Passover

Passover is the Jewish festival in celebrations of the Jews' freedom from slavery and flight from Egypt. Traditions vary throughout the world, but the basics are that it is a holiday lasting a total of 7 or 8 days (depending on where it is being celebrated, and the first night of Passover begins with a ceremonial dinner, called a Seder, where the story of Exodus is told.

Passover is one of the 3 Pilgrimage festivals, during which Jews eat Matzah (unleavened bread) and maror (bitter herbs). The participate in getting everything "leavened: out of your house, and a ritual Havdalah, which is a seder meal and telling of a story. On the first night of Passover Jewish people are commanded to get together for a family meal. This seder meal is filled with many rituals to remind the people of the significance of Passover. Seder means order because it is done in a specific order, which represents taking the Israelites from slavery to freedom (divided into 14 parts).

Key Items Include:

Bitter Herbs, which represent the bitter lives of the Hebrew people
Cherose (mixture of apples, nuts, wine and cinnamon) representing the bricks of the mortar made by Hebrew slaves
Salt water signifying the tears of the Jewish slaves