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Pesach (Passover) is important to us since in it we relive the Exodus from Egypt and our birth as a nation, both of which were preparations for receiving the Torah from God. The Seder meal is one of those occasions, like Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, that Jews all over the world, Orthodox and non-Orthodox alike, observe in common.
The highlight of Passover is the Seder meal. This meal is of great importance in Judaism. It is a 3325-year old continuoustradition that began on the night of the Exodus from Egypt (see Exodus chapter 12), and is fully detailed in our ancient Oral Traditions (Talmud, chapter Arvei Pesachim).
During the Seder, we keep the essential mitzva and customs of handing Jewish traditions down to the next generation, with the traditional Seder foods and the ceremony of reading the Passover Haggadah which retells the events of the Exodus.


During the Seder meal, other traditional foods are eaten in addition to the matzah: bitter herbs, parsley, wine and haroset (see below). Salt water, a roasted egg, and a bit of roasted meat are also on the table.
During all the days of Passover, matzah (unleavened bread) is eaten; while leavened foods such as bread, cake, cookies, cereal and pasta are forbidden. Certain prayers are added in the synagogue services, and the Torah is read each day.
Here is the symbolism of the items on the Seder plate:
The bitter herbs (maror) symbolize the harsh slavery which the Israelites suffered in Egypt. Horseradish and/or romaine lettuce are traditionally used for maror.
Charoset - A sweet mixture representing the mortar used by the Jewish slaves to build the storehouses of Egypt. In Ashkenazi Jewish homes, charoset is traditionally made from chopped nuts, grated apples, cinnamon, and sweet red wine.
Karpas - A vegetable other than bitter herbs, traditionally parsley, which is dipped into salt water at the beginning of the Seder. The dipping of a simple herb into salt water (which represents tears) recalls the pain felt by the Israelite slaves in Egypt.
Beitzah - A hard-boiled egg, symbolizing the korban chagigah (festival sacrifice) that was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem and roasted and eaten as part of the meal on Seder night. Although both the Pesach sacrifice and the chagigah were meat-offerings, the chagigah is commemorated by an egg, a symbol of mourning.
Z'roa - A roasted lamb or goat shank-bone, chicken wing, or chicken neck; symbolizing the korban Pesach (Pesach sacrifice), which was a lamb that was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem, then roasted and eaten as part of the meal on Seder night.

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What does Passover mean to reformed Jews?

There is no such thing as a "reformed" Jew. It is called "reform Jew". Reform Jews celebrate passover as a commoration of the exodus of the ancestors of the Jews from Egypt and into freedom, which is the same meaning passover has to Conservative and Orthodox Jews.


How do reformed Jews celebrate Passover?

Reform Jews have only 1 seder instead of 2.


Did Jews celebrate Passover in ghettos?

There are always Jews who celebrate Passover regardless of the location or circumstances. Jews celebrated Passover in the ghettos, and then in the concentration camps.


Do jews celebrate passover?

Yes, because Passover is a Jewish festival. see also:What_do_Jews_do_when_celebrating_passover


How does Ireland celebrate passover?

Irish Jews celebrate Passover the same way as Jews all over the world.


What happens to Passover what do Germans do?

German Jews celebrate Passover, too.


Did nonJews celebrate Passover?

Passover is usually only celebrated by Jews


Why were the israelites to perform the passover ritual?

The importance to the Israeli's on passover is that the Jews came out of Egypt from slavery.


How do Irish Jews celebrate Passover?

The same way that all other Jews observe Pesach (Passover).


Why do the Jews celebrate Passover?

Jewish people celebrate Passover to celebrate their people's liberation from slavery. The holiday celebrates when Jews were freed from slavery in Ancient Egypt.


How do orthadox and reform Jews celebrate shabbat differently?

Yes. Orthodox Jews do "everything by the book". Reform Jews do anything they want.


How many years between the first passover and the last supper?

Jews still celebrate Passover to this day.