1. Pesach
By: Natalie Abboud

2. Season/Time Celebrated
Starts - the 15th day of Nisan - Spring Time Duration - 7 days Pesach 2018 Start: Friday, March 30th Finish: Saturday, April 7

3. Themes Celebrated Celebration of spring Birth and Rebirth
Journey from slavery to freedom
Taking responsibility for yourself, the community and the world.
People tend to "groan" today and back then
Today: all the preparation
Then: Hebrews expressed the pain of their ancient enslavement in Egypt more than 3,300 years ago

4. Foods
Chrain- beets and horse radish Charoset- sweet, dark paste made with fruits and nuts Matzah Brei- breakfast, matzo Matzo Kugel- chicken fat, celery, onions

5. History Scripture and Tradition
Passover explains the story of the Israelites departure from ancient Egypt
This is show in Hebrew Bible books of Exodus, Numbers and Deuteronomy
Lamb blood

6. Other Practices
Pesach is one of the Three Pilgrim Festivals along with: Shalosh and Regalim
Seder is the center piece that takes place the first nights of Pesach
15 traditional steps to the Seder which are food in the book Haggadah
They remove all leavened products from their home
They substitute matzo for bread
Retell the exodus tale

7. Work Cited
"What Is Passover?". Rabbinical College of Australia and N.Z. Retrieved Dreyfus, Ben. "Is Passover 7 or 8 Days?". ReformJudaism.org. Union for Reform Judaism. Retrieved April 9, 2015.