Kitchen Passover
Prepare for Passover
Seder Run of Show
with Rabbi Noa Kushner
Wednesday, April 9
7:00 – 8:30 PM
Have you ever just wanted someone to stop the seder so you could ask any question at all (we mean, beyond the traditional four questions!)? Want to understand more of what's going on in real-time?
Well, now you can. Rabbi Noa Kushner and Hazzan Asher Shasho Levy are opening up their weekly class for a special session on newly inaugurated Kitchen Seder Run of Show. It will be a teaching seder, run in real-time with all questions encouraged, so you will be ready to host your own.
Kitchen Social Club
2nd Night Seder
Led by Rabba Mor Shimonie
Greens
Sunday, April 13th
6:00 PM Arrival | 6:30 PM Seder Begins
$74 per person
For Kitchen members & one guest
Exclusively for Kitchen members in their 20s & 30s and one guest. If you aren’t a member yet, check out our membership options here or email Spencer Weiss for more information.
As always, we want The Kitchen to be a place for everyone. Let us know if you have financial barriers and we’ll make sure you have a spot at the seder table.
Crossing the Sea: Between What Was and What’s Next
Passover is a story of movement – of stepping into the unknown, of leaving behind what was, and of standing on the edge of something new. The Israelites didn’t just walk out of Egypt; they stood at the sea, caught between past and future, between fear and possibility.
At our 4th annual Kitchen Social Club 2nd Night Seder, we’ll reflect on that moment of in–between. What do we carry forward? What do we leave behind? Where do we find the courage to take the next step? Through ritual, conversation, and community, we’ll explore how this ancient journey mirrors our own personally, communally, and as a Jewish people. Dinner will be kosher for Passover & vegetarian, and all are welcome at the table.
The sea is before us. What will we do next? Let’s step in together.
If cost is a barrier, let us know – we’ll make sure you have a seat.
Kitchen Playground
Prepare for Passover – Saturday, April 5th
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Potrero Hill Neighborhood House
Passover Morning – Saturday, April 19th
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Potrero Hill Neighborhood House
Two opportunities to get in on Passover with Kitchen Playground. On April 5th, we’ll prepare for the seder, and on April 19th we’ll come together for a Passover Shabbat morning.
What to expect
A musical service with rituals to introduce your kids to Passover, the core ideas, and melodies of Shabbat
Crafts, games, snacks (kosher for Passover on April 19th), and lots of ways to play with friends
And the icing on the cake (or matzah, for this one) – our wonderful teen Kitchen-ites will be on hand for childcare if you want to take a moment for a cup of coffee with the other parents
Family Kiddush
If you have questions, email our Director of Family Education, Mor Shimonie, here.
Mimouna
Sunday, April 20th
8:00 – 10:00 PM
Event space in the Mission District
Address to be provided before the event
Tickets
Early bird until April 9 at 8 PM – $25
Regular rate – $35
We’re adding a new celebration this year—Mimouna, the post-Passover gathering that welcomes abundance, community, and the return of hametz. As Passover ends, we open our doors and fill our tables with sweet treats.
Rooted in North African Israeli tradition, Mimouna symbolizes luck, prosperity, and hope for the year ahead. Tables overflow with golden pastries, fresh fruit, nuts, and mufletas—thin, buttery Moroccan crepes dipped in honey and syrup.
The evening will feature live music from Hazzan Asher Shasho Levy, the Kitchen davening team, and special guest Jim Grippo on Qanun. Join us to feast on bread-y sweets, sip arak, dance, listen to live music, and community as we come together in celebration.
Tickets through our co-sponsors Partiful invite. Fees collected via Venmo.
Questions? Email us at hello@thekitchensf.org
Passover Resources
Hazzan Asher Shasho Levy’s Passover Playlists
Prepare for Passover with two playlists curated by Asher – one to immerse oneself in the text & music of Passover, and another that’s pure vibes to set the mood for the seder prep.
Spencer ’s Passover Wine Flight
Now a yearly tradition, our Executive Director has crafted a Passover wine flight with options for each of the 4 cups of wine, plus a bottle for after the seder. The entire flight can be purchased at Flatiron Wines & Spirits, either via their website or in-person at their retail shop at 2 New Montgomery St in Downtown San Francisco.
Download the wine flight here.
Cup 1
Mas de Daumas Gassac Rose Frizant 2021
Region – Languedoc, France
$23.99
If you know anything about our wine flights - always start with sparkling wine! Aimé Guibert starred as one of the heroes of the anti-globalization wine documentary Mondovino. Guibert helped revolutionize Languedoc wine, producing exceptional wines that changed the way that many viewed the region and its potential for fine wine. This lively, fresh yet fruity wine should be served well-chilled to quench thirst, indulge the tastebuds and banish gloom!
Cup 2
Ulacia Getariako Txakolina Blanco 2023
Region – Getaria, Basque Region, Spain
$21.99
If you’ve never had Txakoli - it may be the world’s most fun wine to drink. Julian and Maia Ulacia’s small winery near the small fishing village of Getaria makes such small quantities that most of it gets consumed locally. The grapes are grown on the coast and have a sharp, zippy saline quality from the ocean with a carbonic zing. They go perfectly with the local seafood and even your gefilte fish!
Cup 3
Andrea Occhipinti Lazio Alkes Rosato 2022
Region – Lazio, Italy
$29.99
Andrea Occhipinti is based in the Lazio region of Italy and has made it his mission to preserve the local grape varieties, which is why he consistently only works with the native varieties like Ciliegiolo (used in this rosé), aiming to prove that their preservation is worthwhile. Aromas of fresh cherries and mountain fruit. A medium-bodied rosé that drinks like a light red, fresh and easy - like springtime in a bottle.
Cup 4
Domaine Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge 2023
Region – Loire Valley, France
$29.99
Philippe and Simon Tessier are making soulful wines, true to their terroir. Located in the heart of Cheverny. They believe that a wine should reflect an expression of place and should reflect the climatic conditions of the year, as well as the winemaker that produces it, while also respecting the life of the soil and the environment. This wine made with gamay, pinot noir, and côt (what they call malbec in The Loire) is both complex and easy to drink, which is not easy to achieve.
After-Seder Wine
Chavost Champagne Solera Ratafia Champenois
Region – Champagne, France
$37.99
NOT a sparkling Champagne! A vin de liqueur made from Chardonnay and Meunier grape-must fortified with grape brandy. Champagne is a huge influence for this wine, hence the acidity in this wine is unmatched. Ratafia's history goes back hundreds of years, and this special bottling from the coop of Chavost shows its magic. Hazelnut, dried cashews, and hints of maple boom out of the glass.
Kids + Family
Recommendations
Check out the curated list of music, videos, virtual retelling, and haggadot recommendations.
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The downloadable PDF version of the PJ Library Family Haggadah is interactive, filled with videos of songs, blessings & explanations.
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A downloadable PDF coloring book from Haggadot.com, perfect for the 4 children who need to keep their hands busy.
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The Kveller Haggadah is for curious kids (and their grown-ups). This is a phyiscal book you can purchase direct from Kveller.
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A classic haggadah full of commentaries, art, and ideas for bringing people into the discussion.
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A contemporary version of A Different Night with current voices and new commentary, same interactive storytelling.
Israeli Black Panthers Haggadah
The Israeli Black Panthers Haggadah was first written in 1971, at the beginning of their movement. It was written in a dark tin shack in Jerusalem on a stolen typewriter. In the introduction to this 50th Anniversary Edition, Reuven Abergel, one of the founders of the movement, writes that the Haggadah talks "about the pain, discrimination, and oppression that we were subjected to as part of Israel's policy of separation between Jews from Muslim countries and Jews from Eastern Europe."
A year later, a fire destroyed most of the Israeli Black Panthers' archives, including the Haggadah. It was thought lost for some 40 years until a rabbi who collected Haggadot reached out to Abergel with a copy.
In 2019, a second edition of the Haggadah was published in Hebrew as a pamphlet, an effort initiated through The Civil Archive of Social Struggles in Israel, led by Sapir Sluzker Amran. After that, groups came together with the purpose of making the Israeli Black Panthers struggle and the Haggadah story accessible in both Hebrew and English as a way of promoting dialogue about the potential of Mizrahi struggle in Israel/Palestine.
Translator Itamar Haritan worked closely with Abergel to translate the Haggadah into English starting in 2017 and has updated parts of it since then with his help. The Israeli Black Panthers Haggadah is a completely bilingual (Hebrew-English) book and in addition to the new translation from Haritan and introduction from Abergel, there are other new essays that reflect on the Israeli Black Panthers and the Haggadah text. It also includes powerful archival images of the Panthers and their activism.
Social Justice
Recommendations
Check out this curated list of resources for the social justice-minded seder.
Learn the true origin story of the orange on the seder plate, in the words of the professor who began the tradition — An Orange on Plate for Women – And Spit Out Seeds of Hate
Passover resources from Jews For Racial & Economic Justice, including a Black Lives Matter supplement.
Avodah has a wonderful directory of Passover resources for This Moment and Beyond, divided into relevant topics you may want to include in your seder.
