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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Catherine Odom

Deerfield rabbi emphasizes ‘empathy,’ ‘justice’ during Passover Seder

Rabbi Ike Serotta leads Wednesday evening’s Seder with his wife, children and a family friend. Congregants at his synagogue, Makom Solel Lakeside in Highland Park, as well as friends and relatives, joined via Zoom. A place was set in honor of a reporter imprisoned in Russia. (Brian O’Mahoney/For the Sun-Times)

It’s not often that all five members of the Serotta family can gather under one roof. But Passover Seder is one of those occasions when Rabbi Ike Serotta can see his three children at his home in Deerfield.

Passover began at sundown on Wednesday. The Jewish holiday, which commemorates the Hebrews’ exodus from Egypt and their liberation from slavery, is typically celebrated with a ceremonial meal called a Seder on the first night or first two nights of Passover.

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