The special Jewish food for Passover is "Matza," unleavened bread baked carefully and within 18 minutes.
Jews specifically do NOT eat "chametz" on Passover. Chametz is food that contains wheat that was allowed to rise, such as bread, pasta, etc. "Ashkenazi" Jews (Jews from Europe) also don't eat legumes (rice, corn, beans) on Passover.
Other foods are permissible during Passover, but Jews, even many of those that do not keep Kosher during the rest of the year, are often extra careful during this time to only eat foods marked as "Kosher for Passover," confirming that they are Kosher and do not contain any leaven.
Matza, and more Matza. If you mean at the seder, a nice meat meal, but nothing roasted. Preceding the meat meal, traditional foods at the seder are bitter herbs, matzoh, parsley in salt water, and a mixture of apples, nuts, cinnamon and wine.
I will venture to say that all baked goods on passover have either matza meal or potato starch. Askenazim (European Jews) also don't eat legumes in addition to chametz, so no corn, beans, rice etc.
My favorite pesach matza foods are: matza with cheese baked on top of it (like an open cheese sandwich), Matza and cream cheese, this may sound a bit disgusting, but I think it is pretty good is matza with cream cheese and jelly. (although some don't eat those either, but most people do)
matzoh! wheat, barley, oats, rye, are also the four grains that you cannot eat during passover, with some major foods being bread, pasta, rice, Pizza, cereal, waffles, pancakes, cake, etc. there are, however, kosher for passover foods that you can eat as substitutes for these foods, some of them tasting better than others. i would recommend to buy a couple of boxes of matzoh, as it can be used in many ways during passover, and it can go by very quick.
Beitzah
The hard -- boiled egg is eaten first and represents the festival sacrifice brought in Jerusalem in the days of Beis Hamikdosh (Holy Temple) on honour of Pesach. However it is also a symbol of mourning as the Beis Hamikdosh has been destroyed.
Z'roa
A Z'roa is a shank bone or chicken neck which is roasted or boiled. Most of its meat is removed before placing it on the plate; this item is not eaten but is served as a reminder to the sacrifice the Jews offered on the night before their departure from Egypt, every year after that a similar sacrifice was made to Beis Hamikdosh.
Maror
The Maror is the bitter herbs; usually horseradish or romaine lettuce stalks are used. These are eaten twice during the meal; eating Maror is one of the most important parts of the meal as the herbs represent the Jew's bitterness as they worked hard for the Pharaoh while they are consumed Jew's remember their ancestors suffering from their hard labour in Egypt and around the world.
Karpus
Karpus is a vegetable usually onion, celery, parsley or a boiled potato. The Jew's then retell stories from their ancestors in Egypt, when they dip their vegetable into the salt water they are doing an act of pleasure and liberty. However the Karpus and salt water also represent the hard times in Egypt, 600, 000 Jews in Egypt had to work very hard and the salt water also represents the tears that fell from the eyes of the ones that worked in Egypt.
Charoses
The Charoses is a mixture of apples, Pears, nuts and wine which is put on the Maror and shaken off before being eaten. This is done that so the sweet taste of Charoses should make the Maror less bitter. The Charoses represents the mortar used by the Jew's to make buildings for the Egyptians.
Chazeres
Chazeres is made of the same things as the Maror is. The Maror is eaten twice in the meal; the first time from the actual Maror and the second time from the Chazeres.
Rice (regardless of type) is classified as 'kitniyot'. This means that Ashkenazi Jews will not eat it during Passover but some Sephardi and Mizrachi groups will.
Lamb can be kosher for Passover. However, Ashkenazi Jews traditionally do not eat lamb during Passover.
As legumes, peanuts belong to a subcategory called 'kitniyot'. As such, they can be kosher for Passover, however, Ashkenazi Jews will not eat them.
Read the label to see if it's "Kosher for Passover" ________ Amongst the rules for what makes a food item kosher for Passover, is a secondary term called 'kitniyot'. Foods that are considered kitniyot include legumes (beans) and are not eaten by Ashkenazi Jews during Passover.
It is possible to get sunflower seeds and products made from sunflower seeds, such as oil, that are hechshered kosher l'Pesach. However, all of these products are considered kitniyot and therefore, the majority of Ashkenazi Jews will not eat them.
Yes. Fresh vegetables are all kosher for Passover, though Ashkenazi Jews do not eat certain ones, such as corn and legumes (peas, beans, etc.)
Mustard seeds are kitniyot so Ashkenazi Jews aren't supposed to eat mustard. Some Sephardi and Mizrachi groups will eat mustard though.
Yes, but Ashkenazi Jews are stricter than Sephardi Jews.
Killing and/or eating lamb during passover is actually not done by Ashkenazi Jewish custom. Many Sephardim do eat lamb during Passover with some Ashkenazi Jews starting to eat lamb too. Due to the religious laws surrounding kosher slaughter, not anyone can slaughter an animal for consumption. Specially trained people called a Shochet are the only ones allowed to do kosher slaughter.
According to most Sephardic traditions they are. However, Ashkenazi traditions forbid it.
Sephardi Jews use peanuts and peanut oil on Passover, provided that it isn't otherwise non-kosher. Ashkenazim (Jews of European descent) may theoretically do so, but since some of them have the custom not to, it is rare to find peanut oil with kosher for Passover certification.
the jews eat onions