The Westview Elementary school celebrated the Seder Feast on April 9th in the AC auditorium in commemoration of Passover. The celebration of Passover began on April 7th or 8th and it lasted seven or eight days, until April 15th.The Seder Feast is celebrated on the first two nights of Passover world wide every year at a predetermined time: the dates change each year.
Jews that observe Passover for eight days celebrate Passover on the first two nights and those Jews that observe Passover for seven days celebrate Passover on their first night.
The word “Seder” means “order” in Hebrew. Elimelech David Ha-Levi Web Services reports that “Passover has fifteen steps that are performed at different points in the Passover Seder meal.”
The Seder Feast involves six different dishes on one plate; a side of salt water, and a cup of wine.
A variety of dishes make up the Seder Feast; Rabbi Shraga Simmons explains that these dishes are “Matzah, Chazaret, Zeroa, Karpas, Beitzah, and Charoset.”Matzah is unleavened bread; Karpas and Chazaret are bitter vegetables; and Zeroa is a shank bone of a chicken. Beitzah is a hard-boiled egg, and Charoset is a mixture of nuts, fruit, honey, and cinnamon.
Elementary Principal Jim Parrish informed me that “the significance of the Seder Feast is that “at the point of the tenth plague, lamb were slain and their blood was put on every Israelite’s doorpost; and the angel of death would pass over their home.”
Mr. Parrish further explains that “This symbolizes for Christian Jews that Jesus is the lamb that was slain for our sin, so that we can pass from death into life.”
“WCS students celebrate this event as a part of their Bible curriculum,” Mr. Parrish noted: “and through the process, third graders learn more about the Old Testament.”
Elementary Principal Jim Parrish informed me that “the significance of the Seder Feast is that “at the point of the tenth plague, lamb were slain and their blood was put on every Israelite’s doorpost; and the angel of death would pass over their home.”
Mr. Parrish further explains that “This symbolizes for Christian Jews that Jesus is the lamb that was slain for our sin, so that we can pass from death into life.”
“WCS students celebrate this event as a part of their Bible curriculum,” Mr. Parrish noted: “and through the process, third graders learn more about the Old Testament.”
