Gearing up For Passover
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Thousands of Jewish Centers Worldwide Gear-Up for Passover 
Passover Seder tables are ready for the holiday in Moscow.By Dovid Zaklikowski
Apr 17, 2008
Thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch centers across the globe will host communal Passover Seders this Saturday night and Sunday night for anyone who wants to come. All told, hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of Jewish life are expected at the feasts, which commemorate the Jewish people’s Exodus from Egypt 3,321 years ago. A handful of Chabad Houses reported on the special preparations involved this year due to the fact that Shabbat immediately precedes Passover.
Larnaca, Cyprus: Mapping the Cypriot Island With Seders
Surrounded by the hustle and bustle of people carrying boxes and answering phones, Rabbi Arie Zeev Raskin, co-director of the Cyprus Jewish Community Center describes the enormous logistical task of organizing five community Passover celebrations for the tourist destination popular with Israelis.
Besides the communal Seders at the center in Larnaca, feasts are planned in Ayin Napa, where the Chabad House has a permanent branch, Limassol and the capital city of Nicosia.
With a budget of more than $50,000, Raskin, with the assistance of Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students, is overseeing food preparation for some...