JEWISH ELDERS SIT DOWN TO FEAST AT SEDER SERVICE.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Daily News Staff Writer Said the father to his children: ``At the Seder you will dine You will eat your fill of matzo You will drink four cups of wine.'' . . . Then the simple son said simply, ``What is this?'' and quietly The good father told his offspring, ``We were freed from slavery.'' - Excerpts from ``The Ballad of the Four Sons,'' as sung at Seder service for the Jewish Home for the Aging. The new dishes were set with plenty of wine and matzot at the tables Friday evening where some 300 Jewish residents, averaging 90 years of age, sat and greeted one another with ``Good Yontif!'' to welcome Passover. Like an estimated 240,000 other Jews throughout the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , Mary Cooper, 91, was partaking of food that symbolizes the ancient Hebrews' flight from slavery in Egypt to freedom in the promised land. ``This is what we lived through,'' Cooper said. ``I lived through what every Jew has lived through. So to me, this holiday is special. We are free.'' About 60 percent of the residents at the Jewish Home for the Aging on Victory Boulevard Victory Boulevard is a major thoroughfare on Staten Island, measuring approximately 8.0 miles (12.87 km) and stretching from the west shore community of Travis to the upper east shore communities of St. George and Tompkinsville. in Reseda gathered for the ritual meal that marks the first night of the eight-day Jewish holiday
A Jewish holiday or Jewish Festival is a day or series of days observed by Jews as a holy or secular commemoration of an important event in Jewish history. . Each year, the Seder service holds particular meaning for the Jewish home because it was founded on Passover in 1912, said Michael Turner, a spokesman for the home. The ceremonial feast, called the Seder, features among its symbolic foods roasted eggs, to represent a triumph of life over death; parsley parsley, Mediterranean aromatic herb (Petroselinum crispum or Apium petroselinum) of the carrot family, cultivated since the days of the Romans for its foliage, used in cookery as a seasoning and garnish. for springtime; and matzo, unleavened bread representing the lack of time for the bread to rise in the Israelites' quick flight. During the 45-minute Seder service, led by Rabbi rabbi [Heb.,=my master; my teacher], the title of a Jewish spiritual leader. The role of the rabbi has undergone a number of transformations. In the Talmudic period, rabbis were primarily teachers and interpreters of the Torah. William Gordon William Gordon may refer to: British people
As Sadye Pucker puck·er v. puck·ered, puck·er·ing, puck·ers v.tr. To gather into small wrinkles or folds: puckered my lips; puckered the curtains. v.intr. dipped her pinkie into her wine 10 times to represent the plagues visited upon Egypt, she gave thanks for her family's presence. ``I'm just glad to be here at age 93,'' Pucker said. ``I'm glad to be anywhere, especially with the family.'' The rabbi's wife, Deena Gordon, livened up the service by retelling re·tell·ing n. A new account or an adaptation of a story: a retelling of a Roman myth. the Israelites' plight through popular tunes, including a play on the theme song from ``Gilligan's Island Gilligan’s Island comedy about a party shipwrecked on a South Pacific island. [TV: Terrace, I, 312–313] See : Castaway .'' ``The Jews were forced to eat a three-hour meal - a three-hour meal,'' Gordon sang. Sylvia Harmatz, 100, recalled her childhood days when her father, a rabbi, held family services at home. ``I never, never remember eating a meal where the service was so long,'' she said. ``It means everything. . . . We have a wonderful heritage, and we should be proud of it.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Martha Goldberg, president of the Residents Council at the Jewish Home for the Aging, begins the Seder service. (2) A Seder participant dips a pinkie in the wine as the plagues are recited. Tom Mendoza/Daily News |
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