Passover

Millions of Jewish people and their families all over the world are preparing their own ritual foods and readying their homes for Passover.

Passover, known as the festival of freedom, celebrates the Jewish people emerging from slavery in Egypt.

Key takeaways: Passover, or Pesach, is an eight-day Jewish holiday that begins at sundown tonight. The story of Passover is rooted in the Book of Exodus and ...

And in the context of Exodus, perhaps the journey to find healing is another expression of seeking abundance, hope and freedom.” “We try to get to the core of what it means to be free,” Adler continued. “There is a tradition of the youngest child at the seder starting us off by the asking of the traditional Four Questions,” said Adler. “We celebrate this festival of freedom by having a meal that is literally a journey through the story of the Exodus.” The most well-known of these is matzah, which represents the unleavened bread gathered by the ancient Hebrews in their haste to leave Egypt. “The story is rooted in the Book of Exodus,” said Rabbi Sara Adler of Michigan Medicine’s Spiritual Care Department.

The Process of Organizing My Parents' Archive Became a Private Pleasure, a Soothing Ritual. I Would Pour Myself a Glass of Wine and Pull Out Folder After ...

My mother’s archive went to Rice University, where she had held an endowed chair for a decade, and my father’s, to Seton Hall University, which maintains an extensive archive on I hated it when people who knew my parents’ work tried to engage me in conversation about it, as though I should have inherited an innate understanding of Buber and Levinas, or been spoon-fed The Body of Faith and Saints and Postmodernism with my morning cornflakes. As weeks stretched into months, it became clear I was going to need a new hobby, and the boxes were whispering to me. The trip had been his idea; he wanted to bring his grandchildren to Berlin and Budapest to share with them the story of his family’s miraculous escape from the Nazis on the eve of the Holocaust – to pass on to a new generation the tale of his flight to freedom. But truth be told, once I’d begun, the process became a private pleasure, a kind of soothing ritual. I boxed it all up and moved it to my basement. Those, I set aside in a box marked “private,” to join family keepsakes. After his death in 2015, it fell to me to clear out my parents’ apartment, a task many of us eventually face. But I also knew the disorganized state in which I would find their files. I traveled from my home in New Jersey to visit him as often as I could, and for a couple of years, he seemed fine. The process of organizing my parents' archive became a private pleasure, a soothing ritual. Of course, I don’t mean flesh and bone; I mean manuscripts, correspondence, articles, lectures, journals, notes, photographs, official documents, personal writings – the accumulated record of the lives of two Jewish philosophers.

Growing up, I loved Passover. I still do. I love clumsily spilling Kedem grape juice onto saucers and leaning on decorative pillows taken from every bedroom ...

You can reflect on the ways in which you feel free, the ways that you feel trapped. You can help the world realize a vision of freedom by using your voice to fight for causes that are important to you. [pikuach nefesh](https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/saving-a-life-pikuach-nefesh/), the preservation of life, is the most holy act that one can do. It is well-documented that many of the behaviors necessary for the “full” observance of Passover, such as reading ingredient labels and heavily restricting certain foods, can be harmful to individuals with a history of disordered eating. It means walking past the tempting breads and pastries that seemingly haunt you everywhere, from the baguettes in the grocery store to the muffins in the dining hall to the bags of Chips Ahoy at the gas station. It involves turning away from melt-in-your-mouth, delectable pizza at the office party in favor of the bland side salad that sits in a pathetic melamine bowl on the edge of the table.

The holiday lands during one of the most politically fractured times in modern Israeli history. Some U.S. Jews plan to discuss it during their seder.

Jews — usually those who are more religiously and politically conservative — the tone of those criticizing Israel’s new government feels over the top. Jews frame their worry as one related to demographic destiny — the growth of a more religiously and politically conservative generation in Israel, while American Jews remain mostly liberal and moderate politically, and more secular. There is no democracy in Israel as it enforces a military occupation over millions of Palestinians.” The gulf on display has slowly widened over the decades, in part because of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands and its expansion of Israeli settlements there. “What is being threatened is the concept of the shared values. Rabbi Moshe Hauer, executive vice president of the Orthodox Union, an advocacy group for mostly modern Orthodox Jews, told The Washington Post in an interview that U.S. Susskind is president of the U.S. Jews will end their ritual Passover meals Wednesday night in essentially the same way as Jews in Israel, with the words: “Next year in Jerusalem.” To some the ancient prayer said at the close of the Seder is literal, a kind of Zionist call; to others it’s more about aspiring to a better world, to personal redemption. Those include “allowing extremism into the government” and “inciting settler violence.” Or using the new, 65-page But this year, the holiday lands in the thick of one of the most politically fractured times in modern Israel’s 75-year history. [ban unkosher food ](https://www.timesofisrael.com/knesset-passes-hametz-law-allowing-hospitals-to-ban-leavened-products-on-passover/)from hospitals and reduce the long-established role of [women in the Israeli military](https://www.timesofisrael.com/noam-party-chief-maoz-idf-unit-promoting-women-must-be-closed-immediately/). Jews, a time when even the dispassionate join in a display of peoplehood.

As the country endures a wave of book bans, American Jews should find guidance and purpose in the Haggadah.

But the tale of the five rabbis studying in their cave reminds us: eventually, inevitably, they come for the books. They come because of the books. The soldiers were not coming to crush a war, they were coming for the books. Beyond a stilted context for my own place in the world, books also taught me something of empathy. [Passover Seder](https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-passover-seder-goes-gourmet), because it is a meal accompanied by a book, always feels like the most Jewish of Jewish rituals. This need is never satisfied, but feeding it scales the magnitude of existence into something manageable. This interpretation gathers the rabbis into the folds of history, on the brink of a war for Jewish self-determination which took the full might of the Roman army to crush. Whether the topic is race or gender or history, the book banners believe people do not deserve access to the full range of thought or expression on these matters. After the Bar Kokhba war, Emperor Hadrian issued edicts designed to devastate Jewish culture and throttle the Judeans’ will for independence. The ideas themselves must be censored out of public conversation. The text implies the rabbis, fueled by the tireless power of their faith, studied through the night. The rabbis were breaking the law.

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And in communities like ours they will be reminded that they still have many, many friends. The Inquirer reported that Philadelphia had the most reported incidents in the region, with 34, followed by Montgomery County’s 24. Nationwide the numbers were up 36%, with the 3,697 incidents the highest such number recorded since the ADL began collecting such data in 1979. This is the third time in the past five years that the year-end total has been the highest number ever recorded. “For not only one (enemy) has risen up against us to destroy us, but in every generation they rise up to destroy us,” the Haggadah says. It was up 65% in Pennsylvania, with 114 reported incidents in the Keystone State.

Tonight at sundown, we join Jewish communities in Canada and around the world to celebrate the beginning of Passover.

Today, we also reaffirm our commitment to stand up against antisemitism, oppression, and hatred in all its forms to ensure a better world for everyone. It is a time to reflect on our shared values of strength, resilience, and perseverance, and reminds us that every challenge can be overcome. “On behalf of the Government of Canada, Sophie and I wish a happy Passover to those celebrating in Canada and around the world.

The Jewish holiday of Passover begins Wednesday, and temples around Palm Beach plan to celebrate with food, prayer and community.

"The whole idea of Passover is freedom. The whole message of Passover is that regardless of your physical circumstances, you can choose to be free internally and rise above it. "Passover signifies the birth of the independent Nation of Israel," he said. Subscribe today.](https://cm.palmbeachdailynews.com/specialoffer?gps-source=CPNEWS&utm_medium=mix&utm_source=news&utm_campaign=NEWSROOM&utm_content=CPNEWS) [Palm Beach Daily News](http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/), part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. The story of Passover reminds us that then, and now, it is only with G-d's hand that we can achieve true freedom. "Whether is be our fears, anxieties, destructive habits or numbing routines, the idea of metaphorically leaving Egypt for a new-found freedom is something everyone can relate to." And this is what we affirm at the seder table. "It will be so fitting and appropriate," he said. "It occurs during the spring, symbolizing the ideas of rebirth and rejuvenation. We acknowledge the bitterness of being enslaved, but we also celebrate the power to be free." Some of them are externally imposed limitations, and then there are the self-imposed slaveries, too, of addiction, negative mindsets and unhappiness.

This spirit of unity should inspire Jews in Israel and across the world on Passover. It is an opportunity to free ourselves from internal disputes and ...

“We are all brothers (and sisters),” read the letters in lights across Tel Aviv’s Azrieli Towers. Passover is a time for celebration, gratitude and togetherness. It is an opportunity to free ourselves from internal disputes and concentrate on what we have in common. “You will [celebrate Passover](https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-736267). Known globally as the When the Israelites followed Moses in the [Exodus from Egypt](https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/article-700876), they did so together – as one people. Opposition leaders for the most part responded in kind. This is the time to begin a sincere, serious and responsible dialogue that will urgently calm the waters and lower the flames,” Herzog declared. We must remain one people and one state.”Isaac Herzog [Passover toast](https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-736370) at the Prime Minister’s Office, Netanyahu also sounded a conciliatory tone. If one side wins, the state will lose. We must remain one people and one state.”

A Holocaust survivor's recollections give her insight into the plight of today's Ukrainians. And in Brooklyn, a garage sale with more than a touch of ...

She called it “the garage sale to end all garage sales,” and it was different from the usual garage sale. We saw a pizza place with a line of people out the door. He said that he had gone to the Polish-Ukrainian border with a group of rabbis at this time last year. “This is a Jewish framing of a terribly current situation and Passover gives us a hopeful trajectory through it.” “There’s something about being able to come and be in a room with other survivors and know there’s a commonality, even if they’re not talking about their histories,” Chilton said. Someone, a German soldier or sympathizer, saw the light and threw a bomb at the house. “We had to go a long time without being able to connect in person.” “I knew we needed to go because we saw the Nazis’ planes,” said Chernyavaskaya, who is now 87 and attended a model Seder for Holocaust survivors in Manhattan last week in anticipation of Passover, which begins tonight. He is the scholar-in-residence at UJA-Federation of New York, whose Community Initiative for Holocaust Survivors provides financial help and programs for about 25,000 Holocaust survivors in New York City. “It was the Holocaust against Jewish people” in World War II, she said. The agency says that many survivors struggled with isolation and the loss of younger loved ones during the pandemic, as well as friends in their 80s and 90s. And we’ll also look at an unusual garage sale in Brooklyn, with a television star offering a mink coat from the 1970s for $400.

'For Our Freedom' includes vivid illustrations by Kyiv-born Israeli artist Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi.

“It was very emotional to return to a Haggadah, as the first illustrator working on a Ukrainian translation,” said Cherkassky-Nnadi. “The Jewish world in Ukraine assumed that everyone speaks Russian and that was fine until this war.” She is not religious — she’s an avowed and vocal communist — but found a sense of hope in illustrating the Ukrainian Haggadah. “This sense of hope is what keeps Ukraine as a country and its people together and holding on.” Sign in to stop seeing this](//crm.timesofisrael.com/sign-in) If so, please join The Times of Israel Community. But the invasion last year prompted many Ukrainians to switch languages as a sign of national solidarity. Do you rely on The Times of Israel for accurate and insightful news on Israel and the Jewish world? They want to speak about freedom and free choice in Ukrainian. Women came without their husbands and without their belongings,” said Weinstein. They don’t want to read the Haggadah in Russian, she said. The organization is currently supporting some 3,000 Ukrainian women, said Rabbi Olya Weinstein, Project Kesher’s executive director in Israel.

Passover is an important weeklong religious holiday celebrated by the Jewish community to honor the Israelites' escape from slavery in Egypt.

[CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP](https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink) Jewish families and individuals from all over the world celebrate the holiday as a way to reconnect with their religious history and identity. Moreover, the holiday has also become important because it honors how a group of people overcame oppression and hardship by remaining faithful to God and each other. In addition, all chametz, or leavened, is removed from homes, and families only eat unleavened food items. [event called the Seder is hosted;](https://www.foxnews.com/category/lifestyle/occasions/holiday) foods that symbolize the freedom of the Israelites are eaten among a family. [most important religious traditions](https://www.foxnews.com/category/faith-values/faith) celebrated by members of the Jewish faith all over the world every year.