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Over 1,700 celebrate Passover with Chabad on Campus UK

Wednesday, 18 April, 2012 - 10:15 am

Posted by Rabbi Eli Brackman

Over 1700 students celebrated Passover with Chabad on Campus at 16 campuses across the UK.

The Campus Chabad Houses, directed by full time Rabbi and family teams, were kept very busy throughout the holiday period with programmes ranging from packed Pasover Seder nights, pre Passover classes on the meaning of the Hagaddah, to students joining the Rabbi and family for Kosher for Passover weekday meals throughout the week of Passover.

“Our efforts are focused on generously providing for Jewish student life throughout the whole year” said Rabbi Eli Brackman, Chairman of Chabad on Campus UK

In South London, 60 students received a pre Passover gift of handmade Matzah from Rabbi Dovid and Sora Cohen; while 20 students joined Rabbi Mendy and Brachah Lent for a midweek Pesach BBQ in Nottingham, with over 80 participating over the last days of the festival. In Liverpool a Jewish Iranian student experienced a Seder for the first time in his life.

A Jewish member of staff at the University of Southampton had not had plans for the Seder. After talking with Chabad at SE Coast Universities’ Rabbi Zalman Lewis, she ended up hosting a couple of students at her home together with her husband and daughter for a most enjoyable Seder evening.

The Sedarim themselves saw record numbers, highlighting the vital need for the Chabad Houses to be open onsite all year round. The Bloomsbury Chabad Seder needed to be split in two, had the Mah Nishtana in 9 languages and saw a total of 270 people for Seder nights and nearly 200 for final days of Passover celebrations; while Edinburgh celebrated with 100; Cambridge celebrated with 50 for the Seder and 45 for day services; Oxford Chabad was joined by 100 for the Seder and 100 for day meals; while South Kensington’s Campus saw 150.

“It was a really meaningful and engaging Seder” said Zoe Remmelkemp, an international student who attended the Chabad of South Kensington Seder “Rabbi Mendy Loewenthal gave his interpretations with a sense of humour, and this caused the Seder to go by very quickly”.

Chabad on Campus expresses great appreciation to the students who volunteered to help prepare for the Passover celebrations, as well as the parents and alumni for the financial support and partnership. 

For more information on Chaabd on Campus UK please visit www.chabadoncampus.org.uk

Comments on: Over 1,700 celebrate Passover with Chabad on Campus UK
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