VISTA, California (Press Release) — A capacity crowd attended Congregation B’nai Tikvah’s annual, “2nd Night Seder” Saturday evening, April 7. Congregation B’nai Tikvah was honored to host a very special guest, Corporal Samuel Roochnik from Bethesda, MD, who is currently stationed at Camp Pendleton Marine Base. The seder, officiated by B’nai Tikvahs’ Rabbi Ben Leinow was “lively, entertaining and spiritually moving,” according to Cantor Larry Kornit. The seder was catered with a delicious kosher meal from Charles Rubin and Schmoozers.
Roochnik’s family, worried that the Marine corporal had no place to go for seder, had contacted San Diego Jewish World to inquire about a seder he might attend. One of the closest synagogues to Camp Pendleton, Congregation B’nai Tikvah, immediately responded with an invitation. Commented Cantor Kornit: “I think the important part is that you were reached out to and as a community we and specifically B’nai Tikvah of Vista, met the challenge. Our culture and our faith transcends time and distance so that even when we are far from home, our spiritual home is truly not that far away. ”
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