Passover

Passover is a Jewish Holiday; it celebrates the freeing of the Jewish people from Egypt. It is a very important holiday. Imagine, at one time Jewish people were enslaved and forced to live a life of misery. However,  with God's direction, Mosses freed the Jews to become the wonderful people that they are.

 

 

 

Photo by my Dad

                                     

 

I celebrated passover on March 26 at my Grandma's house. On Passover, I got to see my cousins, my aunt and uncle, my grandma, and I got to spend time with my family.

 

Photo by My Dad

 

 I got to read the four questions! The four questions are: Why is it that on all other nights during the year we eat either bread or matzoh, but on this night we eat only matzoh? Why is it that on all other nights we eat all kinds of herbs, but on this night we eat only bitter herbs? Why is it that on all other nights we do not dip our herbs even once, but on this night we dip them twice?  Why is it that on all other nights we eat either sitting or reclining, but on this night we eat in a reclining position?

Photo by my Mom

 

 This is  matzoh. We eat  matzoh on Passover because we do not eat leaven bread. When the Jews were in the desert they could not bake bread, so now we eat unleaven bread to symbolize the bread we ate in the desert.

 Photo by Abbey

 

 

On Passover you dip the parsly in the salt water to represent tears from our plite.

 Photo by Abbey

 

 

This is a coconut macaroon. It is a yummy pastry to eat on Passover.

                               Do you celebrate Passover?

                         What's your favorite Holiday and why?

                    Can you answer any of the four questions?