Word: prison
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Prison Rabbi Ari Shapiro and the six students recreated the Passover event for about 10 inmates. The model Seder was held a day before the actual celebration because the students were leaving for home to spend the holiday with family and friends...
Sarah E. Rimsky '98, the organizer of the event, said it was especially ironic that prison inmates lacked freedom to be with loved ones because Passover is a celebration of liberty--the holiday is a commemoration of the exodus of Israelites out of Egypt...
...Before, I had the impression that it was to impress the parole board or something, but actually, I realized that they have nothing to do because their lives are so restricted," he said. "You get to talk to someone else who is not a prisoner or a guard. Unlike some of the prison administration, chaplains actually care about the welfare of the prisoners--they're the good guys of the system...
...traditions of the Seder is that the father hides a piece of matza and the kids run around and find it, and when they find it, they ask for a reward," Rimsky said. "Because we were in a prison, we weren't able to that...
Rimsky said that the prison would not allow male and female prisoners to celebrate the holiday together. Therefore, Tally Zingher '99 said she had to conduct a personal Seder for the one female inmate...