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The Celebration of Pesach (Part 5 of 5) ( החגיגה של פסח חלק 5 מן 5 )

After a hearty Sunday lunch at Hanna and Leah's place, we (sis and me) decided to spend the rest of the day walking around in the Tourist Center of Netanya, together with some of our friends.  As expected, most of the stores were closed for the occasion but, relatively, all of the restaurants were open and special Pesach meals were offered.

Our group were craving for some bread and pizza, but, all the bakeries, bread stores and pizza parlors were closed for the Passover holiday.  As we passed along the Shar Ha Emeck Street, we were intrigued by this shawarma resto, Shipudey Bat Haikar, it has a cool chandelier, two flat screen TV on the wall and it was jam-packed - it was said that the measure of an establishment is dependent on the number of its clientele -  and the blogger in me needed to try this new place out *smiles*.

The Celebration of Pesach (Part 4 of 5) ( החגיגה של פסח חלק 4 מן 5 )

After a wonderful Seder Pesach with the Kibbutz Maabarot community, I, together with my sis had another one with our close friends.  We were invited by our dear friends - Leah and Hanna in Netanya, when we arrived at their home, we were greeted by the mouth-watering aroma of chicken soup in full boil.   

Featured photo is a Keneidalak soup, and if I may say, the best I ever tasted, my guess would be because, of the love put into it.   

The Celebration of Pesach (Part 3 of 5) ( החגיגה של פסח חלק 3 מן 5 )

This post is about the joyful celebration of Pesach in Kibbutz Maabarot, it was organized in the dining hall, and everyone present in the event had an amazing aura of happiness, gratitude and love.  Yael Cater, one of my good friend here in Israel, invited me to join her and her family in their table.  In my book, it is a definite night to remember!

Below photo is an example of a Seder Plate for Passover, the word seder means order or arrangement, this was taken in the dining hall of Maabarot. 

The Passover Seder Plate is a special plate containing seven symbolic foods used by Jews, each of the items arranged on the plate has a significance to the retelling of the story of Exodus, which is the focus of the ritual meal, in the Haggadah of Kibbutz Maabarot, there are only six symbolic foods on a seder plate, the maror and chazeret is considered as one. 

First on the list is the Karpas, which can be a celery, parcely or boiled potato (in this case, it was a celery), which means rebirth or rejuvenation of the Jews; next is the Maror and Chazeret which are bitter herbs, maror is a condiment known as chrein and the chazeret is, typically, a romaine lettuce, these symbolizes the slavery and hard labor in Egypt; the Charoset is a mixture of dates, nuts, apple, cinnamon, and wine, used to rid of the bitter taste left by the maror and chazeret; zero'ah could be a roasted lamb, goat shank-bone, chicken wing or chicken neck (a chicken leg in this case) which symbolizes strong physical attributes; next is the Beitzah, a hard-boiled egg that symbolizes the mourning of the Jews brought about by the destruction of the temple; in the middle is the matzah, which is the special bread eaten during Pesach. 

The Celebration of Pesach (Part 2 of 5) ( החגיגה של פסח חלק 2 מן 5 )

Pesach came from the Hebrew verb pasach meaning to passover or to leap.  There are four feasts commemorated in the seven day-celebration:  the harvest, the passover, the spring and the celebration of freedom.  My good friend, Elisheva Koret, told me the story behind the said Jewish holiday,   according to her, the celebration rooted from the Torah (Bible), the tale dated back to the time when the Israelites were considered slaves and hard laborers, the specific dateline was during the building of the tower Pitom under the rule of Ramses, one of the seated pharoahs of Egypt.  The rest of the story can be read in the Book of Exodus, the highlight of which is the salvation of the Jews, their crossing of the parted Red Sea and their freedom and relocation at the Holy Land.

 

(Above photo shows Elisheva and her grandchildren, as they celebrated the Feast of Harvest, taken before the night of Pesach in Kibbutz Maabarot.)