Russian Billionaire Books 111 Hotel Rooms for Israel Passover Bash
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
By Anne Cohen April 10, 2014
Roman Abramovich intends to celebrate Passover in style.
For the Jewish Russian billionaire, this involves booking 111 hotel rooms in a Negev desert hotel, to celebrate the holidays with friends and family. Quaint. Understated. Intimate.
Abramovich is a repeat Passover bash offender. In 2009, he rented an entire floor of the Royal Beach Hotel in Eilat.
The Chelsea soccer club-owner will be occupying the Beresheet Hotel from Sunday to Thursday next week, and plans to hold a traditional Seder banquet in a large tent in the desert.
The Times of Israel reports that this latest seder adventure will cost Abramovich roughly $450,000. Apparently, he wanted to get a “feel for the desert in the area where the story of the Jewish Exodus from Egypt took place.”
I’m sure a lavish desert tent party is exactly what Moses had in mind.
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