Hanukkah comes early this year – the lunisolar holiday begins at sundown tonight (Nov. 28), precisely the same time Los Altos’ Festival of Lights Parade is set to return after
Anat Catering included a to-go Seder plate in Passover feasts this year.
Local Jewish families and their friends and neighbors are celebrating a second Passover-at-a-distance this week. The weeklong holiday, which began last Saturday and ends Sunday evening, saw an explosion of delivery innovations this year as people experimented with how to assemble ritual foods for the holiday’s festive Seder dinner and share them together online.
Los Altos Chabad prepared Seder-to-go packages available to all interested local families and hosted a “virtual matzoh factory” earlier in the month to guide people in crafting their own unleavened loaves at home.