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Article: Faithful nourished with Seder plate: Pre-Passover gathering draws on kabbalah teachings to help women make holiday relevant, experience exodus.
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- Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)
- Article date:
- March 31, 2007
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Byline: Colette M. Jenkins
Mar. 31--Mazal Cohen experienced her exodus in 1989 when she took a journey from Israel to New York to study under the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Schneerson, often referred to as the Rebbe, was a prominent traditional Orthodox Jewish rabbi who was the Chabad-Lubavitch's seventh spiritual leader. The Chabad-Lubavitch is one of the largest branches of Hasidic Judaism and one of the largest Jewish movements worldwide, especially in the United States and Israel. "He taught me that one of the most important things is to study and find the answers for yourself and give what you learn to others at the same time," said Cohen, ...