The ancient Seder ceremonials commemorating Passover will be celebrated at the child-care homes, hospitals and community centers affiliated with the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies beginning at sundown tomorrow evening.
The four “kashas,” or questions as to the meaning of Passover, traditionally asked by the youngest child in the family, will in the Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews be asked by Isaac May and Abraham Jacobs, “youngsters” of 92, while at the Hebrew Orphan Asylum the queries which begin, “Why is this night different from other nights?” will be put by a group of eight-year-olds.
EXPECT 360 AT SEDER
At the Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews more than 360 residents of the Home will sit down to the Passover meal, with Rev. Isidore Perlmutter conducting the services. At the Hebrew Orphan Asylum the Seder is the festive event of the year, with the 600 children actively participating in the reading of the Passover story, and members of the board, the Ladies’ Sewing Society, and other friends of the institution, in attendance. The singing of the Passover melodies will be led by a children’s choir of fifty voices.
At the seven hospitals affiliated with Federation the holiday will be fittingly observed. At Montefiore Hospital for Chronic Diseases more than 250 patients will celebrate the festival in the social room of the Hospital. The tables will be decorated with Spring flowers. Rabbi M. Weisfeld will officiate.
At Mount Sinai Hospital Passover services will be held in the Hospital Auditorium tomorrow and Thursday at sundown for patients and their families and friends.
Beth Israel Hospital will hold Seder services, conducted by Rabbi Saul Rubin, tomorrow and Thursday evenings, attended not only by the patients but by doctors and nurses, as well.
At the Convalescent Home for Hebrew Children at Rockaway Park, there will be Seder and religious services conducted by Rabbi Nathan Goldberg. The sixty boys of the Surprise Lake Winter Camp for undernourished and anaemic children will enjoy a festive Seder dinner, with ceremonies conducted by the camp’s director of activities, Mordecai Kessler, before leaving for their homes on Wednesday so that they may spend the holiday with their parents.
Seders and religious services will be held for members and friends at the various community centers “associated with Federation. The Young Women’s Hebrew Association will conduct a large Seder on Wednesday evening, attended by many young women who could not otherwise celebrate the holiday.
Numbers of soldiers and sailors on leave in New York will join with members of the Ninety-second street Y. M. H. A. at Seder services, at which Rabbi Henry M. Rosenthal and F. W. Greenfield will officiate. Passover services at the Y. M. W. A. of Washington Heights, will be under the direction of Rabbi Max Shenck, and Cantor Morris Lowy. In addition, there will be a pageant in which the junior department will participate. The Bronx Y. M. and Y. W. H. A. will have a series of Seders under the auspices of its many clubs during the entire week.
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