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For hostage families and their supporters this Passover, celebrating the Festival of Freedom feels impossible

Summary by Jewish Telegraphic Agency

“How can we celebrate such a holiday while 133 people are still without their freedom, still waiting to be liberated?”

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The Forward

Celebrating Passover feels futile with hostages in Gaza. But we must.

“In every generation,” the Haggadah states, “a person is obligated to view themself as if they left Egypt.” I used to fawn over this teaching. It invited me to contemplate my own “personal slavery” and my need for “inner liberation.” Estranged from real enslavement, I mined Pesach’s themes for relevant meaning to my own life and found avenues of insight. But when I think about that type of introspection for this year’s Pesach, all that comes to…

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Jewish Telegraphic Agency

For hostage families and their supporters this Passover, celebrating the Festival of Freedom feels impossible

“How can we celebrate such a holiday while 133 people are still without their freedom, still waiting to be liberated?”

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Israel Hayom

Missing home: Evacuees prepare to celebrate Passover in hotels

"Passover is a holiday when people renew the accessories in their homes, such as carpets or new dishes," says Hadas Elimelech from Metula, who is staying at the Lakehouse Hotel in Tiberias, with a significant number of other evacuees. According to Hadas, "This is exactly the time of the year when I clean my house, going from room to room. Suddenly I'm doing the cleaning in a hotel room, windows as well. It's surreal, after all. This is not our h…

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