Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, March 30, 2002, Image 58

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Passover and w hat the holiday means •» " '
to Jew ish people e\eryv\ here, it might HL ' \
be a good idea to hnd out what some
of the Hebrew words mean and their significance
Passover Ongmallva woektong celebration, today Passover
is an eight day Jew ish holiday m the spring Passover
commemorates w hen the Israelites were miraculously freed
from centuries of slavery in I gvpt The name comes from the
last of 10 plagues C.od inflicted on the Fgyptians when all
their first born children were put death How ever, God
passed over the homes of the Israelites It is also the oldest
of Jewish holidays
Pesach{Pav sach) Original Hebrew word forPassovei The
word also refers to the lamb that was sacrificed and eaten in
ancient times on the first night of Passover
Matzah or Matzo When the Kndites loft I gvpt their dough
did nut have time to rise so the) could not make typical bread
Instead thev took flat drv unleavened cakes matzah Asa
reminder matzah is eaten during Passover
Hamelz or Chometz The Hebrew word for lenen, which
allow s bread to rise Before Passover is obscrv cd, anything
with yeisl or anv leavcned items, must lx caietully removed
from Jew ish homes These items cannot be used or eaten
during the hohdav
Seder (Say der) During the first nights of Passover, families
gather for this festive meal The traditional ceremony is very
complicated, so it is done according to a detailed order, and
the I lebrew word Seder' means order ' During a Seder,
participants reliv e the experiences of slavery m Lgypt and the
happiness of being free through the use of the I laggadah It
represents a time of |oy and freedom, The people aiound the
table recline during the Seder as a sv mbol of freedom and ease
Haggadah: Jews hav c been commanded to tell the w underfill
story of how the Israelites w ere liberated from slavery in
Egypt The Haggadah telling ' is the traditional text tor
doing just that
Afikoman The name of the last thing eaten —a piece of
matzah—at the Seder It is customary for the children at the
Seder to steal the piece of matzah, and parents offer a gift
for its return Sometimes parents hide the Ahkoman, and the
child w ho finds it gets a reward
Charoset: A mixture of apples and nuts that symbolizes
the clay or mortar used to construct buildings for the
Egyptian Pharaoh
The Four Questions
Children pl.iv a big role in ihc Seder
First, God has commanded (hat Ihc
storv of Passover be passed on thus
/ ths childicn present must pass it on (o'their childicn It is also the
of Hie v oungest c luld to ask lour questions
On all other nights, we can eat leavened or unleavened bread
Whv do vve eat onlv matzah at Pesach }
Matzah lemmds us that when (he Israelites
let! ihc slaverv ol I gvpt thev did not have
time to let the bread rise before baking
On all other nights we eat man> kinds ot vegetables and herbs
Whv do we cal bitter herbs at our Seder*
Bitter herbs remind us ot the hitter and erncl
wav the Israelites were heated when thc>
were slaves in Egvpt
On other nights. v\c don t dip one loot! into another During tlic
Seder we dip parslcv in saltwater and bitter herbs in C’hurosct
Whv do wc dtp our food tw ice tonight *
‘Hie parsle) is to remind us that spring is
here, and tlx saltwater svmbohzes tlx tears ol
Jewish slaves fix* hitler heihs ate to remind
ns how hard die Jews worked «n I gvpt The
C ha rose I svmboh/es the mortal or bricks
used lor constructing tlx Pharaoh s buildings
On all other nights uceal sitting up straight Whv do we
recline tonight *
Slaves sit local or stand as the Israelites did
lor their last meal in Fgvpt We rcehne to lx*
comfortable and remind us th.it once we were
slaves hut now we are free
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