20140413 Chief Rabbis Sell Israel's Hametz
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Chief Rabbis Sell Israel's Hametz
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi DAVID LAU (C) and Sephardi Chief Rabbi YITZHAK YOSEF (R) hold up a pack of bills received from HUSSEIN JABER of Abu-Gosh (L) as a deposit for symbolically selling the country's hametz for Passover. Hametz (Hebrew) are leavened foods that are forbidden on the Jewish holiday of Passover. A 'gentlemen's agreement' exists by which all hametz will return to state ownership after Passover for a two-percent comission.
Chief Rabbis Sell Israel's Hametz
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi DAVID LAU (L), Sephardi Chief Rabbi YITZHAK YOSEF (R) symbolically sell the country's hametz for Passover to an Arab from Abu-Gosh at the offices of the Chief Rabbinate. Hametz (Hebrew) are leavened foods that are forbidden on the Jewish holiday of Passover. According to Jewish law, Jews may not own, eat or benefit from hametz during Passover.
Chief Rabbis Sell Israel's Hametz
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi DAVID LAU (L), Sephardi Chief Rabbi YITZHAK YOSEF (C) and Deputy Finance Minister MICKEY LEVY (R) symbolically sell the country's hametz for Passover to an Arab from Abu-Gosh at the offices of the Chief Rabbinate. Hametz (Hebrew) are leavened foods that are forbidden on the Jewish holiday of Passover. According to Jewish law, Jews may not own, eat or benefit from hametz during Passover.
Chief Rabbis Sell Israel's Hametz
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi DAVID LAU (L), Sephardi Chief Rabbi YITZHAK YOSEF (C) and Deputy Finance Minister MICKEY LEVY (R) symbolically sell the country's hametz for Passover to an Arab from Abu-Gosh at the offices of the Chief Rabbinate. Hametz (Hebrew) are leavened foods that are forbidden on the Jewish holiday of Passover. According to Jewish law, Jews may not own, eat or benefit from hametz during Passover.
Chief Rabbis Sell Israel's Hametz
Sephardi Chief Rabbi YITZHAK YOSEF blesses Jews worldwide on the Eve of Passover and urges the passing on of the Passover story to younger generations.
Chief Rabbis Sell Israel's Hametz
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi DAVID LAU (C) and Sephardi Chief Rabbi YITZHAK YOSEF (R) hold up a pack of bills received from HUSSEIN JABER of Abu-Gosh (L) as a deposit for symbolically selling the country's hametz for Passover. Hametz (Hebrew) are leavened foods that are forbidden on the Jewish holiday of Passover. A 'gentlemen's agreement' exists by which all hametz will return to state ownership after Passover for a two-percent comission.