‘Search for light in darkest times’: A Melbourne rabbi’s Passover wish in the shadow of war
In a series, The Age explores how Victoria’s religious communities are keeping the faith in an increasingly secular Australia.
Sydney Morning Herald
Passover, also called Pesach, is a major Jewish holiday, one of the three pilgrimage festivals, that celebrates the Biblical story of the Israelites' escape from slavery in Egypt. The Passover ritual is thought by modern scholars to have its origins in an apotropaic rite, unrelated to the Exodus, to ensure the protection of a family home.
In a series, The Age explores how Victoria’s religious communities are keeping the faith in an increasingly secular Australia.