This Passover, beginning at nightfall on Wednesday and concluding at nightfall on Thursday, April 9, Jews in Park City will be celebrating the most-observed Jewish holiday in the United States. Passover marks the Exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Ancient Egypt some 3,330 years ago and has become America’s most observed Jewish holiday. According to Chabad Park City, around 70% of American Jews gather with family and friends each year to celebrate the salvation of the Jewish people by God at Passover Seders — the festive, ritual-filled dinners on the first two nights, marking the beginning of the eight-day holiday. “This year, as the Jewish community prepares to mark the Festival of our Freedom, our celebrations are increasingly meaningful,” said Rabbi Yudi Steiger, who directs Chabad Park City. “Passover ultimately reminds us that through turning to G-d, our faith, and our tradition, we will merit redemption.” Rabbi Steiger said the war in Israel and the rise of antisemitism across the globe adds amplified importance and urgency to this year’s Passover observance and increased resonation with the message of the holiday. Chabad of Park City has launched a Passover awareness campaign encouraging observance of the holiday and aiming to ensuring that everyone can celebrate Passover this year. A key initiative is sharing shmurah matzah — a special handmade matzah considered most authentic for the Passover Seder — with those celebrating at home. Additionally, Chabad of Park City is welcoming participants to its user-friendly community Seders at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday at the Chabad Center. The Park City Passover campaign is part of the global Passover initiative launched in 1954 by the Rebbe — Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson — to increase awareness and promote observance of Passover. This year, approximately four million boxes of hand-baked Shmurah matzahs will be distributed by the Chabad-Lubavitch movement globally, as well as Passover holiday guides in 18 languages, according to Rabbi Steiger. “Passover is a unique time on the Jewish calendar, when families gather together and retell the story of our people’s liberation from enslavement in Ancient Egypt,” said Rabbi Steiger. “But it is not just a story. By eating the matzah, drinking the four cups and remembering the miracles our ancestors experienced, we recognize the miracles G-d does in our lives on a daily basis.” The post Park City Jews will recall the Exodus during this year’s Passover appeared first on Park Record. ...read more read less