Passover, an eight-day celebration, began at sundown Wednesday, April 5, and ends on April 13.
When the sun set during Seder suppers on Wednesday, April 5, the Jewish people marked its origins.
The enslaved Israelites, according to the book of Exodus, used the blood of lambs to mark their doors so the Angel of Death would “pass over” their homes. Instead, God slayed the firstborn sons of Egyptians — the 10th and most horrific of the plagues that finally persuaded the pharaoh to accede to Moses’s demand:Synogogues and Jewish families across the Southland — and, indeed, the world — marked the first day of Passover with a Seder on Wednesday night.
Members of the South Bay Jewish community enjoy the Passover Seder dinner being hosted by Rabbi Mendl Mintz and his wife Hindi on April 5th, 2023. Members of the South Bay Jewish community enjoy the Passover Seder dinner being hosted by Rabbi Mendl Mintz and his wife Hindi on April 5th, 2023. At both, it was a time for grandparents to pass on traditions to their grandchildren, said Gordon, an assistant rabbi at JCC Redondo Beach.
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