Seder celebration

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Katie Blum, left, washes Aviva Plaut’s hands at Kona Beth Shalom’s Passover Seder Friday evening. (Photos by Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)
Nella Silverman, left and Gloria Blum start the Kona Beth Shalom Passover Seder with song Friday evening.
Nella Silverman, left and Gloria Blum start the Kona Beth Shalom Passover Seder with the lighting of candles at sunset Friday evening. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)
Barry Blum leads the Passover Seder at Kona Beth Shalom Friday evening.
Kona Beth Shalom celebrates Passover Seder Friday evening. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)
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Kona Beth Shalom held the Passover Seder Friday evening, carrying on the tradition of the most celebrated feast in the world.

Starting at sundown, the feast celebrates the going forth of the Jewish people from slavery to freedom. Passover began Friday evening and ends in the evening of April 7. It is one of the most important religious festivals in the Jewish calendar.

The seder, a festive holiday meal on the first day of Passover, actually means “order.” The meal is done in a certain order, full of symbolism, readings, storytelling, singing and the eating of special foods. See more photos online and on page 5A.