Students Celebrate Passover with a Traditional Seder Meal

Rachel Cohen and Julia Speigel who put on the Seder meal.

The spring brings holidays for many faiths. The most popular is the celebration of Easter. Many associate dyed eggs and the Easter bunny with spring. Less well known is the Jewish holiday of passover. Two Jewish students, freshman Rachel Cohen, and sophomore Julia Speigel put on a traditional Seder meal to share their customs with other students.

Students pass food at the dinner

The dinner was held on Tuesday night in the Collins' coffee house. It was open to all people of all faiths. It was interesting to learn about a different faith and their customs. I didn't realize everything that was involved in a seder dinner. There are several prayers involved with the meal. Everything that we ate was symbolic of the struggles of the Jewish people and there was a blessing for every part of the meal.

Grape juice was substituted for wine when saying the prayers

"I just wanted to share some of my culture and my family's traditions with my friends." said freshman Rachel Cohen. She put on the Seder with the help of the Hillel House the Jewish student center on campus. All the students at the dinner participated, taking turns reading aloud about the history of the Seder and reciting the prayers. The meal was a nice way to bring students together to celebrate the holiday

All the students at the Seder meal