“We can’t celebrate our freedom because we don’t have this freedom. Our brothers and sisters and mothers and fathers are still in captivity, and we need to release them,” Gat said. Advertisement On Monday, Jews around the world will begin celebrating the ...
On Monday, Jews around the world will begin celebrating the weeklong Passover holiday, recounting the biblical story of their exodus from Egypt after hundreds of years of slavery. But for many Israelis, it’s hard to fathom a celebration of freedom when friends and family are not free. The ...
Pesach, otherwise known as theJewishPassover, begins on the 15th of the month of Nisan and lasts for 7 days for those living inIsrael, or 8 days for Jews outside of Israel, based on the concept of Yom Tov Sheni Shel Galuyot. The purpose of this holiday is to celebrate spring, birt...
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For “Shabbat Shalom,” which aired in April during Passover, the result of the collaboration focused on a staple of Jewish education. Stay updated with the latest news! Subscribe to The Jerusalem Post Newsletter Subscribe Now “In school, young [Jewish] children, one of the ways they prepare...
In the Passover spirit of making the most of the time and resources you have under difficult circumstances — the holiday's main edible symbol, a cracker-like bread called matzah, stands for exactly this — some Jews are turning to another object of necessity to celebrate the holiday this ye...
Passover is also a time for families, and when it falls during the week, as it does this year, it is a time off during a work week to celebrate love. This year, while the order of the service and the order of the mean remain the same, the faces at my table will be different....
In New Testament times, the Christian church celebrated Easter when the Jews observed Passover. By the middle of the second century, Easter was celebrated on the Sunday after Passover. The Council of Nicaea decided in 325 A.D. that all churches should celebrate it together on a Sunday. The...
In New Testament times, the Christian church celebrated Easter when the Jews observed Passover. By the middle of the second century, Easter was celebrated on the Sunday after Passover. The Council of Nicaea decided in 325 A.D. that all churches should celebrate it together on a Sunday. The...
their heritage. The dates of Hanukkah vary each year, but it is typically celebrated in December. Hanukkah remembers and celebrates a time in history where Jews were persecuted for their faith, but overcame. To celebrate they light a menorah (candle holder) to cleanse their temple in Jerusalem...