Cairo, Egypt - For the first time since the 1979 peace treaty, the Israeli ambassador to Egypt will not be holding a Passover seder in the ambassador’s residence in Cairo, Yedioth Ahronoth reported.

For 30 years, dozens of guests were invited to take part in a traditional seder dinner at the ambassador’s residence including Jewish diplomats and Israeli businessmen.

However, since last September when an angry mob stormed the embassy building, the embassy has scaled down its activities.

The embassy staff has been returning to Israel every weekend for security reasons. Since this year the seder falls on Friday night, embassy officials have decided not to hold it.

Israel’s Ambassador to Cairo Yaakov Amitai and his team will instead celebrate the holiday with their families in Israel. However Cairo’s small Jewish community will mark the Passover celebrations as they have every year.