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This Pesach, let your Judaism be loud & proud!

Jews gathered around the Seder table. If you don't have a Seder, join a local community Seder. (Image credit: Sefira Lightstone / Chabad.org)

Pesach comes this year as Israel fights for its life and a once thinly-veiled antisemitism has now been laid bare for the world to see. As Jews around the world celebrate Pesach on April 22-30, Rabbi Yehuda Halevi’s famous statement “I am in the West, but my heart is in the East” rings truer than ever as we pray daily for the 134 hostages still languishing in tunnels of despair to return home.

However, the time tested equation to withstanding Jew-hatred and hostility is through the “three Jewish P’s – Jewish Pride, Jewish Practice and Jewish Perseverance. 

Each time we wear our Star of David proudly; Each time we do a Mitzvah; Each time we refuse to normalize antisemitism, we ensure our people not only survive, but flourish. Let us learn from Moses, the hero of the Pesach story, who was banished from Egypt for doing the right thing and killing an evil taskmaster. Yet he ultimately returned stronger and ready to lead the Jews to freedom and to the revelation at Mount Sinai.

The time tested equation to withstanding Jew-hatred and hostility is through the “three Jewish P’s – Jewish Pride, Jewish Practice and Jewish Perseverance. 

This year, if you know someone who doesn’t have a place to go for the Seder, invite them to yours. If you yourself don’t have Seder, join a local Chabad communal Seder. Chabad of Columbus will be having an unforgettable interactive communal Seder, complete with life-sized pyramid replicas, simulated ping-pong ball hail, and a visit from Moses himself!.

Your local Chabad rabbi can also get handmade Shmurah Matzah delivered to anyone who needs it (as long as you make sure to eat it with a smile!)

This Pesach, let’s be louder, prouder and more hyped than ever to be Jewish!

A Kosher and a Freilechen Pesach!

Rabbi Areyah

About the Author
Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann is the Director of Chabad Columbus at the Lori Schottenstein Chabad Center. For over three decades, Rabbi Kaltmann and his wife Esther have put their heart and soul into serving the Columbus Jewish community. In addition to directing Chabad Columbus, the Rabbi and his family also operate LifeTown Columbus — which teaches essential life skills to more than 2,100 Ohio students with special needs in a 5,000-square-foot miniature city, Kitchen of Life — which fosters social-emotional skills for young people through culinary arts, Friendship Circle Columbus, the Jewish Business Network, and dozens of other programs. Areyah and Esther have adult children who serve Chabad of Downtown Columbus, oversee Chabad’s many programs and enthusiastically serve people throughout the state.
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