08-04-2025
Hillel Academy hosts Passover celebration
VESTAL, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – Students at Hillel Academy began celebrating the Jewish holiday of Passover today with a parade of flags and the traditional Seder meal.
The parade was meant to symbolize the Jews flight from slavery in Egypt, which is the historical event commemorated by Passover. They also sang songs and discussed the symbolic importance of the seven items on the Seder plate, a shank bone, an egg, a vegetable, fruit and nut paste, two types of bitter herbs and Matzah.
Student Jonah Kaminsky says it's like celebrating the Seder with an extended family.
'I think it's really nice because it's a whole Seder in one room and it's all organized,' said Kaminsky.
The students also discussed the significance of following traditions that have existed for centuries.
Passover begins Saturday at sundown.
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