As Passover approaches, tsedakkah activity is everywhere. Where I live in Israel, people come knocking at my door; the local supermarket has placed cartons at the checkout counter for donations; fliers come in the mail. The local religious council and several of my neighbors are involved. Nationally, the generosity is organized on a massive scale.
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Why is this school vacation different from all other school vacations? Because this one is actually the biggest educational opportunity of all, more important than anything the kids could learn in school. And that’s because at the Passover Seder we retell for our children and ourselves the story of the inception of the Jewish people,
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