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Passover

Passover is a holiday celebrating liberation from slavery in Egypt. During the eight days of Passover no leavened bread is eaten. On the first two nights of Passover a special dinner is held, called Seder. During this meal, the story of the Exodus from Egypt is retold in the order of the Haggadah which recalls selected sentences from the Bible together with their rabbinical interpretations. We then consume the food on the Seder plate and the festive dishes. Leavened is a symbol for incorrect thoughts, and is also an umbrella term for any food that is prohibited in the rabbinical literature for Passover. As the significance of liberation was affirmed by God’s revealing of the Torah, commemoration of historic events and the dietary rules serve one purpose: preparation for the anniversary of the day God gave the Torah to the nation of Israel.