This event took place in Elad, Israel, with over 10,000 participants, accompanied by the Ruvi Banet orchestra and the Malchus Choir.

In reponse to various questions that have arisen before and during Pesach, Matzav.com wishes to inform readers that all unflavored bottled water, seltzer and sparkling water without any additives are kosher l’Pesach, even without any kashrus supervision.
This has been confirmed by Matzav.com with the Orthodox Union and other kashrus agencies.
The above applies only to unflavored varieties, as mentioned.

In addition, whole eggs in their shell may be used without special Pesach certification.
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An 11-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries Sunday night, when he was struck by a car in a suspected hit-and-run in Yerushalayim.
The child, who was not named, was rushed to the city’s Shaare Zedek hospital in critical condition.
Police were searching for the driver of the vehicle. The car was located near the settlement of Givat Ze’ev, adjacent to the capital.
Read more at Times of Israel.
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An arson fire was set at the largest yeshiva in Russia just hours before the onset of Pesach. Swastikas were also sprayed on the Toras Chaim.
Olga Esaulova, a spokeswoman for Moscow’s chief rabbi, was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying the fire was set in a storage area for kosher meat and that swastikas were drawn at the yeshiva’s entrance.
There were about 60 students, rabbis and guests in the building at the time, the state news agency RIA-Novosti reported. No one was injured.

President Reuven Rivlin will on Friday evening sit down at the Seder table with IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi and 400 lone soldiers from around 35 countries around the world at the Yachad Lemaan Hachayal organization’s Yom Tov resort in Givat Olga.
Also attending the Seder will be the head of Yachad Le’ma’an Hachayal, Yoram Yair, Chief Education Officer Brigadier General Zvika Faireisen and the Director-General of Yachad Lemaan Hachayal, Brig. Gen. (Res.) Ilan Tal.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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Three separate incidents of burning took place in Israel today, injuring three children attending biur chametz.
In Bnei Brak, a 10-year-old boy was burned in his body as a result of the bonfire. In Be’er Sheva, a 12-year-old girl was also burned in the leg, after her leg entered the burning bonfire.
In Yerushalayim, a 4-year-old boy was wounded in the head by a glass bottle that was accidentally thrown into the fire.

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