Ilsur Metshin congratulated Kazan jews with Pesah
Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin congratulated jews of Kazan on a holiday of Pesah.
"I warmly congratulate all the jews in the city of Kazan with a bright and happy holiday of Pesah!
This celebration of spring and renewal, which is an important part of the cultural and historical heritage of the Jewish people, fills the hearts of people with warm feelings, brings goodness, love and mercy. It symbolizes the triumph of life, the great idea of freedom and justice and loyalty to the traditions of their ancestors.
I highly appreciate the contribution of Jewish community in the conservation of interfaith and interethnic harmony in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. I am confident that together we will make our city better.
In these holidays I wish all the jews of Kazan good health, happiness, peace and prosperity! "- told in a congratulation.
Today, after sundown Jewish families gather for a celebration to read together Haggadah, a book explaining the outcome of the Israelites from two hundred years Egyptian slavery. With this meal begins Passover, or Pesach. A feast itself, which is conducted in accordance with strict rules, called the "seder", which translated from Hebrew "order".