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Archive for the 'Shavuot' Category
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
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Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)
Tomorrow morning at 10 a.m., a siren will sound throughout the entire country of Israel. Pedestrians will stop in their tracks. Traffic will come to a standstill. Everyone will stand – young and old, religious and secular, feet planted firmly, head bowed in somber and rapt attention.
A nation of nearly 6 million Jews will remember and honor the 6 million who were murdered in the Holocaust.
Yom HaShoah v’HaGvurah, which literally means the Day (of Remembrance) for the Holocaust and for Heroism, began tonight, on the 27th day of the Jewish month of Nisan, just one week after the conclusion of Passover. The holiday will conclude tomorrow evening. The date, chosen by the Israeli parliament in 1951, also marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.
In addition to that haunting siren, Yom HaShoah will also be marked tomorrow at school-wide assemblies across the nation. Remembrance is even an integral part of the TV schedule: For 25 hours, beginning tonight and concluding early tomorrow evening, cable and public stations run only programming that is connected to the Holocaust and World War II. A number of tonight’s talk shows featured interviews with survivors who are now in their late 80s. Most restaurants have also shut their doors, at least for tonight – some even closed as early as 4 p.m. Movie theatres are also closed tonight.
Yom HaShoah is the first of three national (non-religious) holidays in Israel, which fall during the seven-week period between the end of the Passover and the start of Shavuot. Next Wednesday night, May 7th, is the intensely somber Memorial Day (Yom HaZikaron). The following day, the country will transition from a week of national mourning to a day of total jubilation: Israel’s 60th Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut).
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Passover
Today is the 1st day of Passover (which began last night). The 8 day observance commemorates the freedom and exodus of the Israelites (Jewish slaves) from Egypt during the reign of the Pharaoh Ramses II.
A time of family gatherings and lavish meals called Seders, the story of Passover is retold through the reading of the Haggadah. With its special foods, songs, and customs, the Seder is the focal point of the Passover celebration.
Join us for our updated Passover 2008 celebration - Passover on the Net
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Passover
Tonight is the 1st night of Passover, the 8 day observance commemorating the freedom and exodus of the Israelites (Jewish slaves) from Egypt during the reign of the Pharaoh Ramses II.
A time of family gatherings and lavish meals called Seders, the story of Passover is retold through the reading of the Haggadah. With its special foods, songs, and customs, the Seder is the focal point of the Passover celebration.
Join us for our 2008 Passover celebration - Passover on the Net
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Pesach Sameach!
Happy Passover!
Spring has arrived and with it comes the eight-day Jewish holiday of freedom. It’s time to clean out your chametz, open up a box of matzah and set up for your seder.
Join our Passover festivities at Holidays on the Net to learn all about this pinnacle holiday in the Jewish calendar. Study the significance of the seder plate and its symbolic foods; explore the Haggadah and its parable of the Four Sons; help your kids get ready to recite the Four Questions; and even discover some new traditions for this ages old holiday.
Of course, at Holidays on the Net, we know that getting ready for Passover means a lot of cleaning and cooking. If you’re in charge of baking dessert or bringing charoset to your seder, we’ve got you covered. And be sure to check out our article on cooking meat-free and low-fat (we’ve even got a recipe for mock chicken soup and vegan matzah balls!). Visit our Passover recipe pages for these and more tasty holiday dishes.
While you’re “slaving” away in the kitchen (so you can be “free” on seder night), your kids can keep busy with our fun Passover crafts. Or just crank up some Passover music and let your little ones get into the holiday spirit. And there’s still time to send Passover greetings with our selection of free holiday ecards.
The first night of Passover 2008 is celebrated with a seder on this Saturday, April 19. The second seder is Sunday, April 20.
We look forward to seeing you at our Passover celebrations!
Hag Kasher v’Samech (A Happy and Kosher Passover),
Holidays on the Net
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
I was so excited when Louie asked me to be a guest blogger for Holiday Rap, his awesome holiday blog. I’m thrilled to be able to offer my own unique take on the celebration of Jewish holidays here in Israel. A little about me: I’m an American-raised gal, who moved to Israel more than a decade ago … and since, have been trying to figure out where I fit in this dual-identitied existence of mine. One thing’s for sure: My favorite part about life in Israel is the Jewish holidays.
Whether you’re religious, traditional or secular, it doesn’t matter come Pesach (Passover in Hebrew). Here, everyone from the 18 year-old soldiers to the 80-year old grandmas are cleaning for Passover. Grocery stores are getting rich off bleach sales! In fact, the average grocery bill in Israel is doubled during the week of Passover (my pocket book sure felt the pinch on Tuesday, when I did my big shop.)
Grocery stores know that Pesach is their golden cow (forgive the bad Moses on Mt. Sinai pun), so ever since Purim ended a month ago, the major national chains have been turning over their shelves to hock their Pesach wares. Matzah, matzah and more matzah, plus all your regular groceries, too, are now Kosher for Pesach.
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