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mumbai's Jews to celebrate Passover
Updated On: 08 April, 2009 07:57 AM IST | | Aditi Sharma
As the Blessing on the Sun falls on the same day as the Jewish Passover, the day assumes greater significance for the community, finds WHAT's ON
As the Blessing on the Sun falls on the same day as the Jewish Passover, the day assumes greater significance for the community, finds WHAT's ON
The traditional search for leavened bread and other food called Chametz, is over. In fact, by the time you read this all the Chametz would have been burned and the first born of the family would have started his fast to commemorate the salvation of the Israelite firstborns during the Plague of the Firstborn. This is only one aspect of the most joyous of Jewish festivals Passover or Pesach that is being celebrated by Jewish families across the city today.
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