Public Passover Seder The Olympic Collection Monday, March 29 , 2010 7-8 PM "Shmooz & Cruise Happy Hour" 8 PM Seder,  9 PM Dinner! $69 Per Person   _____________________ Tuesday, March 30, 2010 In a Private Home. 8 PM  Seder,  9 PM Dinner! $69 Per Person   ______________________ We only accept Pre-paid Reservations. Ticket(s) will be held for you at the door. You may also call to make a reservation by calling: 310 391 7995 ______________________

FAQ's

Q. I would love to come, however, I'm eating completely raw vegan foods and cleansing my system for the next two weeks. I wouldn't be able to eat.  Will you be having any uncooked organic foods? salads? peace! A. U can eat yr special foods @ 5 B4 U leave home. Its not just abt food consumption. Its 4 Jews 2 observe the Passover tht our ppl have been doing for 33 centuries. There R 15 steps in the Seder. Only one of them is the Bnqt. The telling of the story of the exodus is actually one of the Commandments in the Bible. Plz come & join us on the Holiday. I hope U can eat the Matza which is another , once a year Mitzvah, (Biblical command). Whatever U do ,be blessed from the G-d of the 10 Commandments (remember the way the 10 cmndmnts begins-"I am the L-rd yr G-d, who brought U out of the house of bondage, out of the land of Egypt.") 2 have a very joyous, sweet, liberating Passover. Schwartzie

"Seder Stories " All names are fictitious.  This year, we got a deal from a kosher caterer whose hall was in "the Hood". I stood in the doorway that windy evening to greet people & it was the deepest teachings from the finest people watching. I observed the encounters between 100's of "my" Jews & 100's of furhatted & black-hatted Chasidic & Orthodox. We wound up with almost 400 Jews from everywhere including Hong Kong; mostly in their 20's, 30's & 40's. After our very cute red-headed 8 yr old belted out the 4 ?'s in Yiddish by heart, an older man came over to me w/tears in his eyes. He told me he escaped from Brooklyn to the Valley in 1954 & hadn't heard the seder questions in years.

Fan Mail Alissa grew up conservative-reform, and I grew up a very reform Jewish Cowboy from West Florida. Rabbi Schwartz and his family "turned us on" to a whole new world, without labels or categories; a world that's all about connection to our heritage; about our current modern world and how to live as a Jew within it. When I first went to the Rabbi's High Holy Day Service, I had never met a Chassidic Jew in my life. I wasn't sure what to expect, but for me those 2 hours of learning and laughter were more meaningful than all the spiritual searching I had experienced in my prior 32.  Click here for more.