חַג כָּשֵׁר וְשָׂמֵחַ 

Chag Pesach Sameach

from the Abrahamic Reunion Peacebuilders

NEW! Scroll down for full Pesach Message from each leader

4-Minute Version

We wish all those celebrating Passover (Pesach) and the upcoming Easter (Pesach) Holidays days of great meaning, health, blessing, peace, and goodness.

1.5-Minute Greeting

This Passover in 2021, during the Pandemic, we are sharing greetings, blessings, and words of wisdom and insight from:

  • Rabbi Shlomo Dov Rosen, Director of Yakar, Jerusalem
  • Rabbi Or Zohar, Misgav Region of the Galilee
  • Siham Halabi, AR Druze Co-Founder from Daliat al-Carmel
  • Mohamad Jamous, AR Palestine Director, Ramallah
  • Sheikh Khalid Abu Ras, Imam of al-IMAN Mosque, Ilut
  • Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, AR International Director
  • David Less, AR Co-Founder
  • Malkon Marizian, Armenian Christian & AR Translator, Jerusalem

For more information, or to support the Abrahamic Reunion’s grassroots peacebuilding efforts in the Holy Land (Israel/Palestine), please go to our website at www.abrahamicreunion.org

You are also welcome to contact info@abrahamicreunion.org Peace, Salaam, Shalom

Full Passover Comments from Each Leader:

“We are all the Israelites, We are all Pharaoh” Passover Message from Rabbi Or Zohar

Rabbi Or Zohar from the Misgav Region in the Galilee, offers this perspective on Passover (Pesach) from the Kabbalistic Tradition, sharing how all parts of the story are seen as internal forces for each person, as we are all moving through internal struggles for freedom from forces of oppression both internal and external.

“Stages of Redemption in Passover & the Pandemic” Rabbi Shlomo Dov Rosen 2021 Passover Message

Rabbi Shlomo Dov Rosen, Director of Yakar, Jerusalem, offers a Passover reflection on the Stages of Redemption, comparing Passover to the Global Pandemic, and offering wisdom for empathy and understanding of each other’s situation in the stages of freedom from the Pandemic.

“Horizontal Freedom in Pesach” 2021 Passover Message from Malkon Marizian

Malkon Marizian, Armenian Christian peacebuilder living in Jerusalem and Abrahamic Reunion Translator, offers perspective on Pesach (Passover) in the Jewish and Christian traditions — Pesach is the word used for Easter and Passover. He notes the message of freedom that each tradition offers, and how we can come together embracing each other’s liberation and liberty.

Sheikh Khalid Abu Ras, Muslim peacebuilder living in Ilut outside Nazareth, where he is the Imam of Al-IMAN Mosque.

Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, Abrahamic Reunion International Director, offers prayers for Passover.

David Less, AR Co-Founder & US Chairman offers his perspective on the deeper meaning of Passover.