Very Important News for my Fellow Jewish Pilgrims+פסח שמח!

[scruffy1]

A town in northern Spain is preparing to hold its first Passover seder since 1492.
The ritual dinner will take place in the old center of the town of Ribadavia on March 25, the first night of Passover, and is being organized by the municipality’s tourism department in partnership with the Center for Medieval Studies, a Ribadavia-based association that researches the history of Iberian Jews prior to their expulsion bytheir most holy Majesties Ferdinand and Isabella aided by the Spanish Inquisition that began in 1492 and resulted in the death of several thousands of Jews and brought about the end of the so called Golden Age of Tolerance.
Historian Abraham Haim, the center’s honorary president, will conduct the seder, according to a report by La Voz de Galicia, a local newspaper. The public is invited; a seat costs about $40, the newspaper said. The city expects a few dozen people will attend.
Ribadavia is located some 120 kilometers south of Santiago de Compostela, 100 from Sarria or Melide.
שוב פסח שמח הולך להיות משהו מדהים באמת להתראות בירושלים
מיקי

 

[wayfarer]

Congratulations Scruffy, an historic event. Happy passover and enjoy Jerusalem.

 

[zammy]

חג פסח שמח גם לך ולכל הישראלים (יהודים) שהלכו/הכולים/ילכו על הקמינו
זמי
Happy Passover to all israelis and Jews who walked \ will walk the Camino

 

[Rebekah Scott]

We had a Seder here at The Peaceable a couple of years ago, when the pilgrims staying over turned out to be Jewish. It was wonderful! It had not occurred to me before that may have been the first and only Seder ever observed here, in a town founded a thousand years ago by Arabs!