Wed 4/1) | Burn/sell by 11:59 am (Wed 4/1) | Yizkor 11:20 am (Thu 4/9)
Pre-Pesach
Tuesday, March 31 – Bedikat Chametz
7:51 pm Formal search for Chametz (after nightfall)
Wednesday, April 1 – Erev Passover Fast of the First Born
7:00 amShacharit followed by Siyum
10:55 amLatest time to eat chametz
11:59 amLatest time to burn and sell chametz
First Days
Wednesday, April 1 – First Seder Night
7:06 pmCandle lighting
7:06 pmMincha & Maariv (Seder Korban Pesach)
7:52 pmSeder may begin
1:03 amLatest time to eat Afikoman
Thursday, April 2 – First Day of Passover
10:00 amShacharit
7:15 pmMincha
8:06 pmMaariv
After 8:06 pmLight candles from a pre-existing flame & Second Seder may begin
Friday, April 3 – Second Day of Passover / Shabbat Chol Hamoed
10:00 amMorning Services
7:05 pmMincha
7:08 pmCandle lighting
Shabbat, April 4 – Chol Hamoed
9:30 amShacharit
7:05 pmMincha
8:08 pmMaariv & Shabbat ends
Chol Hamoed
Sunday, April 5 – Tuesday, April 7
8:30 amShacharit
7:15 pmMincha & Maariv
Last Days
Tuesday, April 7 – Yom Tov (Evening)
7:12 pmCandle lighting
7:12 pmMincha & Maariv
Wednesday, April 8
9:30 amShacharit
7:15 pmMincha
8:12 pmMaariv
After 8:12 pmCandle lighting (from a pre-existing flame)
Thursday, April 9 – Final Day of Passover
9:30 amShacharit
11:20 amYizkor
8:14 pmMaariv & Passover concludes
Note: Candle lighting times are for Cherry Hill, NJ only.
For other locations, please visit: www.thechabadcenter.org/times
For other locations, please visit: www.thechabadcenter.org/times
