Fountain Hills Jews will celebrate Passover beginning sundown Saturday, April 12, and concluding at nightfall Sunday, April 20.

The Chabad Edelman Jewish Center in Fountain Hills has launched a Passover awareness campaign, inviting all community members to observe the holiday.

A key initiative is sharing “shmurah matzah” — a special handmade matzah considered ideal for the Passover Seder — with those celebrating at home.

The Chabad of Fountain Hills also welcomes participants to its community Seder, Saturday, April 12, at 7 p.m., an event which is celebrated with a four-course meal, the traditional four cups of wine, eating matzah and bitter herbs and retelling the story of the Exodus.

All Jews in Fountain Hills are invited to the Seder regardless of affiliation or level of observance.

As the most observed Jewish holiday in the United States, Passover marks the exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Ancient Egypt some 3,330 years ago, according to a press release.

Each year, over 70% of American Jews gather with family and friends to celebrate the salvation of the Jewish People by G-d at Passover Seders — the festive, ritual-filled dinners on the first two nights, marking the beginning of the eight-day holiday.

This Passover holds heightened significance with the enduring trauma of the Oct. 7 attacks — the worst murder of Jews since the Holocaust — the resulting war in Israel, the perilous fate of the 50+ hostages in Hamas captivity and the distressing rise of antisemitism globally puts a new meaning to the themes of Passover, the release said.

To register for the community Seder, visit JewishFountainHills.com/Pesach or call 480-795-6292.