Word: seder
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Robert C. Hyman '96 and Benjamin Lebwohl '99 were two of the representatives of Hillel who helped to conduct the Seder. Hyman said that the inmates possessed a sincere religious fervor...
Rimsky said that the celebration was true to the inmates' heritage as each inmate who attended the Seder had at least one parent of Jewish heritage...
However, Rimsky said there were some differences between a traditional Seder and the one conducted at the correctional facility...
...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...