Pesach 1941

In 1941, the few children hiding in a cellar didn`t really know when Pesach occurred; they lost all touch of time after they lost their families....But when they saw a bit of green growing through the tiny window, they realized that spring was coming, and with it, Pesach. They asked the old man, who had agreed to look after them, to give them a bit of flour and water, matches and some paper. It was a very unusual Seder that year...

Rabbi Noam Himelstein studied in Yeshivat Har Etzion and served in the Tanks Corps of the IDF. He has taught in yeshiva high schools, post-high school women’s seminaries, and headed the Torah MiTzion Kollel in Melbourne, Australia. He currently teaches at Yeshivat Orayta in Jerusalem, and lives with his wife and six children in Neve Daniel, Gush Etzion.