Passover on the Net - The Passover (Pesach) Seder

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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LINDSEY STEWART

18:19 05/11/2008

you need to identify what part of the seder refers to the crossing of the red sea.

Pedro

15:00 05/11/2008

It's in the 4 question page!

Tato

12:56 05/10/2008

When I was reading this paage I didn't understand what was matzah

webmaster

09:03 05/10/2008

Matzoh is NOT bread! Look it up! (or read our Matzoh page!)

Diego *skull*

22:21 05/09/2008

matzoh is bread look it up

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 &quot;continue&quot;

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?

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