For the second year in a row, Keren Libi - the Fund for Strengthening Israel's Defense- will hold a seder (Passover festive meal) for new immigrant soldiers who came to Israel without their families. The seder will be held in a hotel in the center of the country. The rabbi of the IDF Education Corps, Rabbi Yehuda Wiesner, will lead the seder.
Hundreds of immigrant soldiers who are in Israel alone, and who have distinguished themselves in their units, will take part in the seder, with priority given to combat soldiers. A number of families whose children fell during their army service have also been invited.
The soldiers will arrive at the hotel Wednesday afternoon. At 4:00 PM, a toast will be held together with senior security officials, the Chairman of the Libi Fund, and Minister of Immigrant Absorption Tsippi Livni. The seder will be organized in a special way: the soldiers will sit at round tables; at each, a teacher/soldier will lead a discussion on the meaning of the holiday and the significance of the Hagaddah – the manual read at the Seder table - in present times. They will focus on topics such as the Return to Zion, immigration and absorption.
For the past 23 years, the Libi Fund has worked to better the welfare of soldiers and to raise the educational level of young men and women who dropped out of school, giving them a second chance to study and to be accepted into the army and Israeli society.
Hundreds of immigrant soldiers who are in Israel alone, and who have distinguished themselves in their units, will take part in the seder, with priority given to combat soldiers. A number of families whose children fell during their army service have also been invited.
The soldiers will arrive at the hotel Wednesday afternoon. At 4:00 PM, a toast will be held together with senior security officials, the Chairman of the Libi Fund, and Minister of Immigrant Absorption Tsippi Livni. The seder will be organized in a special way: the soldiers will sit at round tables; at each, a teacher/soldier will lead a discussion on the meaning of the holiday and the significance of the Hagaddah – the manual read at the Seder table - in present times. They will focus on topics such as the Return to Zion, immigration and absorption.
For the past 23 years, the Libi Fund has worked to better the welfare of soldiers and to raise the educational level of young men and women who dropped out of school, giving them a second chance to study and to be accepted into the army and Israeli society.