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PHOTO GALLERY: Temple Beth Israel Passover Seder


  • By Kelsey Grau
  • | 4:00 a.m. April 14, 2014
  • Longboat Key
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PHOTO GALLERY: Temple Beth Israel Passover Seder
Ruth Engman passes the bitter herbs to Maye Lavinson.
Ruth Engman passes the bitter herbs to Maye Lavinson.
Rebecca Hill entertains with “When I Eat Charoset.”
Rebecca Hill entertains with “When I Eat Charoset.”
Rabbi Katz conducts the Passover seder service at Temple Beth Israel.
Rabbi Katz conducts the Passover seder service at Temple Beth Israel.
Emma Katz, Shea Casey, Bastien and Charlie Gleeksman, and Andrea Prospect sing “Four Questions” for those in attendance.
Emma Katz, Shea Casey, Bastien and Charlie Gleeksman, and Andrea Prospect sing “Four Questions” for those in attendance.
Miriam Goldfarb, Lydia Bohn and Jay Berman take out drops of wine with their little finger to signify “the lessening of our cup of joy when we drip ten drops in remembrance of the plagues that afflicted the Egyptians.”
Miriam Goldfarb, Lydia Bohn and Jay Berman take out drops of wine with their little finger to signify “the lessening of our cup of joy when we drip ten drops in remembrance of the plagues that afflicted the Egyptians.”
The seder plate.
The seder plate.
Pearl Gurewitz and Maye Lavinson
Pearl Gurewitz and Maye Lavinson
Vivian Ross, Suzanne Schuster and Gerald Ross
Vivian Ross, Suzanne Schuster and Gerald Ross
Standing, Herb and Sandy Moss; Sitting, Diane and Norman Foxman
Standing, Herb and Sandy Moss; Sitting, Diane and Norman Foxman
Rabbi Max Hausen with his wife, Shirley
Rabbi Max Hausen with his wife, Shirley
Standing, Edward Cohen, Fran Sax and Arleane Stier; Sitting, Harold Schneider
Standing, Edward Cohen, Fran Sax and Arleane Stier; Sitting, Harold Schneider
Miriam Goldfarb, Rabbi Jonathon Katz and Brenda Sax
Miriam Goldfarb, Rabbi Jonathon Katz and Brenda Sax

 

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