The Fellowship works to provide hunger relief for displaced families and the elderly in time for Passover. Like Fellowship staff and volunteers did last week at the Meir Panim soup kitchen in Tiberias, they gathered again this week with our partners at the Latet Logistics Center to prepare additional Passover food boxes. Special kits were also assembled for children who have spent days in bomb shelters—and in some areas, likely will continue to do so over the Passover holiday.
Fellowship Manager Michael Seiler said, “Volunteers are packing food boxes for Holocaust survivors, needy elderly, and struggling families so that they can celebrate the Passover holiday with dignity. When the beneficiaries receive these food boxes, they are so happy and thankful. There are items in these boxes that they simply could not afford to purchase on their own.”
These food boxes include Passover essentials such as matzah, grape juice, and foods made from ingredients that are kosher for commemorating the Jewish people’s Exodus from Egypt. Matzah represents the unleavened bread the Israelites made in their haste to flee slavery, while grape juice (or wine) is used to observe the Four Expressions of redemption promised by God to the children of Israel, symbolized by the four cups consumed during the seder meal.
Additional items include special matzah flour, canned vegetables, pasta, date spread, rice noodles, and cookies made from matzah. The children’s activity kits contain art supplies, card decks, board games, and coloring books.
Amid restrictions and safety concerns, Jews across the Holy Land are preparing for a Passover overshadowed by the fog of war. Yet the meaning of Passover remains a light—God’s promise to His people. In this time of darkness, The Fellowship and our partners bring that light to those who need it most.
“Observe the month of Aviv and celebrate the Passover of the Lord your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night” (Deuteronomy 16:1).
