ANTELOPE VALLEY JEWS GET READY FOR PASSOVER.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Daily News Staff Writer Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Jews are preparing for the observance of Passover, the festival of freedom that celebrates the Hebrews' Exodus from Egypt. Called Pesach in Hebrew, Passover begins on Monday, the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan. ``It is very, very much taken up with family traditions, and it is a very warm, family holiday. Everybody gathers around the table and retells the story of the Exodus,'' said Anne Aldrich, congregation president at Beth Knesset Bamidbar, the Reform Jewish congregation in Lancaster. First day of Passover services will take place at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the synagogue, 1611 E. Ave. J. The congregation will host its annual community Seder feast at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Reservations are required. Yizkor - memorial services - will be 10 a.m. April 28. The synagogue's telephone number is (805) 942-4415. The freedom of the Jewish people from Egyptian bondage BONDAGE. Slavery. has become a powerful symbol of redemption - not only the redemption of the Jewish people but the redemption of the entire world, Rabbi Alan Henkin says. The highlight of the Passover observance is the Seder, with its many symbolic foods and its elaborate liturgy recounting the Jews' deliverance Deliverance See also Freedom. Aphesius epithet of Zeus, meaning ‘releaser.’ [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 292–293] Bolivar, Simón (1783–1830) the great liberator of South America. [Am. Hist. from slavery, Henkin said. Beth Knesset Bamidbar's community Seder will be a traditional one, Henkin said. Important mitzvot - commandments - associated with Passover include the removal of leaven leaven (lĕv`ən), agent used to raise bread or other flour foods. Physical leavens include water vapor, which is released as steam at high temperatures (as in popovers), and air, which is incorporated by beating. from one's home prior to the beginning of Passover, the abstinence from eating leavened leav·en n. 1. An agent, such as yeast, that causes batter or dough to rise, especially by fermentation. 2. An element, influence, or agent that works subtly to lighten, enliven, or modify a whole. tr.v. food during Passover, participation in a Seder and invitation of guests to join in. The prohibitions against keeping leavened food during Passover means removing anything made with certain grains, including bread, cake, rolls, bagels, cereals and even alcoholic beverages
``For observant ob·ser·vant adj. 1. Quick to perceive or apprehend; alert: an observant traveler. See Synonyms at careful. 2. Jews, it entails a great deal of housework,'' Henkin said. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--color) Nathan Steiner, 4, eats matzo in observance of the holiday. (2--color) Rabbi Alan Henkin leads children at Beth Knesset Bamidbar Preschool in a Seder to prepare them for Passover, which celebrates the Hebrews' Exodus from Egypt. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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