Overview
- Passover began at sundown, and Jewish leaders across the Las Vegas Valley called it a time to honor freedom and resilience.
- Rabbi Shea Harlig of Chabad of Las Vegas urged people to remember the past and look to a better future, saying the community will outlast its enemies.
- The holiday unfolds under heavier worries, with the U.S.-Israel war against Iran, recent synagogue attacks, and the Israel-Hamas war on many minds.
- Congregation Ner Tamid in Henderson added a comedy set to its Seder to lift spirits, with comics Ester Steinberg and Noah Gardenswartz performing for about 200 people.
- By tradition, Passover lasts seven days in Israel and seven or eight days elsewhere.