The Passover Seder

Taking place the first 2 nights of the 8 day holiday, the Seder is the most important event in the Passover celebration. Usually gathering the whole family and friends together, the Seder is steeped in long held traditions and customs

Leading up to the first night of Passover, the home is cleaned and cleared of all yeast foods, called hametz. All hametz is either eaten before Passover begins or "sold" to non-Jewish neighbors and friends.

The rules surrounding Passover are strict and many, with only special foods, utensils, and dishware allowed.

Kitchen utensils and dishware normally used in the home are not be used during Passover.

Special dishes and utensils for the Passover holiday are taken out of storage, cleaned and used.

Only foods that are "Kosher for Passover" are allowed. No leavened (containing yeast) foods or grains are eaten. In their place matzoh and foods containing matzoh are eaten. This is to commemorate the Israelites who fled quickly into the desert with no time for their breads to rise and were forced to bake the dough into hard crackers in the desert sun. All foods prohibited during Passover must be disposed of the morning of the first night of Passover.

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hee_chae

08:47 05/09/2008

 

oh wait my bad matzoh is right there

Kevin

22:09 05/08/2008

 

I really admire jew people for their way of doing this rituals, its very intresting

Hee-Chae

22:01 05/08/2008

 

u dont get wat matzoh is because there are MORE pages...at the end of the paragraph there is a word called "continue"

Sang Jun

20:51 05/08/2008

 

I read this but still dont get whats matzoh...

Pedro

20:21 05/08/2008

 

Ive been reading this and i dont understand yet what is the matzoh?

Harvey Freilich

05:31 04/20/2008

 

"The Children of Israel" or "The Hebrew Children of Israel," or "The Hebrews," or "Israel" [the collective] should be utilized in the telling of the Passover Story, as the term, "Israelites" [Yisraelim] is not to be found in the texts [the "-ite" or "-im" suffix connoting city-state-dwelling citizens, which the tent-dwelling, nomadic Hebrews were not]. Thank You; Shalom, and a 'zeesen' Pesach.

Marc M.

20:34 04/19/2008

 

Are there any restrictions on going out after sunset during Pesach? One of my friends mentioned this in L.A. I never heard of that rule. I thing he was referring to Hasidic law.

Vicki Leigh

16:08 04/19/2008

 

I'm attending a Pesach Seder tonight- And me and 2 other friends Mickey and Davey, will be doing one tomorrow night, at my place. Tomorrow's Seder will be dedicated to Charlton Heston.O-MEN! NEXT YEAR IN JURUSALEM, ISRAEL. NEXT YEAR IN THE HOLY LAND.

kashif mahmood advocate

10:50 04/19/2008

 

happy passover. my sweet heart the state of israel it is not candles light it is light of freedom in respect of israeli hardwork and trust in god power it is light of love between israeli and sky.slavery is sea of darkness our seder is our trust e.others like this east.w.n.s sky earth =6 supreme power is god for us. thanks. (edited)

dan

08:15 04/19/2008

 

are candles lit at the seder?