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Wednesday, April 19, 1995
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Students celebrate Passover
Jews around the world are gathering in small family and community groups this week to celebrate Passover, the commemoration known as the "Festival of Freedom."
By Eduardo A. Molina Kansan staff writer
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Seder observance planned tomorrow at Hillel House
Passover, which this year began Friday and ends tomorrow, celebrates the flight of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery, probably in the 1200s B.C.
An important tradition for the celebration is the Passover meal, which is celebrated in family groups.
"I feel much more comfortable going home to celebrate," he said. "We had a big dinner with my family and friends."
That is one of the reasons why Michael Rosenburg, Skokie, Ill.,
freshman, decided to go home to celebrate this year.
Rosenburg said that one of the traditions of Passover was to eat matzo, or unraised bread, which is the most important symbol of the celebration.
"The matzo is unleavened bread specially prepared for the celebration," he said. "You can prepare it at home or buy it at places where rabbis supervise the way the bread is cooked."
During the ceremonial feast, or seder, the story of the flight of the Israelites from Egypt is read from a book called the Haggadah.
While reading the story about the liberation, a room door is kept open to welcome the prophet Elijah, Rosenburg said. Elijah's visit is important because the prophet will prepare the way for the Messiah by
bringing peace within each family.
Beth Ackerman, Dallas sopnomore, didn't go home for Passover, but she had the opportunity to celebrate with a friend of hers in Sioux City, Iowa.
"It is hard when you are not at home for the holidays," she said. "But it is interesting to see how people celebrate Passover in a different and more traditional way."
In "The Passover Seder" by Ruth Fredman, it is explained that the Hebrew name for the festival, Pesah, refers to the story in the book of Exodus about God's "passing over" the houses of the Israelites during the 10th plague, in which the first-born sons of Egyptians were killed.
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Tomorrow, the Jewish community will celebrate a seder dinner at 7 p.m. at the Hillel House, 940 Mississippi St. People interested in joining the seder should first contact Beth Ackerman at 841-4922.
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