"Just as You brought our ancestors out from slavery to redemption, so, too, may You appear for Your children who are held in captivity and deliver them," they wrote.
In a joint statement on Wednesday, Israel’s chief rabbis called on Jews worldwide to dedicate a special prayer to the remaining 59 hostages, both living and some who have been confirmed dead, held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip as part of Passover seders this weekend.
“It is very difficult to celebrate the seder night while our brothers are sitting in darkness and death,” wrote the Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel, Kalman Ber, and his Sephardi counterpart, David Yosef.
The top rabbis urged the world Jewish community to say a prayer for the hostages “who cannot participate with us in this seder.”