| WHO: |
Homebound Seniors of the greater Desert Jewish Community
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| WHAT: |
A Traditional Passover Seder |
| DATE: |
April 24, 2008 |
| TIME: |
12:00 - 3:00 p.m.
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| WHERE: |
Temple Sinai
73251 Hovley Ln. W.
Palm Desert, CA 92260
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Homebound Seniors will come together for Passover Seder
(Palm Desert, CA, April 15, 2008) – Jewish Family Service is organizing a Passover Seder that will bring together about 40 local seniors, who are either homebound or living in assisted care facilities, and who might not otherwise participate in this Jewish traditional and celebration. The Seder will be led by Rabbi Avi Levine and Cantor Beth Garden at Temple Sinai April 24 at 12 p.m.
The Social Action Committee of Temple Sinai will serve the food, which is being prepared by Carlos Johnson of Epic Catering.
The Passover Seder is a Jewish ritual feast held on the first night of the Jewish holiday of Passover. Traditionally families gather around the table on the night of Passover to read the Haggadah, the story of the Israelite exodus from Egypt. Seder customs include drinking of wine, eating matza and partaking of symbolic foods placed on the Passover Seder Plate. Six specific items are placed on the Seder Plate including bitter herbs, symbolizing the bitterness and harshness of the slavery which the Jews endured in Ancient Egypt, as well as a sweet, brown mixture, representing the mortar used by the Jewish slaves to build the storehouses of Egypt. The Seder is very ritualistic and symbolic, and often takes hours to complete, during which time a fellowship and unity is built as the older generations pass on the beliefs and traditions to the younger generations.
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