Jewish and Israeli Holidays
Since 2018, the organization has shipped more than 675,000 individual Haggadahs to some 110,000 PJ Library families at no cost.
The World Organization of Orthodox Communities and Synagogues further calls for community leaders to ensure congregants are able to issue first aid and aware of emergency exits.
Last year, the holiday drive raised more than 23,000 pounds of kosher-for-Passover food.
From the practical (a training session called “Until Help Arrives”) to the professional (DHS provides protective security advisers across the country), a security expert offers sound advice to taken to ensure that this Passover is a safe one for American Jews.
For the second seder, consider a lighter meal. This may well be the start of a new tradition for wordly younger generations looking for fresh, healthy but still tasty and traditional holiday fare.
The companion provides activities, games and discussion prompts that can be implemented during the festive meal for different age groups.
“With the noise of the grogger, we suppress the voice of war,” said Chief Rabbi Shlomo Köves.
Defense chiefs have no objection to the move, according to an Israeli media report.
“Our main goal isn’t to only compensate for what the refugees don’t have but to give them a good feeling and make them happy,” says Chabad emissary Shmulik Zalmanov.
“You want to be Cinderella going to the ball or King Ahasuerus? I tell my employees. ‘Remember that no matter who’s standing in front of you, she is now Cinderella, and you need to treat her like Cinderella,’ ” says Tel Aviv costume-store owner Rami Patimer.
The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities has arranged for the shipment of 775 pounds of matzah to be distributed through the region, a nearly 20% increase as compared to Passover last year.
The shah’s government facilitated the purchase of the land in 1971 to mark 2,500 years to Cyrus the Great’s edict allowing Babylonians to worship the god of their choice.
