Posts Tagged: Passover Seder
At the Seder: What If You Just Don’t Feel It?
There are likely to be at least a couple skeptics at most seder tables. The story of the Exodus, with it’s other-worldly plagues, set in the midst of detailed...
420 Lone IDF Soldiers Attend Special Communal Passover Seder
JNS.org - More than 400 "lone soldiers" were invited to a special Passover Seder in the Israeli city of Hadera sponsored by the Israel...
Most Ritzy Passover Program in the World Costs $11,000 Per Person
New York Post - Esther Lerer has a lot to do this week. She's planning to test out a flight simulator that mimics combat air...
White House Seder More Significant This Year Amid Tense US-Israel Relations
The Hill - The White House's annual Passover Seder will take on an added significance this year, with President Obama presiding over the most tense...
Good Friday, Start of Passover Fall on Same Day for First Time in Years
JNS.org - The Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins Friday at sundown, is overlapping with the pre-Easter Christian holiday Good Friday. While the two holidays rarely...
Making the Seder a Personal Experience
Every time we sit down to a meal, according to the Talmud, it is an act of religious celebration. The ancient Temple sacrifices were not...
A New Thematic Approach to the Passover Seder
JNS.org - How is this year's Passover seder different from all other seders? More often than not, the answer might be, "Nothing's different at...
Enemies’ Moves, Friends’ Silence, Slam Door on Elijah’s Hope
On Friday night during the Seder, millions of Jews in Israel and throughout the diaspora will fill Elijah's Cup and then fling open their doors to...
From Oklahoma to Jerusalem: World’s Oldest Jewish Prayer Book Makes Its Way Home
It was a historical moment at Jerusalem's Bible Lands Museum on Thursday night, Sept. 18, as the world's oldest known Jewish prayer book, or siddur,...
Passing the Story of Passover to the Next Generation
Storytelling has always been a core tenet of Judaism. Not surprisingly then, some of history's greatest storytellers are Jews. From the Dubner maggid to Hassidic masters...
Infusing Meaning Into the Passover Seder
JNS.org - As the intersection of family, Jewish memory, and the passions of contemporary politics and society, the Passover seder is said to be...
Passover Guide for the Perplexed, 2014
1. The Passover legacy constitutes the foundation of Judaism, and is therefore included in most Jewish blessings ("in memory of the Exodus"). Passover symbolizes the rejuvenation of nature...
Bronfman Haggadah Comes Online Just in Time for Passover
JNS.org - In the Exodus story, Moses decides to rescue his people after he hears God speak to him through the burning bush. But...
Nepal Chabad Without Matzah Due to Israeli Foreign Ministry Strike
JNS.org - As a result of the ongoing strike by Israeli Foreign Ministry workers, a shipping container filled with Passover for a planned 1,700-person seder in...
