Over 1,000 celebrated Passover in the United Arab Emirates earlier this week in the largest seders ever held in the Arab world.
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Held in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the seders were led by UAE Chief Rabbi Levi Duchman and were conducted in several languages – English, Hebrew, French, and Russian – according to The Jerusalem Post reported.
Burning our Chametz to mark the start of Pesach! pic.twitter.com/yG0H2gOmTl
— Rabbi Levi Duchman حاخام ليفي دوخمان (@RabbiUae) April 15, 2022
Since Duchman moved to the UAE in 2014, the Jewish community there has built new synagogues, kosher restaurants, Jewish schools, and business networks.
Following the signing of the Abraham Accords in 2020,, which saw Israel and the UAE normalize ties, Duchman received thousands of requests for information regarding Jewish life in the Gulf Arab country.
"Our community continues to grow and prosper here in the UAE, coupled with the renewed flow of Israelis and Jews from all over the world to Dubai and Abu Dhabi," the rabbi said, according to the JP.
Duchman was joyful about how far relations between the UAE and the Jewish community have come.
"The warm welcome our community received from the local leadership is a true testament to coexistence and tolerance. How striking it is to be able to celebrate Passover, the Festival of Freedom, here in the Emirates, together," he said.
i24NEWS contributed to this report.
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