How do celebrate passover

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A group of Israeli women light candles during a Passover ceremony in Kathmandu, Toggle navigation Menu. Explore Videos Games. Explore All. Affiliate Hat ReformJudaism. Home Jewish Holidays Passover. Passover: Customs and Rituals. The Seder The seder is the centerpiece of any Passover experience. Each of these 15 steps is summarized and explained below: Kadeish : Sanctification A blessing is recited over wine in honor of the holiday.

When the seder falls on a Friday night, this version of the Kiddush is recited for Passover and Shabbat. When the seder falls on a Saturday night, we continue with a special version of Havdalah. The wine is then drunk. A second cup is then poured but not yet drunk. Ur'chatz : Washing Participants wash their hands without a blessing in preparation for eating the Karpas.

Karpas : Vegetable A vegetable usually parsley is dipped in salt water and eaten. The vegetable symbolizes the lowly origins of the Jewish people; the salt water symbolizes the tears shed as a result of our slavery. Parsley is a good vegetable to use for this purpose, because when you shake off the salt water, it looks like tears. Yachatz: Breaking The middle of the three matzot on the table is broken into two pieces. During the seder, the children traditionally "steal"and hide the afikoman, and it must be redeemed by the seder leader.

This begins with the youngest person asking The Four Questions , a set of questions about the proceedings designed to encourage participation in the seder. The Magid is designed to satisfy the needs of four different types of people: the wise ones, who want to know the technical details; the wicked ones, who exclude themselves and learn the penalty for doing so ; the simple ones, who need to know the basics; and the ones who are unable to ask, who don't even know enough to know what they need to know.

At the end of the Magid , a blessing is recited over the second cup of wine and it is drunk. Rachtzah : Washing Participants wash their hands again, this time with a blessing, in preparation for eating the matzah. Motzi : Blessing over Grain Products HaMotzi , the blessing for bread or grain products used as a meal, is recited over the matzah. Matzah : Blessing over Matzah A blessing specific to matzah is recited, and a bit of matzah is eaten.

Maror : Bitter Herbs A blessing is recited over a bitter vegetable usually raw horseradish; sometimes romaine lettuce , and it is eaten. This gesture symbolizes the bitterness of slavery. Its color and consistency reminds us of the bricks and mortar used by the Israelite slaves. Note that there are two bitter herbs on the seder plate: one labeled maror and one labeled chazeret.