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FRIENDS AND FAMILY members gather in a Salt Lake area home Monday night for a traditional Seder to begin the Jewish Passover holiday. Participants feast and read from the Haggada, from which they retell the story of the Israelites' exodus from Egypt. At right, Rafi Schwartz takes part in the narrative.