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HANC High School hosts Project Ezra model seder

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HANC’s high school and its Jewish Poor Committee were privileged to host the annual Project Ezra Model Seder on Monday.

The event is aimed at providing a mock Pesach seder experience to elderly Jews from the Lower East Side, who might not otherwise have the opportunity to participate in or celebrate the holiday.

Organized by Project Ezra, a nonprofit organization that serves the Jewish elderly on the Lower East Side, and HANC Director of Student Life Rabbi Daniel Mezei, the model seder involved much singing, dancing, eating, and celebrating, as the seniors of Project Ezra were joined by HANC students from all grades.

A performance by HANC’s award-winning Boys’ Chorus, as well as the HANC Band, contributed tremendously to the ruach and joy of the event.

Students read aloud from the Hagaddah, commemorating with the seniors the basic aspects and practices of the seder, and connected with them through jovial conversation and laughter, taking the opportunity to learn from the seniors themselves their personal histories and experiences.

The program concluded in high spirits with seniors and students hand in hand, singing and dancing to L’Shanah Habah B’Yerushalayim, marking a classic Passover Seder.