{"id":19419,"date":"2025-04-09T23:07:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T20:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=19419"},"modified":"2025-04-09T23:32:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T20:32:41","slug":"passover-preparations-underway-in-snowy-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/passover-preparations-underway-in-snowy-moscow\/","title":{"rendered":"Passover Preparations Underway in Snowy Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"502\">At the Maryina Roshcha Jewish Center in Moscow, preparations for Passover are well underway, with a significant increase in the distribution of hand-baked <em>shmura matzah <\/em>(specially prepared unleavened bread) and the organization of public <em>Seder<\/em> (holiday ritual) meals across the city.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"504\" data-end=\"531\"><strong>Kimcha D\u2019Pischa Project<\/strong><br \/>\nThis year\u2019s <em>Kimcha D\u2019Pischa<\/em> (Passover food aid) initiative was held on an especially large scale, coordinated through the &#8220;Shaarei Tzedek Jewish Chesed Center&#8221;, with special logistical planning to account for the snowy, wintry weather. Hundreds of families received boxes containing all their holiday essentials: <em data-start=\"846\" data-end=\"861\">shmura matzah<\/em>, wine, fruits, vegetables, meat, and fish. Dozens of staff members and volunteers assisted in the food distribution efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"988\" data-end=\"1247\">The <em>matzah<\/em> distribution began right after the holiday of Purim, with the central synagogue serving as the main hub for public pickup. Meanwhile, kosher stores around the city offered a wide selection of products and ready-made dishes for those unable to cook for themselves.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19423\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19423\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19423\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/photo_8_2025-04-09_00-23-28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/photo_8_2025-04-09_00-23-28.jpg 800w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/photo_8_2025-04-09_00-23-28-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/photo_8_2025-04-09_00-23-28-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kimcha D\u2019Pischa Campaign in Moscow | Photo: Levi Nazarov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"1249\" data-end=\"1307\"><strong>\u201cEvery Jew in Russia Will Feel the Holiday of Freedom\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Jewish community also made sure to provide accessible guidance on Passover laws and customs, including a special Russian-language guide for this year\u2019s <em>Seder<\/em>, which falls on a Saturday night. A central <em>Seder<\/em> will be held by Russia\u2019s Chief Rabbi, Berel Lazar, alongside dozens of community <em>Seder<\/em>s across the city\u2019s neighborhoods, organized by Chabad emissaries under the direction of Rabbi Mordechai Weisberg, head of Moscow\u2019s Jewish community.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19424\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19424\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pict-08.03.25-088.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"621\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pict-08.03.25-088.jpg 534w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pict-08.03.25-088-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kimcha D\u2019Pischa Distribution in Moscow | Photo: Levi Nazarov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1760\" data-end=\"2143\">Special efforts were also made to reach isolated populations\u2014Jewish prisoners, for example, received matzah and grape juice in advance, and a full <em>Seder<\/em> will be held in Moscow\u2019s Butyrka Prison. \u201cWe\u2019ve done everything possible to ensure that every Jew in Moscow, and across Russia as a whole, feels the spirit of the Holiday of Freedom,\u201d said the Moscow Jewish Community leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow\u2019s Jewish community is preparing for Passover with food distribution and holiday guidance to ensure every Jew feels the spirit of freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":19420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,129,2564,65],"tags":[1772,4071,2279,3332],"class_list":["post-19419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-judaism","category-travel","category-world","tag-chabad","tag-kimcha-dpischa","tag-moscow","tag-passover"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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