Israelis throughout the country joined their friends and relatives this weekend in celebrating the Passover Seder night in the traditional family groups, while special arrangements were made for the more than 15,000 tourists who came for Passover and for members of the country’s armed forces to participate in the holiday festivities.
Transportation facilities were taxed to the limit in a pre-holiday effort to accommodate passengers traveling to neighboring towns and settlements for the Seder. Officials of the various bus and taxi companies and the railroad estimated the travel load on Friday to total 1,000,000 passengers.
Food markets were abundantly filled with supplies of fruits and vegetables while wines and small quantities of matzot were exported to Hungary, Poland and other countries. Special arrangements were made in Army camps for special Passover kitchen facilities, while public Seders were arranged for servicemen in towns and cities by the local servicemen’s welfare agencies, to which tourists were also invited. Public Seders for tourists were held in cities throughout the country as well as in a number of settlements.
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