Passover will be celebrated from March 27 until April 4. with the seders after nightfall on March 27 and 28.

the name Passover comes from the tenth plague. The plaque insists of god killing all the firstborn Egyptian children but passing over the Jewish houses.

Because the isrealites left so fast, the bread did not have time to rise. Because of this, Jews will get rid of all chametz in their houses and cannot eat any chametz from the midday before the festive and until the end of the festive. Chametz are food with leaven whitch contains a trace of wheat, barley, rye, oats or spelt.

Passover is divided into two parts: the first and the last two days of the festive are full-fledged holidays where candles are lit, and holiday meals are eaten, and work is forbidden. The other four days are semi-festive days where work is permitted.

The first two night are seder. A seder consists of numerous steps:

-Eating matzah.

-Eating bitter herbs to commemorate the bitter slavery endured by the Israelites.

-Drinking four cups of wine or grape juice, a royal drink to celebrate our newfound freedom.

-The recitation of the Haggadah, a liturgy that describes in detail the story of the Exodus from Egypt. (chabad.org, z.d.)

Posted by Gunnar