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Education at the Kirk

Rabbi Jerome S. Fox of the Congregation House of Israel in Hot Springs taught a full fellowship hall of Presbyterians at the Kirk on April 15. The lesson centered on the Seder plate, a part of the traditional Jewish Seder dinner. Rabbi Fox explained the meaning of each item on the Seder plate including parsley and horseradish representing the bitter herbs, and the history of unleavened thin sheets of bread, or matzah, made of flour and water. Between scripture stories, the Rabbi delivered chants and songs in Hebrew blessing the Jewish Exodus from Egypt 3,000 years ago. The congregation read or sung responses from the Jewish Passover book, “A Passover Haggadah.” Kirk members and guests then shared a non-kosher, potluck dinner but without pork and leavened bread as is the Jewish custom. The program was arranged by the Kirk Education Committee.

Rabbi Jerry Fox (right) chats with Presbyterian Kirk in the Pines Pastor Bill Bailey and Sally Fink, moderator of the Kirk’s Education Committee.