Tarrytown Residents Begin Passover Celebrations Monday

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. – Jewish residents in Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow and Irvington will celebrate Passover beginning Monday evening.

Passover begins Monday evening.
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by Meredith Shamburger

03/25/2013 3:00 p.m.

The holiday celebrates the emancipation of the Jewish people from years of slavery in Egypt. Families will sit down to the Seder, re-telling the story of Moses leading his people out of Egypt and the journey to Mount Sinai.

Temple Beth Abraham in Tarrytown will host a conservative and reform Passover service from 9 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Temple Beth Abraham closed at 1 p.m. Monday, and will remain closed through Wednesday in observance of Passover.

The JCC on the Hudson will close Monday at 3 p.m. and remain closed Tuesday and Wednesday in honor of the holiday. There will be no men's club meeting on Wednesday.

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