The table is set for a Passover seder celebration at the home of Dr. Steven and Jo Benn. Though Passover is often celebrated at home with family and friends, this year The Synagogue of the Hills members and invited guests are holding a congregational seder.
Dr. Steven Benn is the president of The Synagogue of the Hills. Benn and his wife, Jo, have lived in Rapid City and been actively involved in The Synagogue of the Hills for 27 years.
A seder plate is part of the traditional Passover seder celebration. Clockwise from bottom left are parsley, a shank bone, horseradish, charoset and an egg. Parsley represents spring and new life. The shank bone represents the Pacal sacrifice -- the lamb that was slaughtered so blood would be placed on homes' door frames and God would "pass over" the home and spare the first born. Horseradish is a bitter herb that symbolizes the bitterness of the lives of the Israelites while enslaved by pharoah. A nut mixture called charoset represents the bricks Israelites made and mortar, and the egg represents the cyclical nature of life. In addition to items on the seder plate, a central part of the seder meal is matzah, an unleavened bread that symbolizes the haste with which the Israelites left Egypt when they were finally released by the pharoah, according to Dr. Steven Benn of The Synagogue of the Hills.
All sections of Interstate 90 are reopened to traffic throughout the state as of 7 a.m. MT Wednesday.
The table is set for a Passover seder celebration at the home of Dr. Steven and Jo Benn. Though Passover is often celebrated at home with family and friends, this year The Synagogue of the Hills members and invited guests are holding a congregational seder.
A seder plate is part of the traditional Passover seder celebration. Clockwise from bottom left are parsley, a shank bone, horseradish, charoset and an egg. Parsley represents spring and new life. The shank bone represents the Pacal sacrifice -- the lamb that was slaughtered so blood would be placed on homes' door frames and God would "pass over" the home and spare the first born. Horseradish is a bitter herb that symbolizes the bitterness of the lives of the Israelites while enslaved by pharoah. A nut mixture called charoset represents the bricks Israelites made and mortar, and the egg represents the cyclical nature of life. In addition to items on the seder plate, a central part of the seder meal is matzah, an unleavened bread that symbolizes the haste with which the Israelites left Egypt when they were finally released by the pharoah, according to Dr. Steven Benn of The Synagogue of the Hills.
Dr. Steven Benn is the president of The Synagogue of the Hills. Benn and his wife, Jo, have lived in Rapid City and been actively involved in The Synagogue of the Hills for 27 years.
