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A Passover Invitation
Before telling the Passover story, the leader of the story
says, "Let all who are hungry come and eat. Let all who
are in need come and celebrate Pesah with us." It would
be terrible if a Jew could not take part in a seder. So it
is a mitzvah to keep other Jews in mind on Passover. We
invite guests to join us on this night, and by giving
tzedakah, we help Jews in need observe Pesah in their homes.
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THE
FEAST
And now dinner is served! It is a feast, with many traditional,
much-loved foods, such as chicken soup with matzah balls,
gefilte fish, and carrot tzimmes.
After dinner comes the dramatic moment when the leader looks
for the afikoman. How can it have disappeared? When the
children announce that they have hidden the afikoman, the
leader has no choice but to "buy" it back from them
with a suitable prize. Then the afikoman is shared among the
guests, the Birkat Hamazon is recited, and the meal is
officially over.
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Living
Our Tradition
On Passover we remember how Pharaoh refused to free the
Israelites. From the Torah we learn that God had compassion
and delivered us from slavery.
Unfortunately, there are still people who are oppressed.
Our tradition teaches that God wants all people to be free
and that, as members of the Covenant, we must work as
partners with God to help free the oppressed.
One way we can do this is by working with others to
observe the mitzvah of pidyon su'vuyim, saving Jews
who are held captive.
In 1985, the Jewish communities of North America and Israel
saved thousands of Ethiopian Jews who were living in
oppression. They airlifted the Ethiopians to Israel in a
rescue mission called Operation Moses.
Why do you think the mission was given this name?
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