Siyum and breakfast: approximately 7:40-8:15am

The fast applies to the firstborn child of a mother or a father, and begins at dawn (4:50am this year). It is customary, after Shacharit, to have a siyum, completion of study of a unit of rabbinic literature, followed by a seudat mitzvah, a meal accompanying the performance of a mitzvah. All firstborn in attendance are then permitted to eat for the rest of the day. This year, Rabbi Mark Greenspan will lead us in completing his learning of Abudraham’s Commentary on the Haggadah and Laws of the Seder, composed in 14th century Seville. Afterwards, stick around for breakfast—it’s a mitzvah!