Passover Food Boxes for Families in Need 

IFCJ Canada  |  April 1, 2026

As part of The Fellowship’s Passover response, IFCJ Canada is supporting food assistance for vulnerable families, while Fellowship Israel is working with local partners to prepare and distribute Passover food boxes across Israel. Just as Fellowship Israel staff and volunteers did last week at the Meir Panim soup kitchen in Tiberias, they gathered again—this time at the Latet Logistics Center—to prepare additional Passover food boxes.  

Fellowship Israel Manager Michael Seiler said, “Volunteers are packing food boxes for Holocaust survivors, needy elderly, and struggling families so that they can celebrate the Passover holiday with dignity. When the beneficiaries receive these food boxes, they are so happy and thankful. There are items in these boxes that they simply could not afford to purchase on their own.” 

These food boxes include Passover essentials such as matzah, grape juice, and foods made from ingredients that are kosher for commemorating the Jewish people’s Exodus from Egypt. Matzah represents the unleavened bread the Israelites made in their haste to flee slavery, while grape juice (or wine) is used to observe the Four Expressions of redemption promised by God to the children of Israel, symbolized by the four cups consumed during the seder meal. 

Additional items include special matzah flour, canned vegetables, pasta, date spread, rice noodles, and cookies made from matzah. Amid restrictions and safety concerns, Jews across the Holy Land are preparing for a Passover overshadowed by the fog of war. Yet the meaning of Passover remains a light—God’s promise to His people.  

At IFCJ Canada, we are grateful to share this work being carried out by Fellowship Israel and its partners and we continue to hold the families receiving this support in our prayers.  

 “Observe the month of Aviv and celebrate the Passover of the Lord your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night” (Deuteronomy 16:1).