Obama hosts third Passover seder

Matzah balls at the White House: Obama hosts third Passover seder
For the third year in a row, the U.S. President hosts a seder for Jewish and non-Jewish staff and family, serving up chicken soup with matzah balls and potato kugel.

U.S. President Barack Obama hosted a Passover seder at the White House Monday night together with his wife Michelle and a small group of Jewish and non-Jewish staff and family. This is the third year in a row in which Obama has hosted a seder.

The tradition started in 2008 when, after a long day on the campaign trail, then-Senator Obama gathered a group of staff members for an impromptu seder in Pennsylvania.

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http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/matzah-balls-at-the-white-house-obama-hosts-third-passover-seder-1.356783

Ancient Samaritan Passover Ceremony

PURIM IN ISRAEL!

PURIM IN ISRAEL!
by Hillel Fendel (IsraelNationalNews)

The very festive holiday of Purim will begin on Saturday night – not, as in most years, directly after the Fast of Esther, which is commemorated today (Thursday). The fast was advanced because the Sabbath is not allowed to be a day of fasting, and neither may the fast be shifted to Friday (as opposed to the Fast of Tevet, which sometimes falls a-priori on Friday). The first available day for the pre-Purim fast, therefore, was Thursday.

The Purim holiday will last until Sunday evening; in Jerusalem, it begins Sunday evening and ends at sundown on Monday. In some areas it is celebrated on both days. The criteria for the date is whether the city was walled in the times of Joshua Bin-Nun’s conquest of the Land of Israel – a standard set by the Sages in order to aggrandize the stature of the Land of Israel.

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http://hftm.org/blog/?p=1734

Over 50,000 Jews Gathered

Over 50,000 Jews Gathered At The Western Wall In Jerusalem For The Priestly Blessing

By Jimmy DeYoung

The Western Wall Plaza near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem was filled with over 50,000 Jewish worshipers. They were there to receive the priestly blessing from 2,000 Kohanim, supposedly direct descendants of the first high priest of the Jewish people, Aaron, the brother of Moses.

Israeli security forces were discreet, but clearly present at this annual event, a part of the Feast of Tabernacles, a seven day celebration of the Jewish holy day.

Jimmy’s Prophetic Prospective on the News

The 50,000 Jewish worshipers that gathered at the Western Wall Plaza near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and who received the priestly blessing, are tangible evidence that the stage is set for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled….

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