“Judaism,” Gil Kleiner, the executive director of the Beth-El, the Baltimore area?s largest congregation, likes to say, “is a participation sport.”

Busy roasting eggs and grilling a symbolic shank bone outside his Pikesville home Wednesday afternoon while preparing for his family ? and extended family?s ? Passover seder dinner, Kleiner couldn?t have sounded happier.

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