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Local nursing home residents and hospital ized patients will enjoy a brighter Passover holiday thanks to the creativity and care of Temple EmanuEl Religious School students. Temple EmanuEl's sixthgrade class spent the morning of March 30 creating Passover cards to be distributed through Jewish Family and Children's Service (JFCS) during the holi day season, a Temple EmanuEl news release explains. "Decorated with Passover symbols and spring motifs, the cards are intended to brighten the holiday for every recipient as well as deepen the students' learning about Jewish values," the release adds. "It made me feel very good that I was able to help an elderly person just by giving them a sincere card," one sixthgrade student stated in the release. "I hope that the recipient enjoys reading it as much as I enjoyed making it!" "By making this card, we were observing the commandment to honor our elders and remembering the Passover holiday," he con cluded in the release. Passover, the Jewish holiday that commemo rates the Exodus from Egypt and the ancient Israelites' redemption from slavery, begins at sundown April 14 and lasts for seven days, the release points out. TEMPLE EMANU-EL STUDENTS SPREAD PASSOVER CHEER Temple Emanu-El Religious School students Danielle Rudd, Katie Hurwitz and Jayme Rudd display some of the Passover cards to be distributed to elderly and hospitalized patients during the holiday season. Contributed photo Sarasota News Leader April 11, 2014 Page 123