Matzo

From Matzo to horseradish, these are the foods we eat at the Passover Seder! At the table on Seder night lies the symbolic foods of Passover which are placed on the Seder Plate, along with plenty of Matzah and wine! Some items may vary slightly, as with all different cultures and traditions, but the concept remains the same: celebrating our freedom! Here are some items you can expect to find at a traditional Passover Seder. Matzah This is our bread for the next seven days (eight if you don’t live in Israel). These thin cracker-like matzos come in round and...

The story of Passover can be traced all the way back to the book of Exodus! The festival of Passover is an eight-day festival observed between the Hebrew dates of the 15th to and including the 22nd of the Hebrew month of Nissan, just a few weeks after Purim. It marks the events of the Exodus from Egypt and God taking the people of Israel under his direct guardianship. We observe this festival in several ways, including by not eating any unleavened foods (such as bread) and participating in the Passover Seder, in which we retell the events of the...