Passover 2012
Passover, one of the major Jewish pilgrimage festivals, commemorates the Exodus from Egypt. It is celebrated for seven or eight days and includes various traditional foods such as matzo, gefilte fish, and chicken soup with matzah balls.
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Sunset of April 6 to nightfall of 13 April / 14 April (7th day) Passover 2012 Passover seder Nitzah Conclusion Hallel Recital of the Hallel, traditionally recited on festivals; drinking of the fourth cup of wine Subtopic Bareich Blessing after the meal and drinking of the third cup of wine Tzafun Eating of the afikoman Shulchan oreich lit. "set table"—the serving of the holiday meal Koreich Eating of a sandwich made of matzo and maror Maror Eating of the maror Matzo Blessing before eating matzo Motzi Traditional blessing before eating bread products Rachtzah Second washing of the hands – with blessing Maggid Retelling the Passover story, including the recital of "the four questions" and drinking of the second cup of wine Yachatz Breaking the middle matzo; the larger piece becomes the afikoman which is eaten later during the ritual of Tzafun Karpas Dipping of the karpas in salt water Urchatz The washing of the hands – without blessing Kadeish Recital of Kiddush blessing and drinking of the first cup of wine History Passover is one of the three pilgrimage festivals Celebrated for 7 or 8 days Celebrates Exodus Jewish Holiday Music "Echad Mi Yodea" "Chad Gadiyah" "Next year in Jerusalem" Food Rice, often with saffron or raisins Chicken soup with matzah balls (kneydlach) Chicken soup served with matzo-meal dumplings Gefilte fish Poached fish patties or fish balls made from a mixture of ground deboned fish, mostly carp or pike Chrain Horseradish and beet relish Charoset Chopped or ground apples and nuts in wine Matzo kugel A kugel made with matzo instead of noodles Matzo cereal Matzo meal boiled in water and often served with milk and butter Matzah brei Softened matzo fried with egg and fat; served either savory or sweet
